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A vegetable oil crisis in the making around the world

05/04/22 6:20 AM By Bill Tomson

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.

Senate Ag launches farm bill hearings

04/29/22 3:01 PM By Philip Brasher

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.

House hearing shows partisan divide over SNAP

04/28/22 6:05 PM By Garrett Downs

House Republicans and Democrats on Thursday sparred over USDA nutrition programs at a hearing on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, highlighting partisan divides over funding for food assistance in the 2023 farm bill.

FDA chief says US food is safe but agrees more action is needed

04/28/22 2:47 PM By Steve Davies

The food supply in the United States is “as safe as it’s ever been,” Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf told Senate appropriators Thursday when questioned about the agency’s lack of action on food safety issues.

Biden proposes $500M in emergency incentives to boost US crop production

Funding intended to relieve war-driven shortfalls

04/28/22 10:30 AM By Philip Brasher

President Joe Biden's $33 billion supplemental funding request for the war in Ukraine includes $500 million to encourage U.S. farmers to increase production of crops such as soybeans and wheat.

Beef packer CEOs deny collusion at House Ag hearing

04/27/22 4:27 PM By Spencer Chase

Leaders of the nation’s largest beef packers denied accusations Wednesday that they had any agreement in place to suppress prices or competition for beef cattle throughout the country.

USDA taps emergency commodity funding to address war impact

04/27/22 2:43 PM By Philip Brasher

The Biden administration will spend $282 million on domestic commodities such as wheat as part of a food aid package for Yemen and five African nations experiencing severe drought and food insecurity, USDA and the U.S. Agency for International Development said Wednesday.

Daybreak April 27: Stabenow: Dems taking on meatpackers, inflation

04/27/22 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Bill Tomson, Noah Wicks, Garrett Downs, and Steve Davies

Democrats struggling to deal with voter concerns about inflation are using a cattle markets reform bill to make the case that corporate CEOs are to blame for rising prices.

Prolonged drought in southern Plains, West sparks worries for 2022 crops

04/27/22 6:24 AM By Noah Wicks

Many farmers in the southern Plains and the West worry they can't produce their crops this year because of an abnormally dry winter and little prospect for moisture in coming weeks.

USDA: Prioritize railway service for agriculture

04/26/22 2:32 PM By Bill Tomson

Agricultural shippers should not have to pay the price for increasingly unreliable railway service that is pushing American farmers and ranchers to the breaking point, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Jewel Bronaugh said Tuesday at an emergency hearing held by the Surface Transportation Board.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 26, 2024: USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt on bird flu, competition

USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt oversees the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. She joins us to discuss the latest on the bird flu outbreak and how USDA is responding.

Then, Michael Dykes with the International Dairy Foods Association and Fred Gingrich with the American Association of Bovine Practitioners join to chat more about the impact the bird flu has had on the dairy industry.

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