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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27– The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued certificates of protection to developers of 45 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include bean, oat, potato, ryegrass, sorghum, soybean, watermelon and wheat.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27– U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) are lead sponsors on legislation that would clarify congressional intent regarding the Agriculture Hours-of-Service (AgHOS) regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26- Advocates say recent developments, including an annual report showing America’s small wind turbine industry experienced substantial growth in 2010, and a bill introduced in the Senate that would expand a 30% business investment for community wind projects, are signs that wind e
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 2011–Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced today 23 new grants to research and extension programs working to help organic producers and processors.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23– A federal judge ruled that the lawsuit claiming corn processors practiced false advertising in a campaign rebranding high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) as “corn sugar†campaign will go forward.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 21, 2011 –Mexico today lifted tariffs on U.S. exports and the U.S. government last week granted the first permit to a Mexican trucking firm to haul goods into the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 21, 2011 -- Stating that government agricultural support programs traditionally were intended to provide a safety-net to help farmers deal with “large systemic risk issues†rather than “smaller fluctuations in income†that can result from “average weather and market events
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 – America’s small wind turbine industry saw substantial growth in 2010, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reported yesterday, highlighted by a 26 percent expansion in the market for small wind systems with 25.6 megawatts (MW) of capacity added, as well as a robust incr
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 — The Institute of Medicine issued a report that said federal agencies should develop a new nutrition rating system with symbols to display on the front of food and beverage packaging. The symbols would graphically convey calorie counts by serving size and a "point" value showin
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20- A coalition of 1,200 organizations, companies, institutions, and individuals sent a request yesterday to the members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to maintain agricultural research funding levels during their deficit reduction decisions.
