…on EPA nominees. South Dakota Senator John Thune is a member of the group, who says, “We have enough of a bloc of Midwestern Senators that they’re going to have…
USDA Helps Small Businesses Develop New Agricultural Products, Technology
…With this green solution, the company is helping to protect the food chain while saving ranchers money and protecting their lands. SolviNix®LC, is the world’s first EPA-approved biological herbicide containing…
EPA Ending “Sue and Settle”
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is touting a directive he signed this week to end the EPA’s so-called “sue and settle” strategy, a practice agriculture groups opposed. Pruitt…
Governors Write Trump Regarding RFS
…president they were concerned about “where the EPA’s proposed implementation of RFS policy is heading,” and its impact on farmers and the rural economy. The four Republicans urged the president…
Weed Scientist Has Doubts Over Dicamba Restrictions Effectiveness
…weed scientist and professor at the University of Illinois, told Reuters: “Nothing in these new restrictions addresses volatility, and that’s still an issue.” The EPA said Friday it would classify…
EPA Announced Dicamba Label Changes
The Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced new restrictions for dicamba-based herbicides, classifying dicamba as a restricted-use product. The EPA said that only certified pesticide applicators, or people under their supervision,…
Almond Board: CAPCA Meeting
…Program, California Certified Nurseryman’s Program, and the state departments of agriculture in Oregon, Arizona and Nevada. CAPCA represents a membership of 75% of the nearly 4,000 California EPA licensed pest…
RFA Thanks 38 Senators for Leadership
…the RFS. EPA must reconsider this anti-farmer, anti-consumer, and anti-innovation proposal. “All told, EPA is sending all the wrong signals on a program that has helped clean the air, reduce…
NMPF Supports Effort to Bring Clarity to EPA’s Waters of the U.S. Regulation
…scientific affairs, in comments to EPA. “We are committed to working with the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to find effective ways to protect America’s water supplies.” Rescinding…
EPA Mulling Options on Dicamba
…EPA officials have met with state regulators to find ways to prevent crop damage, along with negotiating with herbicide companies BASF and Monsanto. The comments by the EPA hint that…
EPA Considering Dicamba Limits
The Environmental protection Agency is considering establishing limits to dicamba-based herbicides next year. Agriculture officials from several states that are advising the EPA on dicamba tell Reuters that the EPA…
Farm and Biofuels Groups Urge EPA to Comply With Federal Court Decision
…and against the Obama EPA in how it used waivers to roll back conventional ethanol volumes in the statute for 2014 through ’16. Yet the Trump EPA is now proposing…
National Chicken Council to EPA: Reduce RFS Targets
…urged further reductions. The National Chicken Council, long opposing the RFS, said in comments to the EPA: “As proposed, the RFS targets exceed the percentage of ethanol Congress envisioned being…
WOTUS May End Up in Court
President Trump’s effort to have his Environmental Protection Agency repeal the Obama EPA’s much-criticized ‘Waters of the U.S.’ (WOTUS) rule, is likely to end up in court. But an American…