Recently added articles from Feedstuffs:
USDA funds global school lunch program.(NewsWatch)(McGovern-Dole International Food for Education & Child Nutrition Program)(Department of Agriculture)(Brief article)
Jan 05, 2009 ... The U.S. has committed $95.5 million to the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education & Child Nutrition Program in fiscal year 2009, which began on Oct. 1, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report last week. "The McGovern-Dole program has touched the lives of millions of ...
Soybean checkoff audit concerns continue.(News)
Jan 05, 2009; ... Key Points * Past USB chairmen say checkoff integrity not compromised. * Dispute highlights "personality clashes" between USB and ASA. * States producing less have more to lose. WITH the many problems going on in the world, challenging the ...
USDA adds new tick control port.(NewsWatch)(Department of Agriculture)(Brief article)
Jan 05, 2009 ... The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced Jan. 2 a final rule that adds San Luis, Ariz., as a port to control the import of cattle infested or exposed to fever ticks or tick-borne diseases into the U.S. from Mexico. However, APHIS will ...
Groups weigh in on biotech rule.(News)
Jan 05, 2009; ... OPINIONS on how the U.S. Department of Agriculture should rewrite its regulation for conducting field tests of agricultural biotechnology crops, as well as importation and interstate shipment of genetically modified plant products, included calls by the grain and rice trade for strong ...
APHIS sorts premises ID confusion.(News)(Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service)(premises identification numbers)
Jan 05, 2009; ... THERE is a new decision from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service on the controversial use of premises identification numbers (PINs) for programs conducted under its auspices. APHIS issued a memo last Sept. 22 that required the use of the ...