Items Tagged with 'Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act'

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill allowing whole milk to be served in schools.

In an address to attendees at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual convention, AFBF President Zippy Duvall said the group will continue to push for year-round E15 to drive domestic crop demand and will advocate for additional farm aid, citing a specific need in the specialty crop sector. 

The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service updated its labeling guidance ahead of the January implementation of new voluntary “Product of USA” rules.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller wants to let Mexican cattle into the U.S. so they can be in rodeos.

Whole milk would return to school lunch cafeterias under a bipartisan bill set for final congressional action this week in the House as lawmakers wrap up their work for the year. The Senate is expected to confirm the Trump administration’s top agricultural trade negotiator.

Senate Agriculture Committee members on Tuesday wrestled with the question of whether whole and reduced fat milk should be offered in school cafeterias.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., objected to an attempt from Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., seeking unanimous consent on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act that passed in the House on Wednesday.

Bipartisan members of the House voted 330-99 in support of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act allowing whole milk and 2% milk to again be allowed in school lunches.