Articles Tagged with ''USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service''

The Food Safety and Inspection Service is extending the comment period on its proposed rule for a voluntary “Product of USA” labeling claim on meat until June 11 after receiving requests from the North American Meat Institute and the government of Canada.

Some of the largest multinational food companies are calling on lawmakers to maintain funding for conservation and climate priorities in the next farm bill.

The House Agriculture Committee will hold a farm bill listening session next Tuesday in California.

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf is due this week to reveal his response to demands that he shore up the leadership of the agency’s food programs.

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack told a supporter of e-RINs for electricity produced from biomass and biogas to look for action this summer, emails obtained by Agri-Pulse show.

Scientists are reporting some major success in sharply boosting crop yields by engineering plants to be more efficient at photosynthesis - their process of turning light into food.

A federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday shows TJ Cox, a California Democrat whose one term in Congress included time on the House Agriculture Committee, is facing 28 counts of fraud.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is headed to Germany next month for meetings with the other G7 agriculture ministers.

Happy Earth Day. The White House is using today to tout the administration’s efforts to address climate change.

The U.S. ag sector depends on the ability to ship products between Mexico and Texas, and Governor Greg Abbott’s increased border inspection demands are drawing sharp concerns from American farm groups.