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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, December 26, 2024
President Obama is leveraging the tax deadline to raise awareness that not everyone pays their fair share of taxes and push for what he calls the “Buffett rule†proposal.
President Barack Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced this afternoon that a free trade agreement with Colombia will go into effect on May 15.
Keep the livestock title in the 2012 Farm Bill. A coalition of farm and animal health organizations has a message for the House and Senate Ag Committees.
Vilsack announced USDA approval of a $5 million payment to Western Plains Energy, LLC. Funds will be used to support the construction of a biogas anaerobic digester.
The Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Sen. Kent Conrad, D-ND, said that, after the Easter recess, he plans to march ahead with long-promised plans to mark up a fiscal 2013 budget.
The fallout over production of “lean, finely textured beef†(LFTB) dubbed “pink slime†continues to drag down beef prices, hurt meat companies involved with the process and prompt calls for congressional actions
Veteran Illinois Congressman Tim Johnson, who chairs a House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee, formally announced plans to step down at the end of his current term.
More than 100 organizations sent a letter to leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate Agriculture Committees asking for reauthorization and funding of energy title programs from the farm bill.
