Regulating Cell Culture Technology – October 24, 2018

Cell Meat Technology

USDA and FDA seek to cooperate on regulating cell culture technology The Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration began a two-day stakeholder meeting Tuesday to discuss how to regulate livestock and poultry produced with cell-culture technology. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb emphasized that… Continue reading

House Negotiations on SANP – September 7, 2018

Democrats Take the House

Two SNAP proposals in the House could cut enrollment by 8 percent, say researchers A nonpartisan research group says that two of the lesser-known provisions at issue during Senate-House negotiations over the 2018 farm bill could reduce food stamp enrollment by 8 percent. Those affected would include large numbers of… Continue reading

NAFTA Talks, Climate, and Trump – August 28, 2018

NAFTA, Climate Change, Trump, Bailout,

Trump’s farmer bailout: half now, the rest later … maybe President Trump’s promise to protect U.S. agriculture from retaliatory tariffs by China and other countries will be paid on the installment plan — half this fall and the rest in December, or early 2019 if assistance is still needed, said… Continue reading