…the financial capacity to do so,” AFBF President Zippy Duvall said in a press release. “Similarly, the proposal to increase domestic fertilizer production is an acknowledgement by the administration of…
Foster Farms Among Accused Meatpackers in House COVID Panel Report
California’s Foster Farms is among the meat packers accused of working with Trump administration officials to undermine the efforts of health officials during Coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants. The House…
SGMA Meeting Brings Varying Interests Together to Work Towards Common Action
…about from the SGMA meeting include having the Valley Delegation of state legislators ask for a meeting with the Governor’s Administration to discuss potential mitigation action. Many of the speaks…
U.S. Helping to Feed the World
…long prided itself in our ability to feed the world. Administration leaders have taken another step to do just that. U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International…
Coalition Calls for Food Safety and Nutrition Enhancements at FDA
More than two dozen organizations representing a variety of interests are encouraging improvements to food safety and nutrition protocols within in the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The groups represent…
House Ag Committee Hearing on SNAP Benefits
…spending,” he said. “I remain concerned pandemic aid is set to become endemic aid and that various issues caused by this administration’s own actions and at times inaction have caused…
Review of the 2020–21 California Citrus Season
…was 9% below the previous season. There were unprecedented challenges across the supply chain with transportation and shipping logistics. The China market failed to recover following the Trump era trade…
USDA Makes Earth Day Investment of Nearly $800 Million in Climate-Smart Infrastructure
…safe water and/or clean energy for people living in disadvantaged communities. The announcement is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Building a Better America Rural Infrastructure Tour, during which Biden Administration officials…
Phase 1 NEPA Revisions Met with Criticism from Farm Groups
…years. Duvall “AFBF is disappointed that the Biden administration has decided to reverse commonsense reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act,” American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said in…
Watershed Infrastructure Projects Receive $420 Million in Support
…Administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, fairer markets for all producers, ensuring access to safe, healthy and…
Industry Groups Encourage USDA Takeover of Gene Editing Regulations
…Administration (FDA). Ag groups are pushing for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to assume responsibility of animal biotechnology. In a letter addressed to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the organizations…
Renewed Enforcement Discretion for Certain FSMA Requirements for Cotton
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending enforcement discretion for certain Food Safety Modernization Act requirements as they pertain to cotton. Because cottonseed is widely used as dairy…
Equity Action Plan to Improve Access to USDA Services
…Biden-Harris Administration, USDA took swift actions to analyze data, consider a wide range of diverse stakeholder input, and prioritize activities that are immediately responsive to the urgent needs of those…
DWR Making Investments in Much-Needed Canal Repairs
…the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Federico Barajas said in a news release. “We appreciate the leadership and commitment demonstrated by the Newsom Administration, our Congressional and California Legislative…