Posted April 7, 2014 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack recently released a progress report...
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EPA Orders Company to Halt Sale of Food Containers Containing Pesticide
Posted April 4, 2014 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently ordered the Pathway...
Senator Cochran Asks USDA to Designate a Critical Conservation Area
Posted April 4, 2014 U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS) recently suggested that USDA consider...
Vilsack Says No FSA Offices Closing This Year
Posted April 3, 2014 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack reassured lawmakers that he does not...
Arkansas House Delegation Introduces “Common Sense in Species Protection Act”
Posted April 3, 2014 The U.S. House delegation from Arkansas recently introduced legislation...
FDA to Finalize Guidance on Voluntary GMO Labeling
Posted April 3, 2014 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon finalize its...
USDA Announces MILC Program Extension
Posted April 2, 2014 USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator, Juan M. Garcia, recently...
Lesser Prairie Chicken Listed as “Threatened” Under the Endangered Species Act
Posted April 2, 2014 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently announced its final...
Appeals Court Upholds Country of Origin Labeling
Posted April 1, 2014 On Friday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the meat industry’s...
Groups Voice Concern over FSMA Proposed Animal Feed Safety Rule
Posted April 1, 2014 The comment period for the FDA’s Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA)...