We use cookies to provide you with a better experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Privacy Terms and Cookie Policy
Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Eight businesses are set to split $29 million to boost domestic fertilizer production capacity for projects that the Agriculture Department says will have a near-term impact on the 2023 and 2024 crop years.
Cindy McCain has been named the next executive director of the United Nations World Food Program and USDA has been appointed L’Tonya Davis as the first permanent chief diversity and inclusion officer.
Agriculture Department leaders are offering the nation’s rice producers a look at the $250 million assistance program expected later this year and giving them a chance to start filling out their applications before the program is officially announced.
Agriculture Department leaders didn’t officially receive a slate of interim recommendations from an Equity Commission convened last year until Tuesday, but the department says many of the suggestions are already in the works.
Xochitl Torres Small is President Joe Biden’s pick as the next deputy secretary at USDA and Tracey Forfa will become the new director of FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine.
Bill Anderson is the new CEO of Bayer and former Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., has joined the American Association of Crop Insurers as an adviser to its board of directors.
USDA is releasing the first $850 million in conservation program funding from the $18 billion provided by the Inflation Reduction Act to ramp up the adoption of climate-smart farming practices.
The California Chamber of Commerce and the Western Association of Conference Executives has jointly brought on Nick Ortiz as CalChamber vice president of local chamber relations and W.A.C.E. president and CEO, effective Feb. 27.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency has rolled out a new direct loan application that will require interested producers to fill out less than half the paperwork.
The number two at the Department of Agriculture, Jewel Bronaugh, has announced she will step down and Frank Yiannas, FDA's deputy commissioner for food policy, is leaving his post.
