…Clean Water Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding pesticide use in or near navigable waters. The bill was introduced by Idaho Republican…
USDA Seeks Nominators to Cattlemen’s Beef Board
…Act of 1985. The Secretary of Agriculture selects the appointees nominated by certified organizations representing beef, veal, and dairy producers and importers. Since 1966, Congress has authorized the establishment of…
Rural Hospitals Fear Cuts
…rural clinics, during the association’s policy conference, which is going on as Congress is getting set to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The administrators say there is no good way…
National Dairy Promotion and Research Board Members Appointed
…operation of the Dairy Board. Since 1966, Congress has authorized the establishment of 22 industry-funded research and promotion boards. They empower farmers and ranchers to leverage their own resources to…
GIPSA Rule Comment Period Extended
…in 2010 proposed a number of PSA provisions – collectively known as the GIPSA Rule – that Congress mandated in the 2008 Farm Bill; eliminating the need to prove a…
GMO Labeling Law May Avoid Executive Order on Regulations
The national GMO labeling law passed by Congress may avoid the Donald Trump administration executive order against government regulations. The executive order calls for two regulations to be removed from…
South Dakota Considering Country-of-Origin Labeling
A group of South Dakota state Congress members has introduced a bill that would require retail beef products sold in the state to bear a country-of-origin label. Online publication Meatingplace…
State Agriculture Leaders Call Food Safety a Farm Bill Priority
…loans to upgrade infrastructure to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act. Online publication Food Safety News reports the move is not premature, noting Congress plans work on the 2018…
GMO Labeling Bill Facing Uphill Battle
The GMO labeling bill passed by Congress last year faces an uncertain future. The National Bio-engineered Food Disclosure Standard passed by Congress last year preempts a patchwork of state laws…
Cargill Chief: NAFTA in “Good Place”
…Congress to try to ratify bilateral trade deals with multiple countries instead of ratifying one giant trade deal.” MacLennan was in Washington this week to testify before Congress, saying there’s…
Dairy Trade in the Trump Era
…new Administration must focus. So, as a re-examination of NAFTA gets underway, our industry will be working closely with the Administration and Congress to demonstrate the importance of Mexico to…
Putting a Face on California Farmers
…so every two years when congress changes, when committee assignments change and clearly every four years,” Wenger said. “Especially here with so many changes happening and the change of party…
AFBF Pres. Duvall: Confirm Judge Gorsuch
…to regulating agencies, but should perform their constitutional role of interpreting the laws that Congress writes. That point alone is critical for many of the legal issues faced by farmers…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…working together in this Congress. During the 114th Congress, we laid out an ambitious agenda for this committee, covering everything from the state of the rural economy to farm bill…