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Hundreds of Cattle Producers Rally Against EID Eartag Mandate; Next Steps Announced
RAPID CITY, S.D., Oct. 11, 2024 – On Monday, over 400 cattle producers gathered and hundreds more joined online for the Livestock Producers Freedom Rally. Producers from nine states were represented at the rally as they joined together in opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS’) final rule mandating…
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War, politics and crop inputs
War, politics and crop inputs  Farm Progress
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Oregon Rewrites Dairy Regulations, Small Farmers Drop Lawsuit
The Oregon Department of Agriculture has rewritten its regulations on dairies, following push back from some small farmers. Previously, the ODA had warned dairy farms that they could face fines if they failed to register as Confined Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. In a memo from last year, the agency said several raw milk producers…
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Scientists Examining Corporate Influence over Food and Farm Bill
The Union of Concerned Scientists recently released a report analyzing the influence of lobbying on food and agriculture systems. The report finds that agribusinesses, industry associations, and other interest groups have spent more than $500 million to influence legislation, including the Farm Bill, between 2019 and 2023. The Farm Bill is an omnibus bill that…
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Lawmakers Ask EPA to Ban Paraquat
Forty-seven Democratic members of Congress have asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to ban the use of the herbicide paraquat. The lawmakers, led by Texas Congressman Greg Casar, told Regan the chemical is particularly dangerous for farmworkers. The EPA says it has yet to find a scientific link between the use of the herbicide…
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Opinion | New GM Wheat Is a Phony Climate Solution That Threatens Farmers and Wildlife
Opinion | New GM Wheat Is a Phony Climate Solution That Threatens Farmers and Wildlife  Common Dreams
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USDA Seeks Easier Rules For Crops to be Used in Green Fuels
USDA Seeks Easier Rules For Crops to be Used in Green Fuels  MSN
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‘Green’ Globalists Revving up Plans to Engineer Global Famine and Starvation
Globalists Revving up Plans to Engineer Global Famine and Starvation  Lew Rockwell
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Another farm bill extension has expired, now what?
Another farm bill extension has expired, now what?  Spectrum News
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Bacon hogs the spotlight in election debates, but reasons for its sizzling inflation are complex
Bacon hogs the spotlight in election debates, but reasons for its sizzling inflation are complex  NBC Philadelphia
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Hinson focused on Mexico’s GM corn ban
Some members of Congress are closely watching for an upcoming decision regarding Mexico’s ban on genetically modified corn imports. U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says a ruling in favor of U.S. corn producers would be the right call. “I’m hoping that decision goes the right way for the United States and our producers. When the USMCA…
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Iowa environmental groups seek to intervene in ‘swampbuster’ lawsuit
Iowa environmental groups seek to intervene in ‘swampbuster’ lawsuit  Successful Farming
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US House control teeters on the unlikely battleground of heavily Democratic California
US House control teeters on the unlikely battleground of heavily Democratic California  WFTV Orlando
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Presidential Poll Results: How Farmers and Economists View Candidates Impact on Agriculture
Presidential Poll Results: How Farmers and Economists View Candidates Impact on Agriculture  Agweb Powered by Farm Journal
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Gov. Kemp, state leaders to discuss agricultural damage from Helene
Gov. Kemp, state leaders to discuss agricultural damage from Helene  11Alive.com WXIA
