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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, May 17, 2024
At the stroke of midnight, the 2008 farm bill that guided a wide range of food, farm and rural programs over the last five years will technically expire.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and an Iowa pork producer filed a lawsuit today in federal district court, charging the National Pork Board with striking “an unlawful backroom deal†with the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) for the purchase of the “Pork: The Other White Meat†s
After several days of partisan bickering over which party is most to blame for the failure to tackle some of the nation’s biggest challenges, lawmakers managed to pass a continuing resolution but failed to pass a new farm bill
An Alabama state senator claims that USDA and DOJ are implementing a new process for discrimination settlements that further discriminate against women and Hispanic farmers
The U.S. House of Representatives may consider a three-month extension of the current farm bill before leaving town to campaign for the November elections.
House GOP leaders are in the process of trying to assess the potential vote count in anticipation of offering either a three-month or one-year farm bill extension up for a vote next week, according to House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla.
