…has been met with substantial support from the agricultural industry. American farmers are again at odds with the Environmental Protection Agency over the Endangered Species Act. Last week H.R. 7606,…
Mixed Results for Ongoing Roundup Litigation
…requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reassess health risks related to glyphosate. In a 3-0 decision, the federal appeals court declared that EPA did not adequately evaluate the…
Alarm Raised Over Potential Impact of Proposed SEC Rule
…not include location data. The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has also raised concern about the proposed SEC rule and how it projects to impact dairy production. In submitted comments,…
VofV: Food Safety and Using Automation to Mitigate Risk
…Western Growers’ Food Safety Cohort, Rafael says the key for the future is to automate and add value by incorporating cameras and data analysis into the sampling: “I leapt into…
Number of U.S. Farms Continues Slow Decline
New data released Tuesday from USDA’s Economic Research Service shows the number of U.S. farms continues to decline slowly. After peaking at 6.8 million farms in 1935, the number of…
Almond Matters: Good Application Coverage Critical to Effective Pest Management
…acknowledged that labor is already expensive, but so too are crop protection materials. Getting good coverage will help to make the most of that investment and mitigate the need for…
Growers Frustrated with EPA Regarding Pesticide Impacts
American farmers are again at odds with the Environmental Protection Agency over the Endangered Species Act. The final EPA biological evaluations of neonicotinoids and their impacts on endangered species are…
FSA Seeking Producers to Serve on Local County Committees
Nominations are now being accepted for county committee elections by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). Committees are made up of three to 11 individuals that are…
CFBF Hosts WOTUS Roundtable
Roundtables continue on the topic of the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Waters of the US (WOTUS) rule. In June of last year, the EPA and ACE announced their…
MSOB: Biological Industry Continues ‘Tremendous Growth’
…Sense of Biologicals is made possible by Marrone Bio Innovations, leading the movement to environmentally sustainable farming practices through the discovery, development and sale of innovative biological products for crop…
APHIS Funding for New Pest Management Projects
…suggestions for fiscal year 2023 Plant Protection Act funding. APHIS will provide $75 million in plant protection funding for these projects, including at least $7.5 million for projects under the…
VofV: Space AG and the Secret to Producing More Food with Less Effort
…and data collection – but always by keeping an eye on the human impact. “Once we started thinking about not only providing a solution that increases your yield, but also…
Coalition Seeks Targeted Action on Addressing Water Supply Shortfalls
…California Natural Resources Agency, and the California Environmental Protection Agency. The coalition expresses disappointment in the state budget that is being considered for its “misplaced priorities in the face of…
NRCS, USACE Renew Partnership
…and natural resources planning. The partnership renewal continues joint efforts to combat ongoing threats to natural resources and promotes inter-agency strategic planning. NRCS Chief Terry Cosby says the partnership works…
