Congratulations! We finally made it! Here we are on the first day of spring. Not that this means you can go outside and plant everything you want, or that Ol’ Man Winter won’t revisit our neighborhoods. But at least there’s the sense that the end…
On February 26, 2014, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) released his proposal for tax reform. The draft lowers tax rates for individuals and businesses and broadens the tax base by eliminating over 220 tax credits, deductions and exclusions. Click here to read a…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the White House. And the Obamas can thank Wyckoff’s Christmas Tree Farm outside Belvidere for that. First lady Michelle Obama today accepted four trees from the White Township farm to be featured in the executive mansion,…
Among nearly 20,000 written comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on draft rules regarding produce and preventive controls are letters from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), which is trying to nudge FDA into doing a second draft…
The deadline for submitting comments to the FDA regarding the rule implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act is November 15. NJ Farm Bureau encourages all producers who may be impacted to submit comments. Click here for some information you may use as a reference.
New Jersey Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher issued a letter to the state’s agricultural community describing the ag-related impacts of the federal government shutdown. Click here to read this letter.
Overshadowed by the government shutdown, the U.S. farm subsidy law expired for the second time on Tuesday with lawmakers still deadlocked over how to confront cuts in food assistance programs for low-income Americans. Click here to read the full story from Reuters.
House leaders on Tuesday said they were working with their Senate counterparts toward a new five-year farm bill, just days after the House pushed through a bill that would slash billions of dollars from the food stamp program. But with only a few days left…
As mentioned in the 9-20-13 edition of This Week in Farm Bureau, the federal Affordable Care Act requires that all employers provide their employees with an “Exchange Notice” by October 1, 2013. AFBF has developed a fact sheet for farm employers that provides guidance on…
A federal judge on Friday upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s sweeping plan to limit pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, derailing the farm lobby’s attempt to stop one of the largest efforts to clean a waterway in the nation’s history. Click here to read the full…
