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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, January 08, 2025
National and state farm organizations may disagree on many specific parts of a new farm bill, but over 250 of them sent a unified letter to Capitol Hill today in support of passing a new five-year bill
Agricultural productivity is growing and on pace to meet the demands of a growing, hungry world for now, but several challenges remain – especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and other less developed countries, according to a new report released just prior to the World Food Prize Symposium here.
As the federal government heads into “week two†of the shutdown, USDA changed course and decided that some Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) employees are now “essential†and will be allowed to return to work
A new farm bill analysis by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri (FAPRI-MU) provides one of the first in-depth looks at how the House and Senate versions of their respective commodity titles compare
Global hunger is on the decline, but roughly one in eight people, or 842 million still suffered from chronic hunger in 2011-13, according to a report released today
As opponents take pot shots at the highly-respected World Food Prize for recognizing scientists who have helped feed millions around the globe through advancements in biotechnology, a large group of farrld m, food and academic organizations is fighting back
Despite the fact that researchers have made great strides in plant breeding, there’s not been enough attention paid to conserving and maintaining the world’s most important food crops in seed banks, says Cary Fowler, the former executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust
