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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, May 03, 2024
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a $27.2 billion spending bill for the Agriculture Department and Food and Drug Administration that would provide significant new funding for conservation technical assistance, rural broadband and food safety.
The Commerce Department has issued final rulings that Russia and Trinidad and Tobago unfairly subsidize exports of urea ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which is dumped in the U.S. at below market prices.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved bills Wednesday authorizing USDA to mandate minimum levels of cash trading in cattle and establish a special investigator’s office in USDA to probe allegations of unfair marketing practices.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service reported winter honey bees have a higher resistance to imidacloprid, a common insecticide used in agriculture, than summer honey bees.
The Senate Agriculture Committee is expected this week to approve proposals aimed at weakening the market power of meatpackers but have long divided producers.
The Environmental Protection Agency must re-examine its finding that glyphosate is “not likely” to cause cancer in humans, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
Representatives of major farm groups told leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee on Friday that the existing farm bill programs are inadequate to protect farmers from rising input costs.