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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 09, 2025
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 – The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled today that U.S. country of origin labeling (COOL) requirements provided less favorable treatment to Canadian and Mexican livestock. The panel also determined that the U.S. COOL requirements must include clearer labeling information to
Washington, D.C. – A provision allowing for the restoration of USDA-sponsored inspections of horse processing facilities is included in the conference report for the Appropriations bill passed in the House of Representatives tonight. The bill sets the 2012 budgets for multiple departments, includin
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17- “The Economics of Farm Animal Happiness†determined that farm animal welfare is an increasingly important topic to agricultural producers and that economists have an important role to play in shaping the debate.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas pollution standards for model year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks.
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) called on the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the exchanges, and the bankruptcy trustee to work together to release frozen MF Global margin account funds to customers as soon as possible.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 – Maplight, a research organization focused on how money influences politics, released its analysis of contributions connected to the Agribusiness sector to members of the House and Senate agriculture committees.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty orders on solid urea from Russia and Ukraine would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15- A group of policy leaders, including former executive director of the UN World Food Program, Catherine Bertini, and former secretary of Agriculture, Dan Glickman, are urging Congress to sustain funding levels for agricultural development in developing nations like those in Afr
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10– The retail cost of menu items for a classic Thanksgiving dinner including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the basic trimmings increased about 13 percent this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.
