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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, February 03, 2025
State broadband officials are urging the incoming Trump administration to ensure states can move ahead with spending $42.5 billion in broad funding provided through the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment program.
Tax and spending cuts are at the top of the to-do list for congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump. But there are a broad array of other issues in play that are critical to food and agriculture, from farm bill and the next dietary guidelines to regulations for pesticides and gene-edited crops, and the future of the Biden administration's climate policies.
House GOP leaders were left searching for a way to avoid a government shutdown after the House soundly rejected the latest stopgap spending bill. FDA food chief sees some alignment with RFK, while senators form a MAHA caucus.
A federal judge has vacated USDA’s 2020 rule exempting genetically engineered plants from regulation, which likely will delay USDA approval of crops engineered with traits to resist herbicides.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is best known for space exploration, but the organization’s data is also publicly used for an array of purposes to support agriculture, including monitoring crop production, field conditions and global food security.
Farmers and ranchers could more than offset their greenhouse gas emissions by implementing conservation practices and emerging technologies, according to a report led by U.S. Farmers & Ranchers in Action and released by the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology.
The “genetic revolution” in agriculture powered by gene editing can help preserve access to traditional foods in the future, protecting them from environmental threats, says Qu Dongyu, director-general of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating farm equipment giant John Deere over its repair practices, according to a civil investigative demand (CID) newly made public.
A project for using mealworms to enrich poultry feeds is among three projects getting awards from the USDA and the Foundation for Food and Agriculture through an initiative aimed at next-generation agriculture breakthroughs.
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