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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Biofuel and farming organizations across the country want USDA to dismantle mandatory combinations of climate-smart agriculture practices to qualify for biofuel tax credits, and the groups suggest moving to a simplified accounting system to propel the industry's growth.
A project that aims to create standards and build up the hemp building and construction industry, a market advocates say holds major environmental and economic potential, was selected for federal funding. While industrial hemp has made several advancements, advocates are worried an amendment included in the House farm bill could cause havoc and limit further growth.
Gaps in the Food and Drug Administration’s authority and a lack of risk management planning slowed the federal government and industry’s ability to bounce back from the 2022 infant formula shortage, according to a recent report by the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has proposed a framework that would prevent some poultry products contaminated with certain salmonella levels from entering the market, and make those items subject to recall.
Criticism of a proposal from federal bank regulators highlighted a hearing on reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the House Agriculture Committee Thursday.
Members of the House are returning today for what is expected to be the last series of votes before Speaker Mike Johnson dismisses the chamber for an early August recess. The House isn’t due to return to work until Sept. 9.
About one in eleven people globally faced hunger last year, demonstrating the world is falling short of its Zero Hunger by 2030 ambitions, according to a recent report by United Nations agencies.