More controversy stemming from a disagreement between the Environmental Protection Agency and decades of research. The EPA’s draft risk assessment on atrazine says the herbicide is harmful to animals and…
Supreme Court: Farmers Can Challenge Wetlands Determinations
…and ranchers can have their day in court when the government tells them they cannot plow a field or improve a ditch without a federal permit.” Critics of the EPA…
EPA, Army Corps of Engineers Violate Law, Farm Bureau Tells Congress
…environmental regulations that are largely determined by the EPA. Parrish cited numerous examples of EPA and Army Corps mismanagement: The Corps has made jurisdictional determinations and tracked farming activities based…
View from the Barnyard on the Farm Economy
…Nonsensical EPA regulations like those addressing Waters of the United States, or impending USDA rules interfering with the efficiency of livestock markets will have a disastrous effect on markets that…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…current policy on new plant varieties is in theory a “product” based policy, but USDA and EPA determine which plants to regulate at least partially based on the process by…
The Western View: The EPA, Waters of the USA, and Stock Ponds
…town. Unfortunately the EPA didn’t like the way he was doing it. After many stern letters and warnings of imminent action, the EPA’s lawyers told him they were going to…
Food Waste Goals
…From: EPA United States 2030 Food Loss and Waste Reduction Goal In the United States, EPA estimates that more food reaches landfills and incinerators than any other single material in…
Honey Bee Colony Health Survey Results
…and death loss in colonies managed by small hobbyists up to the largest commercial producers. The National Strategy, developed under the leadership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and…
Challenging Conditions in the West
…The research may examine relationships nationally, eco-regionally, or for other subpopulations of interest. More information on the Campus Research Challenge: https://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys/national-wetland-condition-assessment-campus-research-challenge More information on the National Wetland Condition Assessment: http://www2.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resource-surveys…
Wildland Fires in a Tube
…To study the potential health risks of breathing wildfire smoke, a major form of air pollution, researchers at EPA are now using a technology that mimics these phases of a…
EPA Efforts To Address Pollinator Health
An Environmental Protection Agency official shared recently with farm broadcasters his agency’s efforts to address pollinator health concerns. Efforts that include state managed pollinator protection plans and taking another look…
Clean Water Crisis Threatens U.S.
…in infrastructure replacement needs” in water systems if they were not replaced. In the next 20 years, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates the total cost of revitalizing water pipes…
U.C. Berkeley Recognized
U.C. Berkeley Recognized in U.S. EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the winners of its fourth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a design competition created to engage…
For Agriculture, Every Day is Earth Day
…environmental benefits. In a bewildering contrast, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with a few extreme environmental groups, continue to take the latter approach, undermining the hard work of USDA…