USDA extends deadline to update base acres, history for ARC/PLC to March 31
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday a one-time extension will be provided to producers for the new safety net programs established by the 2014 farm bill, known as Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage.
As the largest program under the U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s jurisdiction, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program needs a "top-to-bottom review" to fully understand where the program has been, where it is now and where it’s headed.
Syngenta: ‘No merit’ to nearly 1,000 GMO lawsuits in court
In the face of nearly 1,000 legal complaints charging Swiss-based Syngenta with contaminating the nation’s corn with genetically modified (GMO) seed carrying the MIR 162 trait, U.S. spokesman Paul Minehart says the company believes there’s no merit to the complaints.
USDA seeking faster rule on mechanically tenderized beef
The USDA will seek sped-up approval of regulations to expand labeling requirements for mechanically tenderized beef, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack told the U.S. House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Feb. 25.
Is agriculture at war? Mark Bittman thinks so. Bittman is a journalist, food writer and author, who is an outspoken critic of U.S. agriculture and the food industry.
Crunching the numbers for 2015 Indiana’s public schools
The good folks at the Indiana Department of Education sent me some school finance numbers to play with. School finance is a big topic in the Indiana General Assembly this year, so this is a good time to do some number crunching.
