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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, May 13, 2024
While work continues to find nominees for some vacant high-level positions, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says it’s just as important to fill “worker bee” positions throughout the entire department.
Many of the top agricultural counties in the United States are consistently losing population, except in those with processing facilities, according to an Agri-Pulse analysis of 2020 census data.
Soy Transportation Coalition Executive Director Mike Steenhoek says he expects resiliency at export terminals in New Orleans that weathered the hurricane, but he also stressed that damage assessments need to be conducted.
After earning $4.68 billion so far this year, Deere & Company announced today that it is raising its fiscal year net income projections to between $5.7 and $5.9 billion.
Senate Republicans used the debate on a $3.5 trillion budget framework to force votes on energy and environmental issues that exposed potential fractures among Democrats.
A “Buy American” executive order President Biden signed in January has prompted the Agriculture Department to take a closer look at how current rules on buying domestic products for school meals are being enforced.
The Senate Agriculture Committee is set to hold a vote this morning on the nominations of Robert Bonnie to be USDA’s Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation and Xochitl Torres Small for Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development.
Cargill and Continental Grain Company have announced plans to acquire Sanderson Farms, the third-largest poultry producer in the nation, for $4.53 billion.