August USDA Report Just One Piece Of The Puzzle
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Policy
(Farm Futures) - USDA's Aug. 12 crop reports provide the market's first hard estimate of 2013 corn production. But the Full Story
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Policy
(Farm Futures) - USDA's Aug. 12 crop reports provide the market's first hard estimate of 2013 corn production. But the Full Story
Category: Policy
(IDFA) - August is here, and Congress has adjourned until early September. Regardless of the posturing by both parties, Full Story
(Baking Business) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said sugar processors repaid $16.3 million in federal loans Full Story
Category: Policy
(Food Business News) - The Food and Drug Administration has issued a final rule defining gluten-free for voluntary food and beverage labeling. In order to use the term on its label, a food must meet all of the requirements of the definition, including that the food must contain less than 20 parts per million of gluten, according to the agency. The rule also requires foods with the claims “no gluten,” “free of gluten,” and “without gluten” to meet the definition for “gluten-free.” Full Story
(Farmers Guardian) - The NFU has admitted some beet growers are considering alternative crops as contract negotiations continue with British Sugar. Meetings were held on Thursday (July 25) and this morning (Monday) to give growers an opportunity to share their views on the situation with British Sugar Full Story
Category: Policy
(IDFA) - As work on a final Farm Bill continues to move slowly through Congress, the broad coalition Full Story
Category: Policy
(Southwest Farm Press) - The hard right and the hard left factions in the U.S. House of Representatives make things tough Full Story
Category: Policy
(IDFA) - The House of Representatives has now formally sent its version of the Farm Bill to the Senate for consideration. Full Story
Category: Grains, Oilseeds, Policy, Sugar
(Agri-Pulse) - Agricultural stakeholders and lawmakers will be focused intensely this week on what is next for the farm bill Full Story
Category: Policy
(Food Business News) - The U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 216 to 208 on July 11 passed a revised Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, although it did not contain an extension for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that includes food stamps. Full Story