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“Panel Developed to Provide Expertise on Recent Animal Cruelty Video”
(NAFB) - An Animal Care Review Panel has been created by the Center for Food Integrity to analyze the… [more]
“Ag Organizations Partner in Motion to Intervene in Mississippi River Basin Case”
(NAFB) - The American Farm Bureau Federation joined 14 state Farm Bureau organizations and 16 other national… [more]
“House Ag Committee May Proceed in Farm Bill Markup Next Month”
(NAFB) - A one-size-fits-all approach is something Ag Committee members in Congress have been fighting… [more]
“Nutrition and Horticulture Subcommittee Holds Hearing”
(NAFB) - The House Ag Committee’s Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture held a hearing Tuesday… [more]
“USTR Says Farm Trade Reform Opportunities Abound”
(NAFB) - U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk says he thinks the overall economic situation in countries… [more]
“USDA Awards Funding to Expand Farmers Market Participation in SNAP”
(NAFB) - Deputy Ag Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced Wednesday 4-million dollars of funding to help… [more]
“Low-Income Rural Families Have Opportunity to Repair Homes Through USDA”
(NAFB) - USDA now is accepting applications for grants to help low and very-low income rural residents… [more]
On the Auction Block
Brian Curless - a Pittsfield, Illinois native - has been around the block - the auction block that is.… [more]
“More BSE Details Released as Consumer Group Calls Case a Warning Flag”
(NAFB) - Even as USDA was working to provide additional details on the latest U.S. BSE case - a consumer… [more]
Recent Stories

“Panel Developed to Provide Expertise on Recent Animal Cruelty Video”
(NAFB) – An Animal Care Review Panel has been created by the Center for Food Integrity to analyze the undercover video at a Wyoming hog farm released by the Humane Society of the United States Tuesday. The panelists – Temple Grandin of Colorado State University, Candace Croney of Purdue University and John Deen of the [...]

“Ag Organizations Partner in Motion to Intervene in Mississippi River Basin Case”
(NAFB) – The American Farm Bureau Federation joined 14 state Farm Bureau organizations and 16 other national and regional ag organizations on Tuesday and filed a motion to intervene in the Gulf Restoration Network versus Jackson lawsuit. The lawsuit seeks to force the Environmental Protection Agency to establish federal numeric nutrient water quality standards for [...]

“House Ag Committee May Proceed in Farm Bill Markup Next Month”
(NAFB) – A one-size-fits-all approach is something Ag Committee members in Congress have been fighting against regarding the farm bill. House Ag Committee Chairman Frank Lucas believes all crops need a farm program that protects them from multiyear price drops. Lucas says the Senate bill’s shallow loss revenue program that would cover some losses beyond [...]

“Nutrition and Horticulture Subcommittee Holds Hearing”
(NAFB) – The House Ag Committee’s Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture held a hearing Tuesday focusing on specialty crop and nutrition programs. Two panels of witnesses – including growers and representatives of the specialty crop community – discussed programs under Title Ten of the 2008 Farm Bill and various nutrition programs. Subcommittee Chairman Jean Schmidt [...]

“USTR Says Farm Trade Reform Opportunities Abound”
(NAFB) – U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk says he thinks the overall economic situation in countries across the world puts everyone in a better position to have a more thoughtful conversation about farming support than there’s been in a long time. U.S. dairy and sugar producers are concerned their government programs could suffer from a [...]


