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GAO Published Food Safety Report, Fedral Government has Room for Improvement
- December 24, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 24, 2014 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a study, Federal Food Safety Oversight: Additional Actions Needed to...
China Approves Syngenta Corn, GMO Trait MIR 162
- December 22, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 22, 2014 U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that Chinese officials have approved imports of Syngenta GMO corn...
Legislation Signed to Grow Industrial Hemp in NY
- December 22, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 22, 2014 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation to grow and research industrial hemp, according to a...
RMA Releases APH Yield Excursion Program Details
- December 22, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 22, 2014 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) released additional details of the Actual Production...
U.S. Restores Normalized Relations with Cuba, Agriculture to Benefit
- December 18, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 18, 2015 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stated that he believes agriculture will play an important role in strengthening...
Two Indicted in Organic Tomato Farm Case, Multiple Fraud Charges
- December 17, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 17, 2014 The Alabama Securities Commission has indicted James Albert Lawhorne and Jacqueline Wilson in multiple counts of...
Michigan Governor Abolished Local Food Systems Council
- December 16, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 16, 2014 Michigan Governor Rick Snyder abolished a council that supported local food systems and agricultural diversity, according...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Denied Raw Milk Case
- December 16, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 16, 2014 Vernon Hershberger, Sauk County dairy farmer, will not appear in front of Wisconsin Supreme Court for his...
USDA Requesting Comments on EQIP Rule
- December 15, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 15, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is publishing a rule that outlines improvements to the Environmental...
Senate Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Package, Many Agricultural Riders
- December 15, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 15, 2014 The U.S. Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending package to fund the federal government for the...
Congress Asked to Pass Food Labeling Safety Act
- December 15, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 15, 2014 Stacey Forshee, a member of Farm Bureau, asked Congress to help consumers understand the differences between...
ND Brothers Found Guilty of Crop Insurance Fraud
- December 15, 2014
- Elizabeth
Posted December 15, 2014 A federal jury found potato farmers Aaron and Derek Johnson guilty of crop insurance fraud, according...