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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Any day now, you will know the results of a vote to increase the beef checkoff in Oklahoma, but the uncertainty surrounding how to increase checkoff rates nationally may remain.
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has acquired Cumberland Dairy, a family-owned processor of ultra-pasteurized dairy products based in Bridgeton, New Jersey.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2017 - Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has announced the appointment of state directors for the Farm Service Agency and for USDA's Rural Development programs.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2017 - The House GOP tax bill’s new rules for partnerships and other “pass-through” small businesses, together with new requirements for paying self-employment taxes, could significantly offset some of the legislation’s benefit to farms, experts say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2017 - The House Republican tax-reform bill would preserve interest expensing for most farmers and would phase out the estate tax, but some producers would lose a tax deduction that their cooperatives pass on to them.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 – An expanded federal drug-court system, better access to alternatives to opioids for people in pain, and educational requirements for drug prescribers are just a few of the dozens of recommendations from the commission set up by President Trump to combat the opioid crisis.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 – Getting policy makers to pay lip service to the need for expanded rural broadband has never been a problem. Getting those same people to act on the issue, however, hasn’t always been as easy.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2017 - Animal feeding operations are celebrating a big win with EPA’s announcement that they won’t be subject to certain emergency emissions reporting requirements.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 - USDA will begin mailing ballots to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country for the 2017 Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections on Monday, Nov 6.
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