The new target date for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) assessment on glyphosate is now sometime in the spring of 2017, which coincides with the arrival of a new presidential…
Tapping Sorghum’s Genetic Potential
…around the world are kept viable. Read more about this research in the September 2016 issue of AgResearch. ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief in-house scientific research agency….
House Agriculture Committee Advances Three Bills
…the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee, would amend the Packers and Stockyards Act to expand the definition of “marketing agency” and update acceptable payment methods to include electronic transfer of…
Bayer, Monsanto Announce Agreement
…applications. These are expected to result in significant and lasting benefits for farmers: from improved sourcing and increased convenience to higher yield, better environmental protection and sustainability. “The agriculture industry…
National Food Safety Month
…to prevent the spread of this “Notorious Virus”. From: National Food Safety Month.com National Food Safety Month Spotlights Foodborne Illness Detection and Protection In its ongoing commitment to food safety,…
U.S. Files WTO Complaint Against China
…enforce the high standards won in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), ranging from market access for United States agriculture exports, labor and intellectual property rights, protection of the environment, and keeping…
Pork Producers Can Challenge Information Release
…central database, which EPA did three years ago and then gave that information to environmental groups through Freedom of Information Act requests. The panel said the EPA’s extensive data collection…
The California Kitchen: Sweet Potato Casserole
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing sweet potato casserole with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here is what you will need: 1 Sweet Potato Dice Small 4…
EPA Violated Personal Privacy of Farmers and Ranchers
The Environment Protection Agency violated the personal privacy rights of thousands of farmers and ranchers. That unanimous ruling came from the United States Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday….
Duarte Case Helping WOTUS Fight
House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway delivered remarks on the House floor to draw attention to the negative impacts of Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ over-burdensome…
Proposals for Delta Habitat Restoration
…Request for Proposal will help us harness the power of partnerships in a straightforward, transparent, efficient way,” said Dean Messer, Chief of the DWR Division of Environmental Services and the…
NPPC, Farm Bureau Win FOIA Case Against EPA
…U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its release to environmental groups of personal information on tens of thousands of farmers. In late 2015, a U.S. district court dismissed the NPPC-Farm Bureau…
European Union Suspends Dow DuPont Merger Review
…EU opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed deal on concerns that the merger would cut down on competition in crop protection, seeds, and certain petrochemicals. The proposed merger was…
Groups Support Heritage Foundation Farm Bill Report
The Environmental Working Group and the Union of Concerned Scientists gave their reactions to the Heritage Foundation paper on the upcoming 2018 Farm Bill. The Heritage report called for an…
