…act by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer that said glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic” in a controversial ruling in 2015. Listing glyphosate as a known carcinogen…
EPA Sends WOTUS Repeal to Federal Register
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers Tuesday that the EPA has sent its repeal of the Waters of the U.S. rule to the federal register, beginning the process…
Groups Applaud EPA Proposed Rule To Repeal WOTUS
…the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that it will propose a rule to rescind a controversial Clean Water Act regulation that gave the government broad jurisdiction over land and water. The…
Conaway Praises EPA Repeal of WOTUS, Calls for Continued Work to Protect Farmers and Ranchers
Conaway House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (TX-11) praised the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement it is repealing the Obama administration’s waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule and called…
NIFA Announces $4.3 Million for Higher Education Support
…degree in the food and agricultural sciences in partnership with three regional two-year colleges. A State University of New York(link is external) College of Environmental Science and Forestry project is…
Agri View: Dangerous Jobs
…(ROPS). What are ROPS? ROPS are a roll bar or cage frames that are designed specifically for tractors to create a zone of protection around the operator in the event…
Pollinator Partnership’s 10th Annual Pollinator Week
…John said. New York City is a leader in pollinator protection, with 520 NWF Eco-Schools that are all working to plant for pollinators and raise awareness about how to help….
Agri View: Chemical Challenge to Control Insects
…by insects colorado gluttonous bugs sitting on a leaf of a potato plant hawk moth caterpillar (Sphinx ligustri) rest in the branch Colorado beetles larvae feeding on the potato leaf…
Water Rights Protection Act Offers Relief from Federal Water Extortion
The Water Rights Protection Act, introduced in the House, could bring U.S. ranchers much-needed relief from ongoing efforts by the federal government to extort privately held water rights from law-abiding…
Regrow Vegetables from Your Scraps
…beans in a bowl and cover them with a towel. Rinse them every day and soon you’ll see the beans starting to sprout. Other foods you can regrow: sweet potatoes,…
APHIS to Allow Importation of Fresh Pitahaya Fruit from Ecuador
…continental United States from Ecuador. APHIS scientists have determined that fresh pitahaya fruit from Ecuador can be safely imported to the United States while continuing to provide protection against the…
USDA Announces $20 Million for Jobs for Young People, Veterans
…will include hundreds of miles of trail maintenance and improvements, watershed protection, removal of vegetation as part of wildfire prevention, improvements to recreation facilities, and other essential work on lands…
Feed a Bee Announces Coast-to-Coast Recipients for $500,000 Pollinator Forage Initiative
…Service; the Americas for Conservation and the Arts; the Woodsy Owl Conservation Corps; and Sweet Virginia Foundation, an educational partner of Feed a Bee that provides free honey bee resources…
Dow / DuPont Merger Gets Conditional Approval
…Department will require DuPont to sell off certain parts of its crop protection portfolio. Dow will also be required to divest itself of two petrochemical products in order for the…
