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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, May 10, 2024
As lawmakers prepare to move a new farm bill, one of the smallest titles is taking on an outsized importance as Congress looks to address priority issues for the Trump administration.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association believes recent allegations of sexual harassment against Wayne Pacelle and his subsequent resignation as CEO of the Humane Society of the United States will have a “significant impact” on the group’s fundraising.
The American Feed Industry Association is calling on the FDA to consider streamlining or removing several federal regulations and record-keeping requirements that it says are unclear, duplicative, antiquated or do nothing to make the animal food supply safer.
Rice producers wanting to enhance current conservation efforts have until March 2 to apply for a special Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) led by the USA Rice-Ducks Unlimited Rice Stewardship Partnership.
Rep. Peter Roskam, chairman of the House Ways and Means health subcommittee, told colleagues and witnesses at a hearing this week that Congress has “only begun to scratch the surface” in its efforts to reduce opioid abuse.
So which way are land values heading? Farmers National Company says there are both positive and negative factors at work that are affecting the market, and the next six months will tell the tale.
Whether it’s the FDA tightening control over produce safety as it implements the Food Safety Modernization Act or the Interior Department’s policies on cattle grazing, farmers and ranchers can get caught up in complex regulations written by agencies that often don’t understand agriculture the way USDA does.
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to publish a new proposal to define "waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act in April or May, with a final rule to follow by the end of the year, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said Tuesday.
President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union speech Tuesday, presenting an upbeat vision of the country and focusing on his economic and regulatory successes that played well with his GOP base.
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