A. G. Kawamura

The USDA published a Request for Information (RFI) with the Federal Register today and is seeking public comment regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) use in grocery stores.

President Obama would consider vetoing an Agriculture Appropriations bill should the legislation include House GOP-proposed school lunch nutrition waivers, White House senior counselor John Podesta said on Monday

The FDA needs increased funding in FY 2015 to completely implement rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), FDA Administrator Margaret Hamburg told a Senate panel Thursday.

While many countries are taking action to halt the erosion of livestock genetic resources, a substantial gap remains that needs to be urgently addressed, according to the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).

After recently reaching agreement with Dow AgroSciences on the use and approval of 2, 4-D tolerant crops, the Save Our Crops Coalition (SOCC) signaled today that it wants to restrict and slow down approvals for similar synthetic auxin resistant technology from Monsanto and BASF, the dicamba resista

Washington week ahead

The Romney “camp” hopes they can build on momentum earned from five straight victories in Maine, Michigan, Arizona, Wyoming and Washington state to cruise to victory in the 10 states that on Tuesday will decide how more than 400 delegates get allocated.

The critical question of what will happen to agriculture in the new millennia under the predictable challenges coming from population increase, climate change, resource depletion and energy insecurity has recently emerged as a point of urgent attention.