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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 31, 2025
As the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) moves forward with its rules governing the swaps market, commodity futures market end-users explained the potential impact on their businesses to House Agriculture Committee members Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to conduct Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) on certain herbicide-resistant crops developed by Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto. Several agricultural organizations, independent farmers and specialists issued comments to the agency on whether or not prepar
The U.S. House of Representatives’ vote and passage of a farm bill without the nutrition title (HR 2642) today triggered confusion among the nation’s farm groups, but all agreed to push for an immediate conference with the Senate.
Although major agriculture groups oppose the effort, House Republicans defend voting on a split farm bill as a last resort for passing farm policy reform.
Agricultural leaders wanting to bring young people into farming with skills in communication and policy could consider a model established by an English counterpart and founder of the Henry Plumb Foundation.
European farmers claim that they are using antibiotics in animal production much less frequently and at lower doses, but the practice and the data still varies widely from farm to farm and country to country.
Illinois Farm Bureau members visited Rondeel Eggs in Holland during their Animal Care European Union (EU) Study Tour, where they witnessed the results of meeting precise consumer demands in animal production. They learned this week that round is better when it comes to premium living conditions for
Illinois Farm Bureau members covered 400 miles of England this week, where they visited poultry, pig and cattle farms of various sizes and observed that customer perceptions of animal production are driving the regulatory and legislative policies in the United Kingdom.
May Berenbaum of the University of Illinois’ Department of Entomology spoke to Hill staffers recently on the benefits that mapping the bee genome are offering in the investigation of reduced bee populations.
Monsanto officials said today that evidence in the investigation of genetically engineered wheat plants found in an Oregon field last month suggests an intentional contamination.
