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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, January 03, 2025
Mitt Romney unveiled members of the “Farmers and Ranchers for Romney†team today, including several secretaries of agriculture and current members of Congress who are supporting his presidential race.
Drought conditions wilted farm income expectations during the second quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s quarterly Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions
As President Barack Obama continues with the second day of his three-day campaign bus tour across Iowa, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced another release of funds intended to boost prosperity in rural America.
President Barack Obama devoted his weekly address to focus on the drought crippling farmers across the heartland and to what he described as an “all-hands-on-deck response†from his administration
The Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) announced plans to sue the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday in an effort to stop the agency from allowing the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) to receive any funding from the national beef checkoff.
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 -An attorney who specializes in farm payment limit/eligibility law calls the changes included in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s version of a new farm bill “absurd†and “ridiculous,†but he’s certain that most of his clients would not lose their eligibility if the changes
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -Major U.S. beef trading partners refrained from slapping restrictions on American shipments in the week since the discovery of BSE in an 11-year-old dairy cow in central California, but a leading industry official cautions that maintaining market access is only part of the
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -The most ambitious effort to restructure dairy programs in a generation overcame its first hurdle last week when the Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill that incorporates the key features of a National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) proposal.
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -A recently released draft guidance document from FDA addressing the use of nanotechnology in food production suggests that companies using the technology in food and packaging manufacturing should consult with the agency.
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -Recent attention in the media and across the biofuels industry particularly that related to an advanced biofuels refinery set to open in Minnesota next month is putting a new spotlight on isobutanol.
