WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46645) entitled "U.S. Department of Agriculture's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program: Round Two" by specialist in agricultural policy Randy Schnepf: SUMMARY On September 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a second round of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP-2) payments valued at up to $14 billion. CFAP2 focuses on losses or additional marketing costs as a result ofthe   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a journal that says it deals with chemistry and biochemistry of agriculture and food from the American Chemical Society, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Dec. 23, 2020 edition: Reviews: * Selenium-Containing Proteins/Peptides from Plants: A Review on the Structures and Functions Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry: * Comparison of Lignin Fractions Isolated from Wheat Straw Using A  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The National Association of Wheat Growers issued the following news release: On December 21, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate passed H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, sending it to the President's desk for his signature. The legislation includes all 12 fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills, $900 billion in coronavirus relief, and authorizations. NAWG President and Cass City, MI wheat farmer Dave Milligan made the following state  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec. 24 -- The Plant Based Foods Association issued the following commentary by Michele Simon, founder and vice president of policy: In various conversations with our member companies over the years, I learned that most of the ingredients used to produce plant-based foods are imported to the U.S. I would hear stories about companies having to import wheat for seitan from Canada, Australia or Europe, despite being grown in abundance here, due to very large food compani  more