…financing. Earlier this year, the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba urged Congress to take action to allow private financing for agricultural exports to Cuba. The coalition says that while channels…
Senate Passes GMO Labeling Legislation
…American family farmers and small businesses. Today’s vote means that both chambers of Congress have had strong bipartisan votes to set a national standard and avoid the higher costs and…
Partnerships Formed for Temperance Flat Research
…Dam location was selected to reduce construction costs. The proposed site is within the upper reaches of Millerton Lake. If authorized by Congress and jointly funded, the facilities would be…
2018 Farm Bill Discussions
…expire in 2018, necessitating action by Congress. Invited speakers include: Nathan Bowen, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (via Skype); Josh Rolph, California Farm Bureau Federation; Anja Raudabaugh, Western…
Senate Biotechnology Compromise
…and innovation, and end the patchwork of state laws threatening interstate commerce. Unfortunately, due to Senator Stabenow dragging this process out for months, Congress will not be able to act…
NMPF Pres. on Roberts-Stabenow Agreement on Food Biotech Legislation
…policy on this issue. Following those visits, the NMPF board adopted a resolution calling on Congress to act quickly to provide consumers across the country clear and consistent information on…
Agri View: GMO Law
…The Grocery Manufacturers Association immediately filed an appeal that is currently pending. Read more. From: Congress.gov H.R.1599 – Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015 114th Congress (2015-2016) Safe…
NACD Responds to Approval of EPA Spending Bills
…suppression costs. “The House and Senate’s proposed budget allocations for the Forest Service’s state and private programs are signs that Congress is headed in the right direction when it comes…
11th-Hour Push for GMO Labeling Standard
…discussed the ongoing negotiations in the U.S. Senate and the needed action by Congress to pass the bill. The coalition says failure to find and pass legislation by July 1…
NMPF Endorses Creating Tax Incentive Legislation
…the bipartisan co-chairs of the Congressional Dairy Farmer Caucus. NMPF sent a letter today thanking the sponsors for their efforts to move this legislation through Congress. A similar bill is…
Agri View: GMO Legislation
…Side Capital Flows , Contributor to Forbes by Omri Ben-Shahar, professor at the University of Chicago Law School As more states pass mandatory GMO labeling laws, Congress has been trying…
NPPC President Weber Talks Exports, TPP on Capital Hill
…Partnership (TPP) Agreement, which would eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers to U.S. products, the National Pork Producers Council reiterated in congressional testimony. NPPC President John Weber, a pork producer from…
NMPF Board Adopts Resolution
NMPF Board Adopts Resolution Urging Congress to Pass Federal Biotech Labeling Standard With Vermont’s biotechnology food labeling law about to take effect in July, the National Milk Producers Federation urged…
Plant Health and Resilience Research
…for $700 million; this amount is the full funding level authorized by Congress when it established AFRI in the 2008 Farm Bill. For more information on what a changing climate…