…expect that what happened after wasn’t too different that what happened this year, out there on those grasslands. After the smoke cleared, the people would pick themselves up, dust themselves…
Fatal Injuries Reported in Wisconsin Corn Mill Explosion
…word yet on whether the explosion was caused by grain dust, a common factor in similar instances. However, grain dust explosions at grain handling facilities are at a ten year…
U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Accord Shirks Science, Neglects Devastating Impacts to Food System, Family Farms, and Future Generations
…global attention. Family farmers and ranchers are already enduring consequences of climate change, and projections indicate these effects will worsen without an immediate and significant reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG)…
Proposed Ag Budget Fails Farmers, Ranchers, Farm Bureau President Says
…contribute $23 billion to deficit reduction over 10 years. The farm bill was the only reauthorization bill that voluntarily offered savings during the 113th Congress. It is difficult to think…
EPA E15 Volatility Restriction Among Regulations Requiring Reform
…pressure (RVP) volatility waiver for 10% ethanol to all fuel blends containing more than 9% ethanol by volume; or EPA could promulgate rules requiring a 1 psi reduction in the…
Secretary Perdue Announces Creation of Undersecretary for Trade
…U.S. Forest Service. A reduction in USDA workforce is not part of the reorganization plan. Elevating Rural Development Just as importantly, the USDA reorganization will elevate the Rural Development agencies…
Changes Needed in Farm Bill Safety Net Outlined at Senate Hearing
…of that period. This has led to a drastic reduction in the number of farmers paying premiums to selecting higher levels of margin protection. Most are now only paying the…
NACD Applauds Appropriations Bill in Support of Conservation
…NACD is pleased no reductions were proposed in mandatory funding for most conservation programs, we were disappointed that Congress kept a $300 million reduction in mandatory funding for the already…
International Trade and Deforestation: Potential Policy Effects via a Global Economic Model
…leads to expansion of global cropland by 0.40 percent or 6.3 million hectares (Mha) and pasture by 0.29 percent (7.8 Mha), but a reduction in forest land of 0.88 percent…
Western View: Is Global Warming Real?
…baseline was abnormally high anyway, that 10 per cent reduction doesn’t seem significant. But also, Taylor’s reference data shows that in late 2012, polar ice dramatically rebounded and quickly surpassed…
Almond Board: Air Quality Programs
…cleaner model-year off-road diesel engines. The California Air Quality Initiative is available in California and includes three separate initiatives: Particulate Matter Reduction: Agricultural operations can be sources of “fugitive dust”…
Reebok to Manufacture Shoes Made from Corn, Organic Cotton
…the next range of shoes. We want to take the entire cycle into account; to go from dust to dust.” For the Cotton + Corn initiative, Reebok partnered with DuPont…
State Releases Plan to Make Water Conservation a Way of Life
…efficient irrigation systems.” After Governor Brown called for a 25 percent reduction in urban water use in 2015, Californians rose to the challenge and saved 24 percent during the 12…
USDA County-Level Data Dispute New NWF Study
…witnessed reductions—not expansions—in cropland between 1997 and 2012. Specifically, we found: Cropland in the counties with ethanol plants fell by 2.02 million acres, or 3.5 percent, between 1997 and 2012….