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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., is not optimistic that GOP leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives will put the 2012 farm bill on the House floor before the August recess, but he’s confident lawmakers will get it done before the current law expires on Sept. 30.
In a bipartisan letter organized by Reps. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a group of 62 House members urging leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives to bring the Farm Bill (H.R. 6083) to a vote before August
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack described the drought that’s gripping much of the nation’s mid-section as the “most serious situation we’ve had probably in 25 years.
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 -Since the reversal of the ban on U.S. horse slaughter plant inspections in the fiscal 2012 agricultural appropriations bill, companies have been seeking locations for horse slaughter
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 -Critics of antibiotic use in animal agriculture for growth promotion purposes praised a New York federal judge for ordering the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to follow through on a notice it issued 35 years
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 -With just days to go before the federal funding for major highway projects would be shut off and Congress plans to leave town for the two-week Easter recess, the path forward for a new surface transportation bill, HR. 4239, is filled with potholes.
WASHINGTON, March 28, 2012 -On Wednesday, the House of Representatives will start debating and voting on a new 2013 budget and establishing budgetary levels from 2014 to 2022.
