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Legislation Targets Major Meatpackers and National Cheese Day
The Agribusiness Update
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced legislation aimed at lowering grocery prices by increasing competition within the meatpacking industry, and the dairy checkoff is using today, National Cheese Day to promote cheese as a high-protein snack option.
Auburn University Receives $9.3 Million Grant
Southeast Regional Ag News
The goal of the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture is to establish an Institute for Rural Partnership to research the causes and conditions of challenges facing rural areas.
GMO Labels Not Scary and Senate Farm Bill Passes
The Agribusiness Update
Study shows GMO labels do not create fear in consumers, and Senate passes farm bill.
West Nile Found & BCAP Sign Up
Northwest Report
It's West Nile season. Be prepared. Another sign up is open for farmers, ranchers and forest landowners...and Lacy looks at the latest GMO news.
How to Feed 9.1 Billion People
Food Forethought
The United Nation's Food and Agricultural Organization predicts that by 2050 there will be 9.1 billion people to feed on the planet.
GMO Labeling Bills
Food Forethought
GMO labeling bill comes with built in legal defense fund.
Litigation Fodder
Food Forethought
A national patchwork quilt of state legislation on GMO food labeling would be extremely confusing and detrimental.