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Category: Miscellaneous, Policy, USDA
(Food Safety Magazine) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s... Full Story
Category: Miscellaneous, Policy, USDA
(Food Safety Magazine) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s... Full Story
Category: Farm Bill, Food Safety, Grains, Miscellaneous, Policy
(The Highland County Press) - Agriculture is South Dakota’s number.... Full Story
(Ag Professional) - On Tuesday, the House Ag Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management... Full Story
Category: Policy
(Ag Professional) - Since Donald Trump’s election, state officials, emergency managers and even some Republicans in Congress said they hoped the president’s skepticism about climate change wouldn’t cause him to toss programs meant to protect Americans against its consequences -- stronger storms, longer droughts, rising sea levels and more intense heat waves... Full Story
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Policy
(Agrimoney) - Hedge funds cut their bullish betting on ags to the lowest in nearly a year, regulators revealed, amid growing doubts over the "Trumpflation" trade – but potentially setting up grain markets for hefty volatility later this week... Full Story
Category: Policy
(Ag Professional) - Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue enjoyed an amicable start to his Senate confirmation hearing to become the next USDA Secretary of Agriculture, receiving bipartisan compliments and fielding a broad range of questions about the agriculture sector and rural America. The meeting concluded in just over two hours... Full Story
Category: Miscellaneous, Policy
(Agriculture.com) - Farmers in the U.S. agricultural heartland that helped elect Donald Trump are now... Full Story
(AgWeb) - Devin Nunes once said all he wanted to do was work on a dairy farm. Now the Republican from the... Full Story
Category: Policy
(Ag Professional) - Lawmakers and stakeholders are sifting through the President Trump’s budget blueprint, getting an idea of the administration’s priorities. President Trump unveiled his $1.1 trillion “America First” budget. In Washington, it’s called “Skinny” budget because it does not go into great detail about funding for each department in fiscal year 2018.... Full Story
Category: Food Safety, Policy, USDA
(Food Safety News) - It does not appear that any of the $54 billion President Trump wants to shift to defense from domestic programs will be coming... Full Story