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Ag Groups Form Coalition to Lift Cuba Embargo

Posted January 12, 2015 Many U.S. farm groups, including Cargill, CoBank, and American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) have launched the...

FDA Clears BPA-Lined Containers

Posted January 12, 2015 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded bisphenol, a synthetic estrogen used in lining the...

Regulatory Accountability Act Introduced

Posted January 9, 2015 House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congressman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) have introduced H.R. 185,...

Californians Charged with Violating Ag-Gag Law, Charges Dropped

–> Posted January 8, 2015 Four Californians have been charged with violating Utah’s “ag-gag” law when they took pictures of agricultural...

Foie Gras Legal in California

Posted January 8, 2015 A U.S. District Court judge has struck down the ban prohibiting chefs from serving foie gras,...

OMB Failed to Issue Mechanically Tenderized Beef Labeling Ruling

Posted January 8, 2014 The Office of Management Bureau (OMB) did not meet the deadline to advance the U.S. Department...

WI Supreme Court Overturned Manure Pollution Ruling

Posted January 6, 2015 The Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed an appeals court ruling that ruled a Washington County farm couple...

GAO Published Food Safety Report, Fedral Government has Room for Improvement

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Posted December 15, 2014 A federal jury found potato farmers Aaron and Derek Johnson guilty of crop insurance fraud, according...

NTSB Ruled FAA Can Regulate Drones

Posted November 28, 2014 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has sided with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ruling that...