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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29- Among the contentious points in USDA’s proposed “Nutritional Standards in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs†is sodium, which is a major component in salt. The school meal standards adopted the salt restrictions in the 2010 dietary guidelines, which the Sa
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21-“Knee-jerk†reactions are not the solution to the mess left in the collapse of MF Global, said American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Bob Stallman in an interview with Stewart Doan of Agri-Pulse.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15- Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine denied the accusation that he was aware of a $175 million loan made to a European affiliate from segregated customer accounts.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-- The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement includes “new and innovative†proposals with the goal to create a model of how trade should be conducted in the Asia-Pacific region, said United State Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Demetrios Marantis.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8- What led to the misuse of MF Global customer funds is unknown, largely due to the enormous number of transactions made in the hours before the firm’s collapse, said Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine when he testified before the House Committee on Agriculture today.
WASHINGTON, Dec.8- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Jill Sommers testified before the House Committee on Agriculture this morning on the examination of the MF Global bankruptcy. Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine will testify later today in the same hearing.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 – The Senate Agriculture Committee used today’s Wall Street Reform Act oversight hearing to question regulators on the collapse of MF Global Holdings Ltd.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30- Farm Bill hearings will resume at the end of January or the beginning of February, Senator Stabenow told Agri-Pulse today. She said the Senate Agriculture Committee will continue to work with its counterpart in the House to continue fine-tuning Farm Bill negotiations, while us
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23- The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is serving 46 million Americans, the highest in the program’s history, said USDA Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon. Rising numbers of recently unemployed or underemployed, as well as th
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10- Agricultural exports are at a record high with more than $137 billion for the fiscal year 2011, according to the latest USDA agricultural trade data.
