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A string of FDA failures, despite direct warnings about the Abbott Nutrition formula plant at the center of the crisis, helped to prompt two separate reviews of the agency’s troubled foods division.

Sen. Michael Bennet and his staff will hold at least a dozen more farm bill listening sessions in Colorado, building on the 17 he has already held.

At issue is a proposed USDA rule that would make contracts more transparent for farmers that raise chickens for poultry processing companies.

The two sides have not worked out whether there will be compensation and are still in the planning stages.

How pension funds weather this tumult will have huge knock-on effects.

White House officials said Thursday that the 79-year-old president, fresh off a high-profile trip to meet with Saudi Arabian leaders, is experiencing mild symptoms.

Garrett Downs is a food and agriculture reporter for POLITICO.  <br/><br/>Garrett previously worked for Agri-Pulse Communications, where he covered Congress. He broke news on efforts to overhaul ocean shipping laws, tracked early movers and shakers in the lead-up to the 2023 farm bill and scoured the halls of the Capitol to dig up ag scoops for Agri-Pulse’s daily newsletter, Daybreak. He has also covered international trade policy and agricultural trade at Ins...

American trade with China enters a new chapter today as the U.S. begins enforcement of its strictest ever law targeting human rights abuses in Chinese factories.

And Biden is reportedly nearing a decision on student loan relief.