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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, April 25, 2024
USDA-FNS authorized $3 million to Auburn University’s Hunger Solutions Institute to work with six retailers in Alabama, California, Georgia and South Dakota to implement at 116 locations its Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Projects to encourage increased consumption of healthy dairy products.
The Biden administration's top ag official says $800 million in debt relief announced earlier this week will not only help distressed farmers facing foreclosure but provide “opportunities for more farmers to receive help.”
Joe Shultz is the new executive director of the newly launched Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation and Jaime Adams has been tapped as the new senior policy adviser for climate at USDA.
USDA has added new officials to its White House liaison and faith-based initiatives offices, and Tyson Foods is looking for a new international group president.
Millions of families and their friends are on the hunt for infant formula wherever they can find products. Those living in less densely populated rural areas seem to be bearing much of the pain.
The U.S. is again demanding to enter into official consultations with Canada over complaints that Ottawa continues to manipulate its dairy import quotas that stymie U.S. exports, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Wednesday. Those consultations could lead to the U.S. calling for a second dispute panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday left open the possibility of retaliatory tariffs against Canada for again making what the U.S. sees as an unacceptable proposal to alter its dairy quota system.
Representatives for the nation’s dairy producers and processors say New York City Mayor Eric Adams made the right decision by upholding a policy to allow flavored milks to be served in the city’s public schools.
The International Dairy Foods Association is joining with the Port of Los Angeles and the shipping logistics company CMA CGM to form the Dairy Exports Working Group as supply chain bottlenecks at U.S. ports continue to hamper shipments of agricultural commodities to foreign buyers.
