…order that invalidated segments of CDFA’s Programmatic Environmental Impact Report for Pest Prevention and Management. The court’s decision resulted in the prohibition of spraying pesticides on vegetation in parks, school…
Arkansas Lawmakers OK Dicamba Ban
Arkansas lawmakers approved, without discussion, a partial-ban on a herbicide that drifts on to other crops where it wasn’t applied and causes damage. An Associated Press report says the prohibition…
Copyright Office Wants Congress To Handle “Right to Repair”
…the Librarian of Congress, upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, may adopt temporary exemptions to Section 1201’s prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted…
New Congress Likely to Address Regulatory Reform
…farmland and routine agricultural activities. AFBF has recommended the regulatory reform legislation be amended to include a prohibition on the use of social media by agencies as a means of…
Western View: Feds Easing Growing Restrictions on Marijuana
…big step in federal recognition that prohibition has not stopped the nation’s biggest cash crop. But the Agency voted to not change the drug’s standing. It did, however, open the…
Agri View: Bourbon
…dealer– they began the long process of opening a distillery in Tempe. Liquor hadn’t been made in Arizona since before Prohibition, so the permits to distill and the ensuing legal…
Western View: Growing Hemp, Yes or No?
…controlled substance, even though it doesn’t possess any psychotropic chemicals. Growing it was outlawed by the federal government. The prohibition is coming to an end, however. The feds are presently…
NMPF, IDFA Urge Congress to Challenge WHO Proposal
…milk and certain dairy products. At the beginning of the year, the WHO issued “Ending Inappropriate Marketing of Foods for Infants and Young Children,” a guidance document urging the prohibition…
National Beer Day
It was on this day, back in 1933 that President Franklin Roosevelt took the first step toward ending Prohibition. Cathy Isom tells us more about celebrating one of the world’s…
Agri View: Drugs, Unsolvable Problem
…black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs that are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of…
GAO says EPA Violated Federal Law to Subvert Public Opinion
…Defense Council and Surfrider Foundation webpages constituted grassroots lobbying in violation of the grassroots lobbying prohibition. “The Army Corps’ of Engineers has raised concerns that the EPA exaggerated the scientific…
Asian Citrus Psyllids Detected Within City of Turlock, Stanislaus County
…quarantine for all citrus plants and fruits within a five mile radius of the detection site, to prevent the movement of host material that may be affected. The upcoming prohibition…
Western View: Illegal Marijuana Grow Sites in the Forests
…legalize marijuana, and where they can’t make it illegal they make it hard to grow by persuading local legislators to place stringent controls on growers. this de-facto prohibition on growing…
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Provides Six-Month Update on Farm Bill Implementation Progress
…subsidy as mandated by the Farm Bill. This will impact crops beginning with the May 20, 2014 actuarial filing and continue through the November 30, 2014 actuarial filing. Prohibition of…