Deadline extended for farms to meet FDA water standards
Following complaints from farmers and food producers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will delay establishing a timetable for farmers and others to meet the new critical agricultural water standards proposed under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue defended the proposed budget that would cut about 25 percent of his agency’s funding, while also telling senators he will do everything he can to protect vital programs.
Rural parts of America may benefit from better interagency communication, and the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity has moved in that direction.
Former ISDA director Hazlett takes rural development post
Anne Hazlett, known as a champion for farm communities, is stepping into a larger ring as part of USDA’s new plan on tackling the challenges facing rural America.
The first shipment of U.S. beef to a Chinese customer under a new export trade agreement with the Asian nation was sent from America’s heartland last week, signaling the end of a multiyear embargo.
Indiana workshops aimed at cutting down dust explosions
A recent explosion at the Didion Milling Plant milling plant in Wisconsin, which killed four people and injured about a dozen more, has put agricultural dust explosions in the news.
