FDA announces changes coming to FSMA proposals
Citing concerns of growers throughout the country, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced changes will be made to two [...]
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01, 2014
10
01, 2014
Farm bill haggling over dairy policy
With a standoff over dairy policy, action on a farm bill conference report is likely to slip into late January. [...]
10
01, 2014
Senate passes Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act
The Senate unanimously passed the Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act, which extends a veterinarian’s ability to provide pain management, anesthesia or [...]
9
01, 2014
Boxed beef prices move upward
Boxed beef prices have increased, with Select cutouts reaching a new high of $203.56 per hundredweight this week. The U.S. [...]
9
01, 2014
Narrow window for immigration reform
After immigration reform failed to be resolved in 2013, supporters hope for a narrow window of opportunity in late spring [...]
9
01, 2014
Deadline extended for Conservation Stewardship Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that it will extend the deadline for new [...]
8
01, 2014
Exports, budget among USDA’s top issues this year
Immigration, a five-year farm bill, coexistence plans, agency budgets and programs for beginning farmers top the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s [...]
8
01, 2014
Sorghum Checkoff research focuses on improved varieties
Area farmers in the Texas Coastal Bend are invited to attend the farmer focused educational program, Sorghum U 2014, set [...]
8
01, 2014
Stabenow optimistic about farm bill
No formal House-Senate conference has yet been scheduled, but Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) said the principal farm bill [...]
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01, 2014
YF&R Leadership Conference deadline approaches
Registration is now underway for the Texas Farm Bureau’s (TFB) Young Farmer and Rancher (YF&R) Leadership Conference, which will be [...]