Tag Archives: Legislation

Fake Meat Legislation

A bill introduced I the Kansas House of Representatives would prohibit “fake meat” companies from using terms like beef, pork, steak or bacon unless the products include disclaimers that they contain no meat. The bill is supported by the Kanas Livestock … Continue reading

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Oh SNAP! The New Farm Bill

Read this article What is the Trump Administration hoping to do through the USDA’s responsibility in the new Farm Bill?  What is the SNAP program?  Who oversees it?  What is the value of the new Farm Bill?  How many Americans … Continue reading

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Is it Milk or Nut Juice?

Photo source – CNN Read this article In order to complete this post – you will need to read the article AND complete some research of your own. What is the article about?  Who regulates what can be labeled as … Continue reading

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Megatrends in Agriculture

Read this article After reading, choose three of the outlined trends that interest you most.  Do a little additional research about those three trends and write about it on your blog.  How do you think your chosen trends will impact … Continue reading

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The Farm Bill

You’ll be tooling up on the 2018 Farm Bill today.  This will NOT be a post you can complete in 10 minutes!  Plan accordingly! Read this article and view the video Check out this site, watch the videos and take … Continue reading

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School Lunch ~what’s happened since the new regulations were put in place?

Reminder – bring photos, timesheet, paystubs, etc. for class on Wednesday.  We’ll be digging into your SAE records together! For today: Read this article. There are  A LOT of questions to answer on this one.  Take your time and make … Continue reading

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Food Fight!

  Read this article. What is the article about? Who is the sponsor of the bill?  From which political party do they come?  Is there companion legislation to this proposed bill? If so, what does that bill do?  What is … Continue reading

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Ditch the Rule

We will register for Jackrabbit Invite on Friday.  I will need to email our written material at that time.  Don’t worry if your Market Plan, Ag Comm, Ag Issues, Speech, resume etc. is not flawless.  You’ll just continue to work … Continue reading

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