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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, January 18, 2025
Dairy producers have approved a series of modifications to federal milk marketing orders, including reversing a change to milk pricing that was made in the 2018 farm bill, USDA announced Thursday.
Commenters on USDA’s latest attempt to promote fair and competitive livestock and poultry markets expressed widely divergent views on the proposal’s legality and provided a preview of the litigation to come if the rule is finalized.
Tribal leaders warned USDA months ago of a potential food shortage for key food assistance programs.
Now, as some tribes have struggled with backlogs throughout the summer, members of Congress are pushing for transparency and solutions.
The House Agriculture Committee is pressing USDA for transparency on its decision to consolidate contractors for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation, a move that has resulted in food shortages in participating tribal communities.
The Agriculture Department is proposing to scrap a change made by the 2018 farm bill to the way fluid milk is priced under federal milk marketing orders. The proposal is part of a broader plan, which must be approved by producers, to reform the pricing of dairy products.
The Agriculture Department on Tuesday proposed new definitions for practices that can be deemed "unfair" under the Packers and Stockyards Act, allowing the livestock antitrust law to prohibit conduct that “harms market participants” and “harms the market."
Broiler chicken growers would be guaranteed a base price for their birds under a proposed rule from the Agriculture Department aimed at reforming the poultry tournament system.
The federal agencies that buy food for distribution try to buy products locally but don’t have a comprehensive way of tracking the source of products, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
