The following may be attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall. “Farm Bureau welcomes President Trump’s focus on fixing our nation’s broken immigration system. However, nowhere is reform…
USDA Enhances African Swine Fever Surveillance Efforts
…Greg Ibach, Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. “While we are confident that our overlapping safeguards will continue to keep ASF out of the United States, an enhanced surveillance program…
Legislation to Relieve Regulatory Burden on Livestock Haulers
…their delivery regardless of HOS. House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson and Representative Greg Pence also recently introduced legislation to reform the regulatory standards for livestock haulers. H.R. 2460, the…
Western Hemisphere Agriculture Leaders on Food Security and Ag Trade
…we stand to work in partnership, and jointly with additional countries, to support regulatory approaches that are risk- and science-based, predictable, consistent, and transparent. Our five nations recognize that innovations…
Agricultural Production Facing Constraints Highlighted by Agriculture Ministers
…of experience in the safe use of these products, regulatory processes in many jurisdictions create time gaps in their authorization. This leads to an increasing risk of trade disruptions resulting…
Groups React to Chlorpyrifos Ban
…of these inputs. “California farmers also face the most stringent regulatory environment in the world, one that often limits their access to many of the tools still available to farmers…
Report Released on Rural Broadband and Benefits of Next Generation Precision Agriculture
…the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy changes that could promote agriculture and prosperity in rural communities. In January 2018, Secretary Perdue…
NCC Says E15 Waiver Will Harm Chicken Producers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in March proposed regulatory changes to allow gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15) to take advantage of the 1-psi Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP)…
USDA Opens Application Portal for New ReConnect Rural Broadband Infrastructure Program
…2018, Federal Register (PDF, 286 KB). In April 2017, President Donald J. Trump established the Interagency Task Force on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity to identify legislative, regulatory and policy changes that could…
Water Allocations Updated for CVP South-of-Delta Contractors
…long-term average in the central Sierra Nevada, water allocations remain low. The San Luis-Delta Mendota Water Authority issued a statement in response to the allocation announcement, highlighting the regulatory inefficiencies…
Legislation to Bring Cell-Cultured Meat Products Under USDA Jurisdiction
…Congress over jurisdiction.” The legislation would put cell-cultured food products derived from livestock and poultry under FSIS jurisdiction. The regulatory shift would be made through amending the Federal Meat Inspection…
Exploring the Complexity of Seed Development
…That evolution of plant breeding and seed development also relies on the evolution of regulatory standards to enable production. “These breeding methods are going to provide some great opportunities to…
Follow the Basic Steps for Stewardship of Treated Seed
…effective and economical way to protect their crops against damaging pests and diseases,” said ASTA VP, Government and Regulatory Affairs Jane DeMarchi. “Using treated seeds helps with more uniform stands,…
Secretary Perdue Statement on Vietnam’s Ban on the Importation of Glyphosate
…Environmental Protection Agency and other internationally recognized regulatory bodies concluding that glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans. This ban flies on the face of that scientific…