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JBS and Temple Grandin Sign Animal Welfare Agreement

Posted May 9, 2014   Yesterday, JBS and Temple Grandin signed a technical cooperation agreement at the Beef Sumit Brasil event...

Senator Cochran Continues Push to Implement Catfish Inspection Program

Posted May 9, 2014   Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, recently stated that he intends...

Maryland Joins Lawsuit, Backs EPA in Chesapeake Bay Appeal

Posted May 9, 2014   Maryland has joined the appeal involving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) plan to clean up...

FDA Releases FSMA Strategy Document, Emphasizes Voluntary Compliance

Posted May 8, 2014   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a strategy document that emphasizes voluntary compliance,...

USDA Announces Funds to Cut Energy Costs for Farmers, Ranchers, and Rural Small Businesses

Posted May 8, 2014   Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently announced that USDA is seeking applications from rural agricultural producers...

US and Japan Make Progress on Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Posted May 8, 2014   Japan and the United States reached a basic agreement in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, described...

Food Industry Waits for Vermont GMO Food Labeling Law

Posted May 8, 2014   Kraft Foods Group Inc. and other food companies are facing the prospect of a state law...

Group Says FDA Should Focus on Food Labeling Regulation for “Milk” Products

Posted May 7, 2014   The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) recently criticized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for...

Kentucky Hemp Crop Ready for Planting

Posted May 7, 2014   Kentucky’s first legal hemp crop since the 1950s is ready to be planted this month, according...

Soybean Groups Join to Protect Ag Data

Posted May 7, 2014   Agricultural data analysis and use may the next big development in agricultural production, but it also...

Kraft Investigated by Regulators over Wheat Trading

Posted May 6, 2014   Kraft Foods Group Inc. said that U.S. regulators were investigating wheat futures trading by parts of...

EPA Seeks Comments on Registration of Enlist Duo

Posted May 6, 2014   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comments on its proposed decision to register Enlist...

USDA Meeting Ends with No Vote on Organic Aquaculture

Posted May 6, 2014   The spring meeting for the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) ended with no vote on establishing...

Lawsuit over Clean Water Act Permits for Logging Roads Ongoing

Posted May 5, 2014   A federal judge denied a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit over the stormwater discharge exemption...

Walmart Hosts CEOs for Sustainability Product Expo

Posted May 5, 2014   Walmart joined with CEOs from global companies like Monsanto, Cargill, and Dairy Farmers of America, to...

NPPC Testifies Before Congress on Country of Origin Labeling and Deadly Pig Virus

Posted May 5, 2014   The National Pork Producers Council recently testified before Congress on two issues impacting its industry –...

WI Governor Signs Farm Machinery Bill

Posted May 2, 2014   Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recently signed legislation updating laws that cover farm machinery and travel on...

CA Senate Passes Bill to Prevent Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals

Posted May 2, 2014   On Thursday, the California State Senate passed a bill to restrict the use of antibiotics in...

MI Agriculture Commission Approves Changes to Right to Farm Protection

Posted May 1, 2014   The Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development voted, in a special session, to adopt changes...

Federal Judge Upholds Vacated Settlement Between Labor Dept. and Blueberry Growers

Posted May 1, 2014   A federal judge recently upheld a previous ruling vacating settlement agreements between the U.S. Department of...