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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Many farm groups are calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to exempt agriculture from proposed requirements that corporations start disclosing the greenhouse gas emissions in their supply chains.
Congress last week made it clear that ocean carrier companies cannot “unreasonably” refuse to book space on ships for U.S. ag exports, but now it’s up to the Federal Maritime Commission to decide exactly what that means and the fate of foreign markets for U.S. some farm commodities is at stake.
Competition in the seed business is either robust or severely diminished, according to comments submitted to USDA that reflect a deep divide in the industry over the question of consolidation and raise concerns about access to traits developed through biotechnology.
New technology with a Department of Agriculture stamp of approval could offer speedy help to hog producers hit by emerging disease outbreaks. And beef producers may soon see the benefits as well.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is collecting comments on a proposed rule and an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking related to poultry grower contracts and the use of a tournament-style system that ranks producers and impacts how much they get paid.
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.