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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...

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...

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...

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...

Climate Change Could Increase Crop Insurance Losses

Posted November 26, 2014 Climate change could increase losses in flood and crop insurance programs significantly in coming decades, according...

USDA to Expand SCO for 2016 Crop Year

Posted November 24, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced that it is evaluating...

USDA Spending $29 Million to House Farm Laborers

Posted November 10, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $29 million...

USDA Approved Genetically Modified Potato

–> Posted November 10, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a genetically engineered potato that reduces the amount...

USDA to Spend $4 Million on Honey Bee Habitat

Posted October 31, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that more than $4 million will be provided to help...

Senators Requesting Immediate Withdrawal of New CWA Regulations

–> Posted October 24, 2014 U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Republican members of the Senate Agriculture Committee have requested that...

Vilsack Announced New Crop Insurance Program

Posted October 23, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a new Farm Bill initiative that will provide relief to...

NFU Withdraws from Beef Checkoff

Posted September 10, 2014 The National Farmers Union (NFU) board of directors has voted to withdraw from the beef checkoff...

GAO Released Crop Insurance Study

Posted September 9, 2014 The cost of the federal crop insurance program and farm sector income and wealth has grown...

FSIS Amending Poultry Products Inspection Regulations

Posted August 29, 2014 The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has amended the poultry products inspection regulations to establish...

Vilsack Announces 2014 Farm Bill Updates

–> Posted August 7, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced an update on implementing the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014...

USDA Introduces New Poultry Regulations

Posted August 6, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released poultry-inspection rules...

FCIC Finalizes Insurance Rule

Posted July 29, 2014 The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) has finalized the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Pear Crop Insurance...

Concerns Over Conservation Regulations Rise With Vegetable Producers

Posted July 29, 2014 Last week, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) informed producers of their obligation to comply with conservation...

CoBank Partners with USDA to Create Infrastructure Investment Fund

Posted July 25, 2014 CoBank announced that it has joined with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to create a...