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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, October 25, 2024
The disease that has plagued the U.S. pork industry for the last 17 months has slowed its progression, but producers are gearing up for a potential uptick in the winter months.
USDA's National Organic Program (NOP) has tightened its requirements for the use of brand or company names that contain the word ðorganicð on labels of packaged food products.
U.S. wheat producers have been losing between $60 million and $70 million in export sales annually in recent years due to an influx of what the Philippinesð Department of Agriculture has determined is unfairly priced Turkish flour into the country.
A National Academy of Sciences committee, charged with updating a 2010 study that found ðsubstantial net environmental and economic benefitsð from biotechnology on the farm, is under attack from critics trying to lay the groundwork to fault the eventual findings of the study that
The California Roundtable on Agriculture and the Environment (CRAE) is calling on the state to take action to preserve the stateðs farm and ranchland which lost almost 170,000 acres to development between 2008 and 2010.
Agriculture industry sources in Washington say there is no sign yet that USDA plans to restrict the meaning of a key phrase ð ðactively engagedð ð that critics say could help prevent fraud and abuse in the farm program.
The federal governmentðs iconic "Nutrition Facts Panel" on packaged foods is about to change in ways which could have significant impacts for the food and beverage industry and agriculture.
Russiaðs ban on fruits, vegetables, dairy, fish, meat, and poultry from several of the worldðs exporters will impact European suppliers the most, but U.S. agricultural industries could also feel an impact.