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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, April 29, 2024
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has floated the possibility of USDA and the Food and Drug Administration splitting regulatory responsibilities over gene-edited animals.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue calls for cutting agriculture's environmental footprint in half by 2050, and also endorses carbon pricing to encourage farmers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
As discussions and debates over climate change legislation and policy heat up in Congress and in the federal government, nearly two dozen major farm groups announced a coalition today to ensure the views of U.S. agriculture are well represented.
President Donald Trump’s election-year budget proposes $1 trillion in infrastructure spending, including $25 billion earmarked for rural America, while reprising recommendations for slashing farm programs and nutrition assistance.
President Donald Trump is proposing increases in spending for high-speed internet and other types of rural infrastructure as part of his fiscal 2021 budget.
The Food and Drug Administration says that a new analysis indicating genome editing in cattle can have unintended consequences underscores the importance of its regulatory approach to animal biotechnology.
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement will take two major steps this week when President Donald Trump signs the U.S. implementing bill into law and Canada starts work on its companion legislation.
The National Biodiesel Board announced a new vision touting biodiesel, renewable diesel, and renewable jet fuel to be recognized as premium products at their annual conference taking place in Tampa this week.