…acting head of EPA. Wheeler, who has not been nominated for the post, took the acting role in July when then-administrator Scott Pruitt resigned. Wheeler inherited an agency in the…
USDA Announces Hass Avocado Board Appointments
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the appointment of nine individuals to serve on the Hass Avocado Board. Members and alternates newly appointed to serve three-year terms are: David Fausset, Camarillo,…
USDA Appoints Members to Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
…the committee and request for nominations. Newly appointed members are: David K. Bell, Cherryfield Foods Inc. Farm/Maine Wild Blueberry Company, Cherryfield and Machias, Maine Richard E. Bowman, JJ Family of…
FDA Proposes New Food Recall Guidelines
…was sold during the most dangerous food recalls can be the difference between a consumer going to the hospital or not,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement. “While…
AFBF: Environmental Litigation Reform Needed
…scales and restore equity to the “David-vs-Goliath” task individuals and small businesses and organizations face when suing the federal government. However, he told members of Congress that this principle has…
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on Modernizing Standards of Identity and the use of Dairy Names for Plant-Based Substitutes
…characteristics and nutritional integrity of key food products. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. The wide variety of plant-based foods that are being positioned in the marketplace as substitutes for standardized…
Water Works: Diverse Support of Proposition 3 Water Bond
…also endorsed Proposition 3. Politicians including Representatives Jim Costa and David Valadao, as well as Assemblyman Jim Patterson and State Senator Andy Vidak, have also issued their support of the…
Cargill CEO Concerned with Long-Term Health of Ag in Trade Dispute
The CEO of Cargill says he is concerned with the long-term health of U.S. agriculture due to impacts from the U.S.-China trade dispute. Cargill CEO David McLennan told Bloomberg News…
High-Yield Farming May Be Better for Environment Than Previously Believed
…larger environmental costs,” said Dr. David Edwards, conservation expert from the University of Sheffield and co-author of the study. Led by scientists from the University of Cambridge, the study was…
Foreign Market Development Faces Funding Gap
…if Congress doesn’t pass a farm bill by September 30. Scott Shearer is a lobbyist who represents the FMD groups, which are called cooperators. “In this time of trade uncertainty…
Refiner Waivers Could Cost Ethanol Industry $20 Billion
…for EPA to reallocate small refiner exemptions to larger refiners to ensure statutory RFS volumes are maintained. RFA Chief Economist Scott Richman says the research: “Clearly shows that demand destruction…
Farm, Ethanol Groups Urge President to Restore Integrity to RFS, Allow Year-Round E15 Sales
…explained. “Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt already gave refiners far more than their end of a deal in the form of 2.25 billion gallons of biofuels demand destruction, and they…
USDA, FDA Announce Joint Public Meeting on Use of Animal Cell Culture Technology
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, DVM and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. announced a joint public meeting to be held on Oct. 23-24, 2018 to…
University Analysis: EPA’s Refiner Waivers Could Cost Ethanol Industry $20 Billion in Losses
…small refiner exemptions is real and has substantial economic consequences,” said RFA Chief Economist Scott Richman. “If EPA continues to retroactively grant these exemptions, it will cause further harm to…