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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 10, 2025
The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report released by USDA today reflects last month’s Prospective Plantings report as well as global
More than 90 national and regional advocacy organizations, including the American Farmland Trust and the United Fresh Produce Association, sent a letter to Congress urging the Senate and House Agriculture Committees to strengthen and protect nutrition programs in the 2012 Farm Bill.
The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) issued its preliminary recommendations in response to the estimated $1.6 billion in customer-segregated funds allegedly misplaced in the days before the Oct. 31 bankruptcy of MF Global Inc.
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking grant applicants for the 2012 Farmers Market Promotion Program.
Trade officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico reflected on the increase in trade from 1993 to 2011, when trade among the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries more than tripled, from $288 billion to $1 trillion.
The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) is urging the Senate Agriculture Committee to implement fundamental reforms to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) as it begins drafting the 2012 farm bill this month.
American egg farmers are expected to donate nearly 10 million protein-rich eggs to Feeding America food banks in 40 states this spring. That brings the number of eggs farmers have contributed since 2008 to 60 million.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that international food assistance in fiscal year 2012 will benefit more than 9.7 million people worldwide
. The purpose of the trip, sponsored by the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA), was to strengthen relationships with key customers of U.S. soybeans and cultivate new market opportunities for U.S. and Iowa farmers.
