…billion in programs, consistent with World Trade Organization obligations. Perdue announced in July that USDA would act to aid farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation. President Trump…
ASTA Outlines Priorities for Final Farm Bill
…Protection Act, and expand the scope of the law to include asexually propagated materials such as flowers. ASTA requests the Conference Committee use the language in the House Farm Bill…
Food Safety Professionals Ensure that “What’s in Your Meat” is Safe and Wholesome
…on our website, but we routinely release data in response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for datasets requested by outside organizations. On March 3, 2017, in our haste…
Citrus Study Says Regulation Costs to Increase
…Initiative compliant). The impact of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is hard to predict, according to Babcock. “It will not be possible to calculate the impact of SGMA until…
AFBF, Coalition Seek Reprieve from Order Reviving Flawed WOTUS Rule
…rule harms the public interest “because the 2015 WOTUS rule was promulgated in violation of [procedural requirements], is inconsistent with the text of the [Clean Water Act], and is unconstitutional—as…
Capitol Water Rally ‘Worth Your Fight’
…percent of unimpaired flows in the Tuolumne, Stanislaus and Merced rivers is especially troubling with the ag industry also preparing for the constraints of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. “When…
FDA Extends FSMA Compliance
…Modernization Act. The move, applauded by the American Feed Industry Association, gives the FDA more time to release the final FSMA guidance documents and train its inspectors. AFIA says the…
New State Authority Over Local Waters a Boon to Farmers and Ranchers
…that sometimes channels water. “The Clean Water Act was supposed to give states a real say in how water was regulated,” American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall said. “Regular…
One Year ELD Delay Passed by Senate
…Congress.” He’s talking about the Transporting Livestock Safely Across America Act, which would extend the Hours of Service rules for livestock haulers. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
U.S., Mexico, Leaving Canada behind in NAFTA Talks
…with Canada, even though Canada and Mexico have also vowed to stick to three-way negotiations. The White House is hopeful progress with Mexico will pressure Canada to act or even…
USDA Opens Election Period for Seed Cotton Program
…the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, farm owners with generic base acres and recent planting history of covered commodities have a one-time opportunity to allocate all of the generic base…
Trump to Approve Year-Round E15 Soon
…Energy says increased access to U.S. markets will provide America’s farmers with some financial confidence and they hope the President will direct the Environmental Protection Agency to act quickly to…
USDA Invites Comments on the Implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced USDA is inviting comments on the implementation of the e-Connectivity Pilot Program established in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 on March 23,…
The Western View: National Day of the Cowboy
…actions. Over the years, a Cowboy Code has grown, a code of ethics that the cowboys in the movies in the early 1900s promoted. Heroes like Tom Mix, Gene Autry,…