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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Water levels in parts of the shrunken Mississippi River and its tributaries are reaching depths not seen in more than 30 years, grounding barges and forcing producers to store more of their grain.
In this opinion piece, Mike Espy, former secretary of agriculture and former Congressman from Mississippi, discusses that in order to have the “safest food supply in the world" we must remember that America’s bottom line is measured in the health and wellbeing of all of its people.
From the Southeast to New England, the Pacific Northwest to the mid-Atlantic, and most places in between, states are embracing hemp as a welcome alternative for growers struggling with low commodity prices.
U.S. catfish producers hope a recent Department of Commerce determination will level the playing field in their long-running fight over cheaper imported Vietnamese catfish.
Alternative Energy Development broke ground this week on a wood pellet manufacturing plant in Copiah County, Miss., that is projected to process 1 million tons of pulp wood a year and ship 500,000 tons overseas.
