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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
A recent broadband coverage map released by the White House further illustrates rural America is in dire need of faster internet speeds, but at least one rural state is doing better than most, thanks to a commitment by local providers.
The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture recently announced plans to direct $6.2M to 21 Professional Development for Agricultural Literacy grants, which aim to increase the number of K-14 teachers educated in the food and agricultural sciences.
Hog and poultry producers who had to depopulate herds or flocks because of the COVID-19 slowdowns in processing plants can start applying July 20 for compensation from the Agriculture Department.
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened global hunger, according to a new report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. The FAO estimates that as many as 811 million people faced hunger in 2020, an increase of as much as 161 million people over 2019.
Old crop corn and soybean ending stocks stayed steady in the Department of Agriculture's latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report released Monday.
A wide-ranging executive order that President Joe Biden signed Friday seeks to address consolidation throughout the economy and includes a special focus on actions the Department of Agriculture could take to address the meat industry and antitrust enforcement.
President Biden is expected to sign his executive order today addressing concentration in agribusiness, transportation and other sectors. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to promote the White House initiative.
House spending bills for fiscal 2022 are making climate action a priority both at home and abroad while also ramping up spending for enforcement of environmental regulation.
High demand for farm equipment and issues in the supply chain mean that orders for new machinery from a number of companies are taking months to fill and prices for used equipment have gone up.
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer was down again in June, as farmers were feeling less optimistic about the state of their current and future production operations due to rising input costs.