Johnson The White House’s new proposals on the Presidential Policy Directive on Cuba present a major step towards improved trade relations with Cuba. In response to the administration’s action, National…
USCA Commends USDA on Fair Practices Rules
The United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) commends the recent action by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’ Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (USDA GIPSA) in submitting The Farmer Fair Practices…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine in Placer County
…Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Stanislaus counties also under quarantine. The ACP is an invasive species of grave concern because it can carry the disease huanglongbing (HLB), also known…
USDA Moves Forward with Flawed GIPSA Rules
In a letter to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, USDA acknowledged that the agency would continue the rulemaking process on the 2010 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Act (GIPSA) proposed…
NPPC Concerned About Rules On Livestock Contracts
…contract growers, and poultry growers and the packers, swine contractors, and live poultry dealers with whom they interact.” Issued by USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) as an…
Agri View: Fishing Threat
…Fishing is one of the oldest sports in America. But fishing is under serious threat. It’s being overrun by foreign species that have been brought into the country, mostly carp….
No Reason to ‘Bee’ Worried
…endangered species only accounts for a handful of relatively obscure species that live in Hawaii. Wild bees are plentiful, according to data from the Department of Agriculture. Further, USDA data…
Progress during National School Lunch Week and Farm to School Month
…School Wellness Policy. For the last few years, schools have been serving breakfasts and lunches that meet the updated standards under the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010; in fact,…
Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Members Named
…The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) oversees the 25-member committee to ensure that it is administered according to the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Members are nominated by the industry. The following…
Commentary: Two Examples Demonstrate Regulatory Overreach
…the Clean Water Act rule was a “myth.” She went on to say that the act exempted normal farming practices, and the new rule would not interfere with the operation…
Preventing Straying of Adult Sacramento River Salmon
…salmon under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. “The new permanent Wallace Weir and fish collection facility will allow hundreds of additional adult salmon to reach their spawning grounds, including critically…
Species of Bee Officially Endangered
A species of bees in on the Endangered Species list for the first time in American history. A CNN report says seven bee species native to Hawaii are on the…
Forestry Experts Say Tree Mortality Brings Added Risk
…that 66 million trees—mostly pine species—have died in the southern Sierra alone, due to bark beetle infestations, drought, wildfire and climate change. One question now, experts say, is what will…
HSUS Lawsuit on Regulating CAFO Emissions Dismissed
…or CAFOs. The group requested in 2009 that EPA begin rulemaking under the Clean Air Act to regulate air emissions from CAFOs. The U.S. District Court for the District of…