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Customer demand revolutionizing the food supply chain

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03/04/19 12:01 PM By Jonathan H. Harsch

Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in our seven-part in-depth editorial series where we look ahead at “Farm & Food 2040.” This story focuses on the changing consumer expectations for food and how that’s impacting many aspects of the value chain of the present and future.

Perdue, EPA offer differing E15 timelines

02/27/19 4:56 PM By Spencer Chase

Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue told the House Agriculture Committee today that the Environmental Protection Agency won’t wrap up rulemaking for summertime E15 sales in time for the summer driving season. But the EPA isn’t so sure.

Broadband program grows, stakeholders welcome deadline extension

02/27/19 5:30 AM By Ben Nuelle

USDA’s new program to expand broadband service in rural America is getting a fresh infusion of cash even as the department has delayed the application process for the first round of grants and loans that appear to be in high demand.

CAST report looks at challenges of aquifer depletion

02/27/19 5:10 AM By Hannah Pagel

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology released a new report that looks at the depletion of aquifers and the long-term effect on agriculture productivity.

Trump signs National FFA charter updates into law

02/27/19 5:05 AM By Hannah Pagel

President Donald Trump recently signed legislation to update the National FFA charter, an action the organization hopes will lead to greater self-governance and could lead to an expanded national officer team in the years to come.

Plant-based, animal protein demand shows no sign of letting up

02/25/19 11:59 AM By Ed Maixner

Farmers, ranchers, fisherman and the rest of agribusiness will try to satisfy dietary protein demands as the global population soars in number toward the nine billion the United Nations projects by 2040.

USDA predicts stable crop, record livestock production in 2019

02/21/19 10:47 AM By Spencer Chase

USDA economists expect farmers to increase plantings of corn this spring while reducing their soybean production as the Trump administration's ongoing trade war with China remains unsettled. Record amounts of meat and milk production are projected.

Opinion: Don’t strangle promising technology with red tape

02/20/19 8:30 AM By Jim Heimerl

Imagine the backlash the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would get if it dragged its regulatory heels on approving the process of editing the human genome to cure colon cancer by insisting that edits be approved separately for each race, nationality and other arbitrary group of people.

Crop insurance industry celebrates successes, but looks to future challenges

02/20/19 5:28 AM By Sara Wyant

Ask a farmer about the most important farm bill provisions for his or her operation and you’ll likely hear the words “crop insurance.” The public-private partnership continued to expand last year, covering more than 334 million acres of farmland in 2018 — a 20 million-acre increase over 2017.

On tap: First ever under-10-years CRP contracts

02/20/19 5:20 AM By Ed Maixner

Congress chose the Prairie Pothole Region to try out shorter-term Conservation Reserve Program contracts, infusing the 34-year-old program with lower-cost alternatives for farmers wanting to idle their least productive cropland.

Open Mic: Representative Dusty Johnson

This week’s Open Mic guest is South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson. Last week hundreds of farmers were in Washington calling on legislators to press forward to approve a new farm bill. Johnson says deadlines drive achievement in Congress and the challenges farmers shared with their elected leaders was more than enough to try and beat the political odds to deliver new risk management tools and nutrition programs. Johnson shares concerns about farmer use of Chinese drone technology. He is critical of the Biden administration’s immigration policy saying rules are too stringent to legally enter the country and too easy to enter illegally.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 20, 2024: Rep. Jason Smith on ag taxes, trade

Farm groups are concerned about Trump’s threat to increase tariffs on U.S. trading partners. House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., joined Newsmakers to discuss ag tax and trade policy, including what’s at stake in the election.

Then, Kristine Tidgren from Iowa State University’s Center for Ag Law and Taxation and Jim Richards with Cornerstone Government Affairs discuss how farm country will be affected when TCJA provisions expire in 2025.

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