Group Files Complaint Alleging USDA COOL Study Submitted to Congress Is Biased Washington, D.C. -In a formal complaint filed today under the U.S. Data Quality Act and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Quality Information Guidelines, R-CALF USA challenges the accuracy, objectivity and integrity of the report that USDA submitted to Congress regarding the economic…

Group Files Complaint Alleging USDA COOL Study Submitted to Congress Is Biased Washington, D.C. -In a formal complaint filed today under the U.S. Data Quality Act and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Quality Information Guidelines, R-CALF USA challenges the accuracy, objectivity and integrity of the report that USDA submitted to Congress regarding the economic…

Got Organic? Is a national fund to promote organic produce a good idea? Organic farmers don’t think so. By Leah Douglas Photo courtesy of City of St. Pete/Flickr A farmers market located in St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 7, 2015. “Got Milk?” “Pork: The Other White Meat.” “The Incredible Edible Egg.” “Beef: It’s What’s for…

Farm and Food File for the week beginning Sunday, May 10, 2015 Big food’s baloney Alan Guebert Sysco Corporation may not be a topic of dinner conversation most evenings anywhere in the U.S. but it is what many Americans are having for dinner—and lunch and breakfast—almost any day everywhere in America. You may not have…

Howdy, I find this report extremely disappointing and poorly done. The methodology and examination of options are both lacking. John K. Hansen, President Nebraska Farmers Union 1305 Plum Street, Lincoln, NE 68502 402-476-8815 Office 402-476-8859 Fax 402-476-8608 Home 402-580-8815 Cell john www.nebraskafarmersunion.org Lincoln Journal Star USDA: Little economic benefit in country of origin meat labeling…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (May 6, 2015) Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome NFU Encourages Support for Reauthorization of Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting; Offers Suggestions for More Accurate, Usable Data WASHINGTON (May 6, 2015) – National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson today encouraged Congress to reauthorize the Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting Act — an important tool…

Factory farms are hotbeds for viruses Michael Greger, M.D., mgreger@humanesociety.org 8:39 p.m. CDT April 22, 2015 (Photo: The Register) In Iowa, poultry producers are losing birds due to the latest avian influenza (H5N2) outbreaks on factory farms. The poultry industry nationally has already lost tens of millions of dollars. Since the government compensates producers for…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ted Monoson May 1, 2015 (202) 225-2171 Ag Committee Chairman Rejects Generic Label Option Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R-TX) rejected the latest recommendation to establish a generic mandatory label option, an option typically referred to as a “Product of North America” label, should the U.S. lose its World…

Global Soil Week: Young people and the future of soil By Hannah Steenbergen 30 April, 2015 Global Soil Week (GSW) is now in its third year, providing an international platform for bridging scientific research and political action with sustainable soil management and responsible land governance. The number of participants at GSW, as well as the…