Senators Coons, Wicker to introduce legislation to increase reimbursement during HPAI disease outbreaks
U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) announced the Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification (HPAI) Act alongside 11 of their Senate colleagues. This bipartisan bill would expand the […]
Avian influenza: No one size fits all, says WOAH
Close collaboration and adherence to standards will help in the battle against bird flu, but there is no magic bullet to stem the spread of the virus. That was the […]
EPA to Issue Final WOTUS Rule by Sept. 1
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Army (agencies) are in receipt of the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 25 decision in the case of Sackett v. Environmental […]
US lawmakers float possible farm bill extension amid delays
The U.S. Congress may need to pass a short-term extension of the country’s current farm bill, the largest food and nutrition spending package, amid delays drafting the next one, the […]
FSIS details results of Salmonella survey
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture released results from a non-scientific study with Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) laboratories as it gathers more data on not-ready-to-eat […]
California agrees to postpone Prop. 12 pork law — after the Supreme Court OKd it
A month after the Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved California law that bans the sale of pork produced anywhere from breeding pigs held in small cages, the state has agreed […]
EATS Act aims to preserve interstate ag trade
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) in reintroducing the Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act. The legislation prohibits […]
Ukraine 99.9% certain Russia will quit Black Sea grain deal in July, envoy says
Russia is 99.9% certain to quit a U.N.-brokered deal on the safe wartime passage of Black Sea grain next month because it no longer needs Ukrainian ports to export ammonia, […]
‘Made in the USA’ or ‘Product of USA’ favored by the public during comments
USDA’s proposed rule with new regulatory requirements to better align the voluntary “Product of USA” label claim with consumer understanding of what the claim means appears to have collected a lot […]
Biden-Harris Administration Partners with Agricultural Producers to Strengthen Markets and Create Jobs for Producers in 19 States
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is making investments that will create new and better markets for agricultural producers and food businesses in 19 […]