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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, April 26, 2024
Eight midwestern governors are asking the Environmental Protection Agency allow their states to sell E15 blends of ethanol year round, even if the product remains restricted in the rest of the country.
When the Russian military invasion cut off Ukraine’s ability to export sunflower oil and wheat, it helped push “a cascading food crisis around the world,” according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Agency for U.S. Agency for International Development. Now Indonesia, which last week banned the export of palm oil, is exacerbating the conditions that are driving global shortages and price spikes of vegetable oil.
Negotiations are underway to sell The National Grange's 11-story building, which is located only a block from the White House, continuing the trend for many farm groups that have gotten out of owning real estate.
Economists have raised their forecast for farm income this year. As a result, farm earnings are expected to be about the same this year as last, despite sharp increases in production costs.
Seed giant Corteva is packing up and ceasing all operations in Russia as the country continues its military invasion of Ukraine, according to a press release from the company.
Cabinet members will be back on Capitol Hill this week, this time in the Senate, where they will face questions as lawmakers and appropriators mull 2023 budgets for the federal agencies.
A House Republican is calling for the Senate to move forward on cattle market reform efforts, saying it would give the House an opportunity to respond and push efforts closer to a final agreement.
Leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee heard from Michigan producers who represent a broad range of commodities, scale and farming practices as the panel formally started hearings on the next farm bill.