…parameters. “In recent years we have seen actions from states that directly and unjustifiably contradict EPA’s scientific findings on pesticide safety. These actions risk creating an unworkable, inconsistent patchwork of…
Farmers, Ag Organizations Against EPA Proposal
More than 16,000 farmers and agricultural organizations recently united against EPA’s proposed revision to its 2020 atrazine registration review decision. The farmers and agricultural organizations representing corn, citrus, grain sorghum,…
AgNet News Hour: Thursday, 09-15-22
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today’s show covers a lawsuit seeking documents on the EPA dicamba ruling, the changes to the…
Removing Barriers to Meet Growing Demand for Food
…assistance for farmers to expand on-site farm fertilizer storage capacity to help them manage costs year-round. They want the EPA to reform its review processes that create barriers to domestic…
Battle Over Atrazine Continues
…sued the EPA over the reregistration, and the EPA did something unprecedented,” he said. “They decided to go back and reopen what we thought was already a closed reregistration process.”…
SCOTUS Restricts EPA Authority to Mandate Emissions Reductions
…a challenge to the rule and the authority of EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The ruling has raised concerns from environmental groups regarding EPA authority and…
Federal Funding Available for Water Infrastructure Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the application timeline for low interest loans to support water infrastructure projects. Beginning September 6, letters of interest (LOI) may be submitted…
Mixed Results for Ongoing Roundup Litigation
…requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reassess health risks related to glyphosate. In a 3-0 decision, the federal appeals court declared that EPA did not adequately evaluate the…
Growers Frustrated with EPA Regarding Pesticide Impacts
American farmers are again at odds with the Environmental Protection Agency over the Endangered Species Act. The final EPA biological evaluations of neonicotinoids and their impacts on endangered species are…
CFBF Hosts WOTUS Roundtable
Roundtables continue on the topic of the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers Waters of the US (WOTUS) rule. In June of last year, the EPA and ACE announced their…
Cattle, Water Industry Reps Gives Insights During First WOTUS Roundtable
…This roundtable was one of 10 accepted by the EPA and Army Corps. About a year ago, the EPA announced that rather than facilitate public engagement—which is the typical course…
Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Emissions Falling
…only 10% of total U.S. emissions, which is much lower than other economic sectors. American Farm Bureau Federation economists analyzed the data from EPA in the latest Market Intel. 2020…
Week in Review: EPA Addresses Pesticide Approval Process & Bird Flu Outbreak Hits 27 Million
EPA points out the current system for registering pesticides is “unsustainable and legally tenuous” without corrective action. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of the H5N1 strain…
Preparing for Earth Day
…sites across the U.S. In 1970 there was no EPA, so no Clean Air Act or Clean Water Act. There were no legal or regulatory mechanisms to protect our environment….