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By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services As mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 6, 2016 published final regulations that establish requirements for shippers, loaders, carriers and receivers engaged in the transportation of human and animal food by truck or rail to […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Registration is open for the NGFA’s and Grain Journal magazine’s Convey 2017, a newly redesigned and rebranded operations and regulatory compliance conference and trade show for the grain handling, processing, milling and feed industries. Convey, a successor to the former NGFA-Grain Journal Safety Conference, will focus annually on key regulatory compliance, safety and operational issues that are vital […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The NGFA has published a new, updated version of its popular Trade Rules and Arbitration Rules booklet that is available now for purchase. The new booklet includes the latest changes ratified by the membership during the March convention. View the Trade Rules, Arbitration Rules, Rail Arbitration Rules and Bylaws changes here. These changes already are […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →By David Fairfield, Senior Vice President of Feed Services The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a new fact sheet for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)-related final rule for sanitary transportation of food for humans and animals. The updated fact sheet reiterates the agency’s previously stated intent to use an “educate before […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →By Bobby Frederick, Director of Legislative Affairs and Public Policy Sonny Perdue, a strong proponent of agricultural trade, is finally at the Trump administration’s table as secretary of agriculture and there’s a path for Robert Lighthizer to join him as U.S. trade representative in the coming days. Now, the biggest current question in Washington this […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →The Senate Finance Committee unanimously voted 26-0 on April 25 to approve the nomination of Robert Lighthizer to be U.S. trade representative. The panel also approved a waiver needed to allow Lighthizer to serve, a necessity given his past work on behalf of foreign governments. The full Senate will now need to vote on the […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →By Randy Gordon, President “Aspirational.” “Challenging.” “Truly a game-changer.” Those were a few of the terms used by NGFA Chairman John Heck of Scoular in his March convention address to describe the most recent version of the NGFA’s Long-Range Plan, which was approved later that afternoon by the Board of Directors. The NGFA engages in […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →By Sarah Gonzalez, Director of Communications and Digital Media The NGFA issued its heartiest congratulations to former two-term Georgia Gov. George E. (Sonny) Perdue III on his confirmation to serve as the 31st secretary of agriculture. The U.S. Senate approved his confirmation Monday night with a strongly bipartisan 87-11 vote. See how your senator voted […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., on April 10 unveiled multiple proposals to reform the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), including a proposal to increase the CRP enrollment cap to 30 million acres – a 25 percent increase compared to the current 24-million-acre cap. CRP is likely to be a key point of debate in the upcoming farm […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →By Bobby Frederick, Director of Legislative Affairs and Public Policy Mark your calendars! By sundown on Monday, April 24, the nomination of Sonny Perdue as the next secretary of agriculture should be up for consideration in the Senate. Despite targeted grassroots efforts by the NGFA and the American Farm Bureau Federation to secure Gov. Perdue’s […]
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