…potential of underground aquifers to increase water storage and available water supplies. At the same time, the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, passed in fall 2014, will lead to the development…
WOTUS Update: NCBA,PLC Urge Senate Support for Federal Water Quality Protection Act
Today the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Public Lands Council sent a letter urging the Senate to vote for S. 1140, the Federal Water Quality Protection Act. This bipartisan legislation…
Statement on the Closure of the Comment Period for the Cali. Waterfix Environmental Impact Review
With closure of the public comment period for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP)/California WaterFix’s Partially Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Review (EIR) documents, the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority,…
USDA Ranks High in EPA Report on Renewable Energy Use
…Tom Vilsack. “Using green power helps grow American jobs, helps USDA programs and services become more sustainable, and demonstrates to every level of government and private industry that supporting clean…
Statement by Bob Stallman, President, AFBF, Regarding Election of Paul Ryan to Speaker of the House
…ranchers in his time in Congress.” “He has supported sensible changes in enforcement of the Endangered Species Act, backed open and fair trade with the rest of the world, fought…
Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Food Residue Tolerances
…Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). However, according to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, it is unlikely the changes will take effect before December, 2016. Chlorpyrifos is widely used to…
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act Meetings Set In Clovis, Easton and Kerman
How the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is to be implemented and what the law is all about will be explained at three early November meetings. To help growers and…
Growth Energy Makes Major Gift to Agricultural Education Scholarship Fund
…career that will help further the innovation, promise and bounty of America’s farmers. American agriculture and those invested in it are the backbone of this nation and Growth Energy is…
Big Data Brings Farmers New Rewards, New Risks
…Committee today. Hurst, a board member of the American Farm Bureau Federation, was asked to testify on innovation and its implications for agriculture. “The big data movement—and the innovative technologies…
USDA Issues Safety-Net Payments to Farmers Facing Market Downturn
…impact on production decisions. Nationwide, 96 percent of soybean farms, 91 percent of corn farms, and 66 percent of wheat farms elected the ARC-County coverage option. Ninety-nine percent of long…
Science Does Not Support International Agency Opinion on Red Meat and Cancer
…by the IARC committee to list red meat as a probable carcinogen does not change that fact. The available scientific evidence simply does not support a causal relationship between red…
No More Constraints on U.S. Cotton Policy
…messages NCC President/CEO Gary Adams delivered here Wednesday in his testimony before the House Agriculture Committee’s hearing:“Foreign Subsidies: Jeopardizing Free Trade and Harming American Farmers.” Adams testimony came as the…
Nufarm at 2015 CAPCA Conference
…of crop protection products used by American farmers to protect their crops against damage caused by weeds, pests and disease. Nufarm offers a diversified product portfolio that includes herbicides, insecticides,…
Vilsack Stresses Almond Industry’s Economic Importance
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted the strong economic impact of the California almond sector this week as he met in Modesto with several almond leaders. Citing a UC Davis economic…