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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, February 01, 2025
Commerce Secretary nominee Howard Lutnick defended the administration’s tariff proposals and lamented ongoing challenges U.S. farmers face accessing foreign markets in his confirmation hearing.
In this opinion piece, Dana M. O’Brien, president and founder of BioHarbor Strategies, says the new Congress and incoming Trump administration must support and accelerate biomanufacturing as a national policy priority.
Left-wing losses in elections for the European Parliament are boosting conservative political clout and signaling a potential shift away from the European Union's climate and energy policy goals.
Tight global grain stocks should continue to sustain commodity prices into next year, supporting strong, pent-up demand for farm equipment, executives with Deere and Co. said Friday.
German law firm has filed lawsuits against Bayer in a Cologne regional court on behalf of investors who are seeking about $2.48 billion in compensation in connection with Bayer’s $63 billion purchase of Monsanto.
The U.S. lifted its tariffs on steel and aluminum from the European Union and negotiations are underway to do the same for Japan. Now the Biden administration needs to lift the Trump-era tariffs on steel and aluminum from India, says the U.S. Apple Association.
European farm groups were already concerned the EU’s Farm to Fork plan would slash production levels across the bloc of 27 countries, but now they fear that the European Parliament will make the situation worse.
A broad array of national and state farm organizations is appealing to Congress and the Biden administration to provide $40 billion in new funding for climate-related and ag research infrastructure.
The European Commission is showing its bias towards the minority of organic farmers in the trading bloc while cutting funding for the overall ag sector, according to some of the largest agriculture and food organizations in the European Union.