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The disastrous derailment of a 150-car freight train in East Palestine, OH, on February 3 has led to a number of consequences. As it should.

Is foreign ownership of real estate a security concern for the United States? After all, no matter who owns it, land can’t be moved.

Following meetings last week with new members of the 118th Congress, International Fresh Produce Association government relations staff and a small group of IFPA members met with incoming House Agriculture Committee Chair Representative GT Thompson (R-PA) and other key House leaders at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on January 13.

Statement by Jim Bair, President & CEO of U.S. Apple Association, December 22, 2022.

Greg and Pamela lament the lack of progress on labor reform from Congress this week, but there's plenty to celebrate this Christmas edition, such as college football bowl games and pickled strawberry special deliveries.

The produce industry did not get what it wanted for Christmas.

IFPA expressed extreme disappointment today that Congress failed to include bipartisan agriculture immigration reform in the omnibus appropriations bill.

Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) sponsored and is looking for support for the Affordable and Secure Food Act, introduced December 15.

A bipartisan compromise bill for immigration reform appears dead, according to news reports, but a separate, smaller farm worker bill is in the works.

Both the Senate and House of Representatives have approved a measure enforcing the Biden administration’s agreement to settle the rail strike.