Agriculture

Flooding might be the "wave"of the future

This commentary by IATP Senior Fellow Dennis Keeney originally appeared in the Ames Tribune. It is republished with permission.

Comment to FDA on Draft Guidance #209, The Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs in Food-Producing Animals

This joint letter, submitted by Keep Antibiotics Working to the FDA, Docket No. FDA-2010-D-0094, addresses the issue of the FDA not doing enough about the overuse of antibiotics in food animals.

Letter to Michel Barnier, EC Internal Markets Director General

This is the cover letter to the French government proposal for the European Commission to draft legislation for a European commodity regulatory authority

Proposal to the European Commission for a European commodity regulatory authority (English)

This is an unofficial English translation of the French government proposal to the European Commission's Michel Barnier to propose the drafting of legislation to establish a European commodity regulatory authority.

Proposal to the European Commission for a European commodity regulatory authority

In this diplomatic note to EU comissioner of Internal Markets, Michel Barnier, the French government proposes that Internal Markets draft a legislative text to establish a European commodity regulatory authority,

Kansas: Goodbye wheat, hello corn

Farmers will harvest more corn than wheat this year in Kansas, according to Dan Piller at the Des Moines Register—a trend that's changing the state's traditional ag identity.

Innovative Program Provides Incentive for Low-Income Minnesotans to Shop at Three Minneapolis Farmers Markets, Eat Healthy

[MINNEAPOLIS] Recipients of food assistance can now use their EBT cards to purchase affordable, healthy and tasty food at the Midtown, Minneapolis, and Northeast Farmers Markets in Minneapolis.