Washington DC -April 21- Getting a Farm Bill passed yet this year is a top priority for the National Farmers Union (NFU). Tom Buis, President of NFU, told WashingtonView Radio today that the House and Senate need to come to an agreement soon.

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Washington DC -March 5- At the request of senior House and Senate agriculture committee staff, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided a detailed document developed from Administration analysis of impacts to current USDA programs - in the absence of enactment of a new farm bill or an extension of the 2002 farm bill past March 15, 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -April 5- Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the first quarter of 2007, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -March 1- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Mike
Johanns today announced an increase in the forecast for agricultural exports to a
record $78 billion for fiscal year 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -February 13- The United States Department of Agriculture will release new 10-year agricultural projections Feb. 14 at noon EST. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -February 6- USDA Secretary Mike Johanns this week released details of President Bush’s FY 2008 U.S. Department of Agriculture budget, which meets the Department’s most important priorities, while exercising fiscal discipline to meet
the President’s goal to balance the budget. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -January 31- Following is a statement from National Farmers Union President Tom Bius regarding the Bush Administration’s Farm Bill proposal: Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -January 1- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has revised the National Organic Program (NOP) guidelines on the submission of petitions of substances for inclusion on or removal from the National List of Substances Allowed and Prohibited (National List) in Organic Production and Handling. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -December 20- Following is a Brief Summary of the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Panama provided by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR): Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -November 29- Following are remarks by U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab made this week to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington DC: Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -November 29- In May 2006, the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology and the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) held a workshop examining issues relating to the federal regulatory system governing agricultural biotechnology—known as the Coordinated Framework—and the appropriate role for state agriculture agencies in that system. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -November 14- Business Roundtable has called on Congress to act immediately to approve permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with Vietnam. Read the rest of this entry »

Washington DC -November 5- Global coffee giant Starbucks has refused to move forward in negotiations with Ethiopia unless it’s on the company’s own terms, according to international agency Oxfam. Read the rest of this entry »