Republican leadership announced that it would bring two immigration bills to the floor for a vote next week to address the legal status of people brought to the U.S. as children and other matters. One is a conservative proposal (H.R.4760) drafted by Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) that would replace the H-2A guestworker program […]
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The Senate Agriculture Committee unveiled its version of the farm bill Friday. The Senate version leaves out stricter work requirements for adults in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a provision in the House bill that was met by backlash from Democrats. The current farm bill expires Sept. 30. This draft was hammered out by […]
The MWFPA Human Resources Committee has selected six candidates to receive Friday-Weckel scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year. The recipients are as follows: Carlton A. Friday Scholarship Award Faith Buhrandt – UW River Falls $1,500 Alyssa Demrow – UW Platteville $1,500 Sabrina Huebl – UW River Falls $1,500 Kenneth G. Weckel Scholarship Award Jordan McLane […]
The Trump administration has announced it will be imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum from three of America’s biggest trading partners — Canada, Mexico and the European Union. The trade penalties consist of 25% on imported steel and 10% on imported aluminum. The three were among the countries granted relief while the United States pursued […]
Food scientists at the University of California, Davis, designed a study to compare the nutritional value of fresh and frozen produce. They measured the nutrients in samples of eight different kinds of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables — including carrots, broccoli, spinach, peas and berries. “We were quite surprised to find there were no […]
MWFPA’s Spring Summit and Scramble, set for May 30 – 31, 2018, at the Kalahari Resort and Trapper’s Turn Golf Course in Wisconsin Dells, WI is officially full! Thank you to all who have signed up and to all our sponsors thus far. Registration is still open if you would like a spot on the […]
The MWFPA Human Resources Committee has selected 17 applicants to each receive $1,000 in MWFPA Scholarships. The recipients and the companies with which a parent or guardian are employed, as well as their home city, are as follows: Bailey Adams Seneca Foods, Plover, WI Faith Buhrandt Seneca Foods, Suring, WI Chase Christopherson Brakebush Brothers, Alden, […]
After shipping $43 billion in food in 2016, Wisconsin is ranked third behind California and Illinois as the United States’ top food manufacturers. For Wisconsin, food manufacturing is the top manufacturing industry in the state, employing 65,000 people in 2016. MWFPA used data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual survey of manufacturers in arriving at […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the compliance date for its changes to food nutrition labels. The extension applies to rules on (i) providing updated nutrition labeling on food; (ii) defining a single-serving container; (iii) requiring dual-column labeling for certain containers; (iv) updating, modifying and establishing certain reference amounts customarily consumed; and […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a proposed rule, officially entitled “National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard,” that would require food manufacturers and other entities that label foods for retail sale to disclose information about food containing bioengineered (BE) ingredients on labels – either on packaging or through a digital link, […]