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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, May 04, 2024
U.S. corn and soybean production will be smaller than the previous year based on fractionally lower planted acreage and trend yields, USDA said today in its first projections for major crops for the 2018-2019 crop year.
The chief scientist at PepsiCo, the largest U.S. food company, is challenging American agriculture to “dig in” and take greater steps to help provide nutritious, affordable food to a world population that will surpass 9 billion people by mid-century.
Twenty-six Republican senators have written to President Trump, supporting his recent comments about re-engaging in Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations.
The dry bean and seed industries in Idaho say they will try again to get soybean production banned in southcentral and southeastern parts of the state.
The U.S. Cattlemen’s Association is asking USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to come up with beef labeling rules to better inform consumers on the difference between beef products derived from cattle and those created in a laboratory.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association believes recent allegations of sexual harassment against Wayne Pacelle and his subsequent resignation as CEO of the Humane Society of the United States will have a “significant impact” on the group’s fundraising.
