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The Biden administration is announcing a plan today to transform the U.S. food system by improving supply chains and addressing issues exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ballooning cost estimates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are likely to paint a bigger target on the farm bill’s nutrition title heading when lawmakers start drafting the bill in the next Congress.

A months-long outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza is adding to the shock waves roiling grocery prices, but different food items are experiencing disparate impacts.

U.S. corn wet mills that produce key ingredients for food are seeing their opportunity for growth and a chance to steal back market share from China stifled because of persistent railroad delays that have become the focus of intense criticism on Capitol Hill and the White House.

The next version of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans needs to take a close look at the effectiveness of low-carb diets, most commenters told the federal agencies putting together the 2025-2030 DGA.

A $3 million program designed to grow the market for biobased products will be one of many under legislative scrutiny as discussions surrounding the 2023 Farm Bill ramp up.

Food packing industry giant JBS Foods USA will implement an infectious disease preparedness plan for seven of its meat processing facilities.

The Biden administration plans to spend more than $2 billion on a strategy for making targeted improvements in nearly every aspect of food production and distribution, with an emphasis on assisting small and mid-size operations.

Labor unions are joining up with ocean carriers to fight proposals in Congress to reform rules for shipping U.S. food aid. Under cargo preference requirements, half of the food must be shipped on U.S.-flag carriers.

Amid a historic demand for food assistance both here and abroad, industry leaders are looking for ac a crisis response plan to emerge from the White House’s Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, new conversations in the upcoming farm bill and solutions for Ukrainian exports. The Arab Spring in 2007 will pale in comparison to the impact the war in Ukraine will have on the global food supply, warns one Newsmaker panelist.