…unify agricultural, animal and health safety regulations. A document from the economy ministry of Mexico, which outlines the goals, states: “Our objective is to have an expedited negotiation that maintains…
Bankers List Goals for New Farm Bill, Ways to Prevent Farm Crisis
…potential farm income or farm credit crisis. Other goals include: considering any program changes that benefit producers and their community banks, directing agencies to reduce regulatory burdens and prohibit regulations…
Readout on Principals Meeting on Agriculture and Rural Prosperity Task Force
…The report will recommend concrete action on statutes to be enacted or repealed; regulations to be promulgated, amended, or eliminated; and programs and policies to be implemented, streamlined, or discarded….
Development of Technologies Vital for Specialty Crops
…innovation is crucial for continued success as farmers work to navigate increasing laws and regulations on labor, environmental concerns, food safety, and trade. One of the most beneficial advancements available…
ASTA Testifies before House Ag Committee on Plant Breeding Innovation, Farm Bill
…that the U.S. Government also develops an international engagement strategy to communicate with our trading partners to prevent trade barriers due to non-harmonized regulations.” The U.S. vegetable seed market is…
Copyright Office Wants Congress To Handle “Right to Repair”
…three years, adversely affected in their ability to make non-infringing uses due to the prohibition on circumventing access controls. When such classes are identified, the Librarian promulgates regulations exempting the…
Western View: COOL Lawsuit Ahead
…drives up costs – and food produced in some other countries is cheaper because they don’t follow those safety regulations. For that reason alone it is unfair to our growers…
WOTUS Repeal Officially Underway
…to move forward in accordance with the Executive Order. The underlying goal is to establish regulatory language that will empower individual states and make those regulations easier to navigate legislatively….
Ranchers Sue USDA to Renew Country of Origin Labeling
…Cattle Producers of Washington, the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, and United Stockgrowers of America. The group is requesting the court revoke the USDA’s current regulations that allow corporations to import…
APHIS to Allow Importation of Fresh Pitahaya Fruit from Ecuador
…Imports, Regulations and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-2352; e-mail: Claudia.Ferguson@aphis.usda.gov. To view the rule, public comments, and supporting documents, go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0004…
Secretary Perdue Hosts Inaugural Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
…reliable workforce, spur innovation and technology development, and roll back regulations to allow communities to grow and thrive. By directly engaging stakeholders to develop an action plan for legislative reforms…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…on-farm food safety practices related to microbial contamination across the wide range of heterogeneous produce firms. While the law will establish over 50 regulations, reports, and studies, the “Standards for…
ICFA Lobby for Practical Cannabis Growing Guidelines
…the current regulations are more inhibiting than beneficial. ICFA is also advocating for less stringent guidelines for when farmers would be required to surrender their license so that growers would be…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…on-farm food safety practices related to microbial contamination across the wide range of heterogeneous produce firms. While the law will establish over 50 regulations, reports, and studies, the “Standards for…