…the nation. #FarmingFridays are extending a little longer this year, stretching from April 28 through November 3. One change from last year is the inclusion of the National FFA Officer…
House Budget Wants $10 Billion Cuts to Ag Spending
…bill. The wiggle room in putting the farm bill together will likely make it a lot easier for the House and Senate to get on the same page when it…
USTR Releases NAFTA Negotiating Objectives
…and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA), which requires that USTR releases objectives at least 30 days prior to formal negotiations. Negotiations will begin no earlier than August 16, 2017. Through…
KORUS Review Could Follow NAFTA Renegotiations
…already warned the White House that it needs to follow formal procedures under the 2015 trade promotion authority law if it wants to make major changes to the pact —…
Farms and Ranches Need Tax Relief Now
…and contribute to a robust agricultural economy.” That’s an investment the U.S. economy can’t afford to lose: In 2015, agriculture and related industries contributed $992 billion to U.S. gross domestic…
Optimism Returning to the Ag Producers Barometer
…number jumped to 10 percent last fall, dropped a bit in winter, and rebounded to its current level of 13 percent, the highest reading since the survey began in 2015….
Agri View: Growing Population Challenges
…see, between 1950 and 2015 production of all farm products grew 169 percent. They did it on less land, and with less labor. You don’t need to be a scientist…
Copyright Office Wants Congress To Handle “Right to Repair”
…of a current exemption, interested parties must submit a renewal petition, using the Office’s required fillable PDF form provided on this page. The petition to renew is a short form…
Ag Terrorism Act Arrives at President Trumps Desk
…this year. It was largely in response to the avian influenza outbreak of 2015, the costliest animal outbreak in U.S. history. An analysis from the Congressional Budget Office says the…
WOTUS Repeal Officially Underway
…the United States.” The announcement follows the Presidential Executive Order given in February that stated it is in the nation’s best interest to redefine how navigable waters are managed in…
California to List Glyphosate as Cancer-Causing
…act by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer that said glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic” in a controversial ruling in 2015. Listing glyphosate as a known carcinogen…
EPA Sends WOTUS Repeal to Federal Register
…in August of 2015, a federal court put the rule on hold. EPA intends to follow the federal rulemaking process in repealing the rule, meaning the process should take at…
Groups Applaud EPA Proposed Rule To Repeal WOTUS
…halted implementation of the WOTUS rule shortly after its Aug. 28, 2015, effective date. Once the proposed repeal rule is published, it will be subject to a public comment period….
Managed Honeybee Colony Numbers Increasing
…have grown. The net result is that about 44 percent of colonies perished in 2015-2016, compared with 36 percent in 2010-2011. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
