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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Some House Republicans say they hope the farmer fly-ins this week will spur action on a farm bill, although there’s no sign of a breakthrough between the House and Senate, and time is fast running out.
Hormel Foods, a 132-year-old Fortune 500 company, realized that the share of hungry people in its home county hadn’t budged in a decade despite community food programs. So it decided to do something.
USDA will award the first tranche of funding under its new $1.2 billion Regional Agricultural Promotion Program, or RAPP, in 2024 with $300 million from the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Vice President Mike Pence used his acceptance speech from Fort McHenry Wednesday night to defend President Trump’s trade war with China, an issue Democrats are trying to use against the president in farm country.
Packing plants shuttered by the COVID-19 pandemic are mostly up and running once again, which is placing a new focus on testing and the availability of personal protective equipment to keep their doors open.
As grills across the country are fired up for Independence Day celebrations tomorrow, a growing number of patties being cooked will be of the plant-based variety.
