Agribusiness Update for Tuesday 8/13/13
This is the Agribusiness Update...I’m Greg Martin...
Attorneys have filed documents with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, National Farmers Union, Consumer Federation of America and American Sheep Industry Association. They are seeking to intervene in the lawsuit filed in July seeking an end to the U.S. country of origin labeling program. If granted intervention - the four organizations will present arguments in defense of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service regulations on COOL.
Today the Farm Journal Foundation announced that its Farmers Feeding the World initiative was awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will fund a Global Food Security and Agricultural Advocacy program. The grant will also expand Farmers Feeding the World's ongoing HungerU Tour and enable a complementary, direct advocacy outreach effort in Washington, D.C.
About half of Idaho’s legislator will be learning first hand about the importance of agriculture. The tour is sponsored by the Nampa-Caldwell Chamber and will highlight research at UI’s Parma facility and will see first hand the kind of diversity there is in Idaho’s ag community.
That’s today’s Agribusiness Update from the Ag Information Network.
