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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
BRAZIL, May 31, 2017 - Tarek Farahat, global president of marketing and innovation at JBS SA, has been elected chairman of the Brazilian-based meat giant’s board of directors.
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2107 - The board of directors at CHS Inc has elected Jay D. Debertin as the farmer-owned co-op’s president and CEO. Debertin succeeds Carl Casale...
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2017 - Austin “Jack” DeCoster and son Peter, whose salmonella-tainted eggs sickened nearly 2,000 people in 2010, lost their bid to have their three-month prison sentences reviewed by the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2017 - Commercial drones must still register, but the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., last week said that the Federal Aviation Administration’s rule forcing registration of recreational drones under 55 pounds is unlawful.
EUROPE, May 24, 2017 - The European Commission, the European Union’s governing arm, plans to restart discussions with EU member states on renewing the authorization of glyphosate for 10 years...
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2017 - Representatives from Growth Energy, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) recently visited Canada ...
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2017 - The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association wants to make sure congressional lawmakers and the White House know that infrastructure isn’t just roads and bridges. It also includes broadband.
The latest numbers from USDA Rural Development show the Rural Energy for America Program... has awarded nearly $3 billion in grants and loan guarantees since it was reauthorized and given substantial funding in the 2008 farm bill.
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2017 - Clean energy advocates who see President Trump’s executive order on energy policy last week as an abdication of the federal government’s leadership in the sector ...
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2017 - The head of a national ethanol advocacy group says a "fly-in" of more than 70 members into Washington, D.C., last week netted significantly positive response ...
