WILLIAMBURG, Virginia, Sept. 10 -- The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Before the 18th century, consumers in the Atlantic world lacked wide access to images of famous people other than monarchs. Broad circulation of engraved portraiture changed all that, and, for the first time, people could put a recognizable likeness or caricature with a name they might have heard or read about in a newspaper. Starting in November, visitors to the DeWitt Wa more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 10 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Time is running out for Congress to pass a farm bill that would address an agricultural economy that is in a downward spiral. More than 300 agricultural organizations, including the American Farm Bureau Federation shared that message with Senate and House leadership in a letter sent today. It is critical that Congress pass a new, modernized farm bill. Farmers and ranchers  more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 10 -- The American Soybean Association issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Citing worsening economic conditions impacting the nation's farmers, ASA and over 300 national and state groups sent a letter to congressional leaders today calling on them to pass the farm bill before year's end. Signatories included groups representing farmers, livestock and specialty crop producers, lenders and other essential stakeholders in agricultural communities across  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- CropLife America issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024on Sept. 9, 2024: ARLINGTON, VA - Today, CropLife America (CLA) joined more than 300 national, state, and regional organizations to send a letter urging Congress to advance a meaningful Farm Bill within the current 118th Congress. The last Farm Bill passed in 2018 and was extended through September 30, 2024. Without urgent action, the coalition stressed that many farmers could face significant financial h more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Sept. 5, 2024, from the California Department of Food and Agriculture: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management US Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Comments in Response to FDA DRAFT Guidance for Industry (GFI) #294: Animal Food Ingredient Consultation (AFIC) (Submitting to Docket FDA-202 more ST

NEW ROCHELLE, New York, Sept. 10 -- Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, a peer-reviewed journal that says it focuses on food safety and reducing foodborne illnesses, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2024 edition (Vol. 21, Issue 9): Review * Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in Milk and Dairy Product Supply Chains: A Global Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Original Research Articles * Into the Jungle of Biological Agents of Foodborne Diseases: Time to Pu more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The National Association of Wheat Growers issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2024: Citing worsening economic conditions impacting the nation's farmers, over 300 national and state groups sent a letter to congressional leaders today calling on them to pass the farm bill before year's end. Signatories included groups representing farmers, livestock and specialty crop producers, lenders and other essential stakeholders in agricultural communities across the U.S. more PR

CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, Sept. 10 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news on Sept. 9, 2024: Citing worsening economic conditions impacting the nation's farmers, over 300 national and state groups, including the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and its affiliated corn state grower associations, sent a letter to congressional leaders today calling on them to pass the farm bill before year's end. Signatories included groups representing farmers, livestock and spe more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 10 -- The National Cotton Council issued the following news release: Citing worsening economic conditions impacting the nation's farmers, the National Cotton Council led an effort that resulted in over 300 national and state groups sending a letter to congressional leaders today calling on them to pass the farm bill before year's end. Signatories included groups representing farmers, livestock and specialty crop producers, lenders and other essential stakeholders in a more PR

LONDON, England, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- The University College London issued the following news: Newborn babies are born with a type of bacterium in their gut that could be used to develop new personalised infant therapeutic probiotics, finds a new study involving UCL researchers. In the largest study of UK baby microbiomes to date, published in Nature Microbiology, researchers from UCL, the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Birmingham, used whole genome sequencing to analyse stool more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Sept. 10 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State scientists are studying new ways to mitigate heat stress in dairy cattle--a national problem costing the industry approximately $1.5 billion in lost production--thanks to a $300,000 New Investigator Seed Grant from the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The MSU Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station's Joe Bearden Dairy Research Center, Colleg more PR