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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 09, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6- The nation is losing its competitive edge in global innovation, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce report, "The Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States," delivered today to Congress.
HONOLULU, Jan. 6 – Monsanto Fund, the philanthropic arm of Monsanto Company, is launching America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education℠ to aid rural school districts by providing $10,000 and $25,000 grants in 1,245 counties across 39 states.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 – A new report from USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) documents how private sector companies are increasingly dominating the development of new innovations for food and agriculture in many parts of the globe. The United States leads the way with about one-third of the global
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) today filed a notice of appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to challenge the ruling that the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) violates the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today reminded applicants that Jan. 31, 2012, is the last day to submit project pre-proposals for fiscal year 2012 Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2012 – Retail food prices at the supermarket declined slightly during the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the approval of two renewable energy projects that will deliver power for 112,500 homes. The projects include a solar plant in California and a wind farm in Oregon, which will be built on private lands and will use power lines th
FRESNO, Calif., Dec. 29 – A judge in Federal District Court in Fresno, California, today ruled that the State of California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is unconstitutional. Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill agreed with the arguments that the LCFS is in violation of the Commerce Clause the U.S. Const
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2).
From extreme drought, heat waves and floods to unprecedented tornado outbreaks, hurricanes, wildfires and winter storms, the United States this year suffered a record 12 weather and climate disasters causing damages of $1 billion or more in each.
