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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a dairy herd in North Carolina, bringing to seven the number of states where HPAI has been found in dairy cattle. The other states are Texas, Kansas, Michigan, Idaho, New Mexico and Ohio.
In an exclusive interview with Agri-Pulse, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn Thompson, says he’s found a way to fund changes in farm bill commodity programs, and he says he intends to move the legislation next month.
The cost of eating at home was unchanged for the second straight month in March as lower prices for dairy and grain products offset higher costs for beef, pork, chicken and eggs.
Some Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee are calling for increasing premium subsidies for crop insurance policies that will cover up to 85% of a farmer’s revenue risk without jeopardizing their eligibility for farm bill commodity programs.
The Biden administration is having success at removing barriers to U.S. ag exports despite the lack of new tariff-reducing trade agreements, according to the U.S. Trade Representative's chief ag trade negotiator, Doug McKalip.
New Endangered Species Act rules received a mixed reaction from environmental groups and resource users, who have been watching closely to see how the Biden administration implements the 51-year-old law.
U.S. food systems will need to adapt to better protect against the consequences of climate change on food safety and public health, experts said at a recent food policy conference.
The nation’s largest pet food industry group and state regulators are at odds over a measure intended to federalize pet food labeling regulations, while simultaneously upending an array of current state-by-state laws laying out processes for determining what ingredients should be listed and whether marketing claims can be backed up.
A delegation of European Union officials met this week with the Agriculture Department and industry stakeholders to exchange ideas on how to tackle some of the economic, climate, supply chain and other challenges in both regions.
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