…understand that this helps landowners turn limited federal dollars into significant conservation outcomes, besides the many other benefits for family farms, Main Street businesses, and those of us who love…
EU Approves ChemChina-Syngenta Deal
…assets and personnel. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it was requiring the companies to divest three types of pesticides in the U.S. as a condition for completing…
USDA Announces $1.2 Million to Support Aquaculture Research Projects
…research institutions and organizations, federal agencies, private organizations or corporations, and individuals for the purpose of conducting research, extension, or education activities to facilitate or expand promising breakthroughs in areas…
EPA Budget Cuts Won’t Ease Mandates
…the Trump administration announced it’s budget for the coming fiscal year, which included a 31 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Western Agricultural Processors Association President and CEO…
AG Sessions Says Deportation to Focus on Felons, not Farm Workers
…Nassif says: “The Attorney General’s comments confirm what we in the agriculture industry have understood to be the Administration’s interior enforcement policy: ICE activities will be directed toward deporting felons,…
Water Movement Improved with WIIN Act
…pump more water from the Delta when conditions are flush,” Puglia said. “If you look at January and February, for the first time in my memory, the federal and state…
Subcommittee Examines Credit Programs in the Farm Bill
…Alabama Ag Credit, Montgomery, AL, On behalf of the Farm Credit Council Mr. Timothy L. Buzby, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, Washington, DC Mr. Nathan Franzen,…
NCC Conveys Farm Law Priorities
…producers’ operations and achieve the goal of improving and protecting the environment while also improving farming operations. Regarding crop insurance, the NCC stated that overall the federal program is working…
Agri View: A Howling Coyote Problem
…paying a bounty on coyotes. But that is not a solution because there are federal laws that protect wildlife have some application to coyotes. So, those laws impact what states…
APHIS Announces Public Meetings on Animal Disease Traceability
…may also be filed with the USDA through May 31, 2017, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov More information about traceability can be found on the APHIS website, https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/SA_Traceability…
Seed Industry to “Storm the Hill”
…$9 million. FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT: ASTA urges the new administration and Congress to review the implementation of FSMA to ensure it takes a risk-based approach to regulation. INNOVATION IN…
Don’t Let the Tail Wag the Dog
…the holes in this new federal safety net, restoring it to its original form, so that it will have value to farmers. The dwindling participation between 2015 and 2017 in…
AFBF and NGFA Urge Senate to Confirm Sonny Perdue as Agriculture Secretary This Week
…awaiting his attention and to begin the process of filling key positions within the department. It also is vital to have Gov. Perdue engaged fully within the administration and with…
U.S. Considering Tariffs on EU Products over Beef Spat
The Donald Trump administration is considering tariffs on specific products from the European Union in response to the EU’s ban on American beef from hormone-treated cattle. Trump is considering imposing…