…came in response to a bipartisan letter from 79 members of the House to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator…
EPA Ending “Sue and Settle”
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is touting a directive he signed this week to end the EPA’s so-called “sue and settle” strategy, a practice agriculture groups opposed. Pruitt…
WOTUS Jurisdiction Case Reaches Supreme Court
…the Clean Water Act’s ban on pollutant discharges and the Environmental Protection Agency’s permitting authority, therefore do not meet the criteria to be heard in district courts. The jurisdictional decision…
USDA Invests in Research on Next Generation of Agricultural Technology
…in real-time, excess nitrate levels in surface water that are a major environmental and health concern. This technology may help landowners and governments in their conservation efforts by circumventing the…
US Forest Service Actively Involved in California Wildfire Response
…has committed over 1,500 firefighters to the effort. Forest Service firefighting resources currently supporting state and local fires include: 12 Type 1 Interagency Hotshot Crews specially trained in wildfire suppression…
Pork Producers Applaud Withdraw Of GIPSA Rules
…Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). The agency also announced it will take no further action on a proposed regulation of the Farmer Fair Practices Rules….
Governors Write Trump Regarding RFS
…to keep his campaign promises to rural America to support the RFS. The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a request for additional comments on reducing previously finalized volumes required by…
Weed Scientist Has Doubts Over Dicamba Restrictions Effectiveness
The Environmental Protection Agency last week declared dicamba under it’s “restricted use” category, but a weed scientist from Illinois has doubts the new restrictions will be beneficial. Aaron Hager, a…
Celebrating National Liqueur Day
Cathy Isom tells us about a holiday not many know about. She is celebrating a sweet beverage that often flavored with fruit, cream, spices, flowers or nuts. That’s coming up…
EPA Announced Dicamba Label Changes
The Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced new restrictions for dicamba-based herbicides, classifying dicamba as a restricted-use product. The EPA said that only certified pesticide applicators, or people under their supervision,…
CDFA Secretary Applauds Wildfire Relief Efforts
…federal emergency management agency, has been embedded with our fireteam since Sunday night,” noted Secretary Ross. It will be sometime before an accurate amount of agricultural losses caused by the…
Almond Board: CAPCA Meeting
…Program, California Certified Nurseryman’s Program, and the state departments of agriculture in Oregon, Arizona and Nevada. CAPCA represents a membership of 75% of the nearly 4,000 California EPA licensed pest…
State Board Sticks to Flow Regime on Sacramento River
…how board staff will develop its Substitute Environmental Document, or SED, which analyzes the possible environmental and economic impacts related to potential changes to the Bay-Delta Plan. The plan is…
Trade Expert: U.S. is Setting Up NAFTA for Failure
…The Canadian Press news agency says a consensus is growing that a series of untenable U.S. bargaining positions is part of a plan by Trump to lay the groundwork so…
