…Department of Agriculture for now is Michael Young, USDA’s Office of Budget and Program Analysis director. He will serve as acting secretary until the Senate confirms former Georgia Governor Sonny…
Trump EPA Plan Calls for Eliminating WOTUS
…and unnecessary.” A leaked agency action plan for the administration lists WOTUS, along with Clean Air Act greenhouse gas regulations, the Clean Power Plan and the Total Maximum Daily Load…
Agri View: Choice of Meat
…almost extinction from the early 1900’s to the later part of that century. It is only because of strong and effective conservation programs that both species survived. Today they abound…
National Pork Producers Delegate Body Appointed
…option of not submitting nominees. The National Pork Board and the Delegate Body were established under the Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1985. By law, USDA’s Agricultural…
CDFA Farm Bill Listening Sessions
…the federal farm bill will result in positive investments to our communities, our health and agricultural economy.” The current farm bill, the Agricultural Act of 2014 will expire next year…
State Water Project Allocation Increased
…reservoirs. The last 100-percent SWP allocation – difficult to achieve even in wet years because of Delta pumping restrictions to protect threatened and endangered fish species – was in 2006….
Funding to Support Agricultural Education at 1890s Land-grant Institutions
…universities and institutions sustain their programs in agriculture, food and human sciences.” The 1890 land-grant institutions were established under the Second Morrill Act of 1890 to foster higher education opportunities…
USDA Strengthens Integrity of the Organic Label
…production practices that support their well-being and natural behavior. In addition, the final rule supports the core goal of the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), which instructs USDA to develop…
CRB Researcher Honored with Presidential Award
…board member and citrus grower, Jim Gorden. “This is confirmation of the level of talent the CRB has been able to attract to work on solutions to problems facing the…
Another ‘Midnight’ Regulation Dumped On Farmers
…Pork Producers Council will work with the Trump administration and Congress to repeal yet another “midnight” regulation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s amendment to the Organic Food Production Act of…
Humans Need Bees
…new study published in Nature Communications found that just two percent of wild bee species contributes 80 percent of the crop pollination visits observed globally. This means that if this…
Five Myths About the Veterinary Feed Directive
…any trouble completing the paperwork twice a year.” The last is some species won’t have antibiotics available to them. Richards says, “Guidance documents do give vets some discretion in using…
Senate Resolution Would Roll Back WOTUS
…authority of both the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers authority to regulate water, which is already written into the Clean Water Act. Almost 100 percent of the American…
Changes Aimed at Ending the Inhumane Practice of Horse Soring
…a high stepping gait through the use of action devices, caustic chemicals, and other practices that cause horses to suffer, or reasonably be expected to suffer physical pain, distress, inflammation,…