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Daybreak: Growers slammed by another FDA alert

11/24/19 11:46 PM By Brad Hooker

Reactions to latest water war * Prop 12 lawsuit hits a snag

FDA agrees to identify high-risk foods by 2022

06/12/19 6:04 AM By Steve Davies

The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to deadlines to meet requirements included in the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act.

Growers tighten food safety standards on leafy greens

04/24/19 9:16 AM By Brad Hooker

Stringent new requirements for water use in irrigation from the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement will have sweeping changes for the industry.

Is California ready for new FDA food safety inspections?

03/20/19 12:46 AM By Brad Hooker

Many are wondering how the process will work and questions remain about coordination between state and federal agencies, a shortage of inspectors and questions on whether the standards will be enough to ward off the next outbreak.

Ostroff: Outbreaks a wake-up call to growers

01/23/19 6:25 AM By Philip Brasher

FDA's just-retired top food regulator says the stunning warning that the agency issued about romaine lettuce two days before Thanksgiving was a wake-up call for growers to tighten safety standards and facilitate the tracking of their crops from field to store.

Perdue wants tighter SNAP rules; encouraged by Trump on TPP

02/07/18 6:56 AM By Philip Brasher

Wading into a potentially divisive farm bill issue, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asked Congress to make it harder for states to get waivers from work requirements in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

USDA, regulated community seem to be on same page at listening session

10/02/17 5:39 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2017 - Don’t substitute guidance for rulemaking, and get federal agencies to work better together, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue was told at a regulatory reform listening session held in the department’s Whitten building Monday.

Gottlieb says FDA taking a ‘step back’ on certain FSMA requirements

09/13/17 6:55 AM By Daniel Enoch

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 13, 2017 – FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says his agency is “taking a step back” to “reset” certain aspects of the Food Safety Modernization Act to make sure the law is sustainable in the long run and feasible for states to implement.

Feed industry eager for FDA guidance on safety rules

08/18/17 2:36 PM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2017 - Feed mills, grain processors and other facilities involved in supplying animal feed. including corn ethanol plants, face upcoming compliance dates for regulations intended to prevent spread of toxins, pathogens and other sources of contamination.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak for March 13, 2017

03/13/17 8:00 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2017 - Gottlieb gets some initial support for top FDA post * Farms and ranches hit hard by Kansas wildfires * Trump administration still undecided on support for T-TIP

Rod Hebrink, Compeer Financial

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Rod Hebrink, President and CEO of Compeer Financial. Farmers have spent much of 2019 hoping for better markets, trade agreements and certainly weather. Hebrink says the current farm economy may show similarities to the 1980s, but the financial state of the industry as a whole is much different. Hebrink says government risk management tools and trade assistance have been a lifeline for many operations, but the industry desperately needs open markets and better prices into the new crop year.

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Opinion: Farmers can benefit from climate legislation

The fall harvest has finally wrapped up in Indiana, putting an end to a year that tested the willpower of farmers throughout our region. In addition to ongoing economic challenges, it was officially the wettest year on record. U.S. farmers couldn’t plant more than 19 million waterlogged acres, the majority of which were in the Midwest. Amid all these troubles, there are still areas of hope for the agriculture sector, and that’s why I’m on Capitol Hill this week.