Jeremy Bernfeld
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Shareholders of agricultural seed and chemical giant Monsanto agreed to a merger Tuesday, moving the controversial deal one-step closer to fruition.German…
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From Harvest Public Media:Science’s hottest new tool looks like it will be coming soon to the Corn Belt.Iowa’s DuPont Pioneer, the second-largest seed…
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From Harvest Public Media:The federal government has wiped off the books the controversial law that required grocery stores to label cuts of pork and beef…
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From Harvest Public Media:Worried about the price of wheat on the global market, Midwest farmers are planting less wheat.Nationwide, farmers seeded about…
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The Environmental Protection Agency said last Friday that it won’t release rules for how much ethanol oil refiners have to mix in to our gasoline supply…
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Rules that require more information on meat labels may be on the outs.U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack seemed to signal for the first time Friday…
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The U.S. cattle herd has changed dramatically over the last four years, largely thanks to drought.The supply of beef has been in free-fall. Perhaps you’ve…
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The Green Mountain State is poised to become the first to require GMO labeling. But a federal lawmaker recently introduced a bill that would outlaw state rules like Vermont's.
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The House on Wednesday approved a five-year compromise farm, signalling perhaps the final stretch for a two-year legislative battle. Because so much of the spending in the measure depends on enrollment in programs like food stamps, it's hard to know if it will save taxpayers money.
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Historian Maureen Ogle's new book examines the rise of our modern industrial meat system by examining its roots — all the way back to Colonial America. There's a fundamental disconnect, she argues, in our demands for both cheap, plentiful meat and an end to factory farms. Something, she says, has to give.