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ABAC to house new Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation
The Multrie Observer | Posted onMay 10, 2018 in Rural, SARL Members and Alumni NewsGov. Nathan Deal opened a new door of opportunity for economic revitalization for rural Georgia on Wednesday afternoon when he signed House Bill 951, creating a Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation that will be housed at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
China Shunning U.S. Soybeans on Trade Tensions, Bunge CEO Says
Bloomberg | Posted onMay 10, 2018 in Agriculture NewsThe world’s biggest oilseed processor just confirmed one of the soybean market’s biggest fears: China has essentially stopped buying U.S. supplies amid the brewing trade war. “Whatever they’re buying is non-U.S.,” Bunge Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Soren Schroder said in a telephone interview Wednesday. “They’re buying beans in Canada, in Brazil, mostly Brazil, but very deliberately not buying anything from the U.S.”In a move that caught many in U.S. agriculture by surprise, China last month announced planned tariffs on American shipments of soybeans.
Missouri House passes bill to prevent plant-based meat companies from using the word “meat”
New Food Economy | Posted onMay 10, 2018 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsIn Missouri, plant-based proteins designed to look and feel like meat may no longer be allowed to use the term “meat” on their packaging, according to an omnibus agriculture bill which passed in the state’s House of Representatives yesterday. The unprecedented piece of legislation would specifically prohibit the use of the term “meat” on products that don’t come from animals. And, to be clear, the prohibition applies not just to plant-based products. Other forms of alt-protein, including so-called “clean” meat cultured from animal cells, would also be barred from using the term.
“We Wouldn’t Need the Suicide Hotline If Dairy Farmers Were Getting Paid What They Deserve”
Mother Jones | Posted onMay 10, 2018 in Agriculture NewsFarmers, fishermen, and forestry workers, who are lumped together by government statisticians, have the highest suicide rate of any occupational cluster: 84.5 self-inflicted deaths per 100,000 workers, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis—that would have amounted to almost 900 suicides in 2016.
Farmers increasingly look to supply management to steady U.S. agriculture
The Fern | Posted onMay 10, 2018 in Agriculture NewsWith a trade war looming, commodity prices swooning, and the dairy industry in full-blown crisis, a growing number of American farmers are embracing a controversial set of farm policies that would manage the country’s commodity production and stabilize crop prices. The policies, known as supply management, governed U.S. agriculture for decades but were abandoned in the late 20th century as large-scale monocropping and commodity exports came to define farm policy.
F.D.A. orders first-ever mandatory recall
Food Business News | Posted onMay 10, 2018 in Food NewsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration, for the first time, has ordered a mandatory recall of food products under the authority conferred on the agency by the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010. The F.D.A. on April 3 issued a mandatory recall order for all regulated products containing powered kratom manufactured, processed, packed or held by Triangle Pharmanaturals L.L.C., Las Vegas, after several were found to contain Salmonella. The ingredient primarily is used in dietary supplements. The F.D.A.
Pa. needs a Farm Bill that helps those in need, not one that makes more cuts
Penn Live | Posted onMay 10, 2018 in Federal NewsThe Pennsylvania congressional delegation has a unique opportunity to work together to restore the nonpartisan integrity of the nation's Farm Bill.
Trump finally reaches ethanol deal, but questions linger
Washington Examiner | Posted onMay 10, 2018 in Energy NewsPresident Trump emerged from Tuesday’s talks about the nation’s Renewable Fuel Standard with a deal that would satisfy both ethanol producers and oil refiners. Trump plans to increase the market for ethanol year-round. That will be done by allowing 15-percent ethanol fuels, or E15, to be sold all year and not subject to summer restrictions under Environmental Protection Agency rules. He also would boost ethanol exports, which have been harmed by Chinese retaliation to Trump’s tariffs, in a way that would increase ethanol credits for the refiners.
California Will Require Solar Power for New Homes
The New York Times | Posted onMay 10, 2018 in Energy NewsLong a leader and trendsetter in its clean-energy goals, California took a giant step, becoming the first state to require all new homes to have solar power. The new requirement, to take effect in two years, brings solar power into the mainstream in a way it has never been until now. It will add thousands of dollars to the cost of home when a shortage of affordable housing is one of California’s most pressing issues.
E. coli illnesses linked to lettuce expand to 29 states
Washington Examiner | Posted onMay 10, 2018 in Food NewsFour more states have reported E. coli contaminations in romaine lettuce, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. Twenty-eight more people have become ill, bringing the total to 149 people in 29 states. Florida, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Texas were added to the rolls. Data collection can take time to reach the CDC, meaning that there may be several other instances of people getting sick that haven't been reported. The total count comes from data as of April 25.