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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, April 29, 2024
Agricultural groups in Ohio and Indiana pushed back hard on a report from the Environmental Working Group showing that 90% of livestock operations in the Western Lake Erie Basin that are not required to obtain discharge permits account for most of the manure produced there.
Tom Chapman has been selected as the next CEO and executive director of the Organic Trade Association and Dairy MAX has promoted Marty McKinzie to chief growth officer and has brought on Kay Johnson Smith as chief operating officer.
President Joe Biden has picked Jose Emilio Esteban, to serve as the next food safety undersecretary and the Department of Agriculture has announced three new individuals who will hold senior positions.
President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Elaine Trevino as the next ag trade negotiator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the Department of Agriculture has announced three individuals who will hold key staff positions.
The $5 billion approved in the American Rescue Plan for disadvantaged farmers, including $4 billion in debt relief, is only the beginning of what should be done for farmers of color, three key U.S. senators said Monday.
President-elect Joe Biden chooses Michael Regan, head of North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality, to be Environmental Protection Agency administrator and Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to be Interior Secretary.
Farmworker advocates are sounding the alarm about the growing threat of COVID-19 to the more than 2 million people who harvest a wide variety of crops grown in the U.S.
SGMA showing impacts on agricultural land values * Concerns rise over smallholder farmers during outbreak * Western Growers asks USDA to back claims on perishable commodities
Food giant Kellogg plans to eliminate the use of glyphosate in its wheat and oat supply chains by 2025. The company quietly made the announcement on its “Open for Breakfast” website.
Supporters and detractors of atrazine are clashing over EPA’s recently proposed interim registration decision, which would impose new label language to reduce spray drift but also would increase the concentration of the herbicide allowed in watersheds before corrective action is required.
