Washington DC - July 10 - The National Family Farm Coalition expressed opposition to the Senate Appropriations Committee’s inclusion of $14 million in funding for USDA’s National Animal Identification System in the Senate Agriculture Appropriations bill.

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Washington DC - April 30 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) released the results of a comprehensive benefit-cost analysis on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS).

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Washington DC - April 24 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that lamb producers, feeders, seedstock producers, and first handlers of lamb and lamb products who voted in a national referendum, Feb. 2-27, 2009, have approved  the Lamb Checkoff Program.

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Washington DC -April 15- USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today held a roundtable discussion with a variety of stakeholders representing the full spectrum of views on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). The event kicks off a listening tour to gather feedback and input that will assist the Secretary in making decisions about the future direction of animal identification and traceability in the United States.

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Washington DC - August 27- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its Interim Final Rule for Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) in the August 1 Federal Register. The agency is accepting public comment until September 30, and the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) is urging those who wish to comment to do so soon.

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Washington DC -June 26- In response to the latest undercover video released June 25th by the Humane Society of the United States, the National Milk Producers Federation again condemns – as we did when HSUS released it first two videos in January and May – the treatment of the animals featured in the video clips.

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Washington DC -May 27- USDA Secretary Ed Schafer has announced that USDA has authorized certain acreage enrolled under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to be available for hay and forage after the primary nesting season ends for grass-nesting birds.

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Washington DC -May 8- Members of the U.S. House-Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee today moved one step closer to approving a farm bill. Principle negotiators announced they have reached an agreement on the new farm bill.

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Washington DC -April 25- President Bush today signed a one-week Farm Bill extension which was passed by the Congress on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »