…Farm Service Agency (FSA), and Risk Management Agency (RMA) in California are planning to meet with landowners, partners and other agencies to assess damages and discuss technical and financial assistance….
Ethanol Summit of the Americas Talks Global Usage
…RFA president and CEO Bob Dinneen says the dialogue is desperately needed across the industry due to a growing protectionism among many countries in the world. “Protectionism will only thwart…
Farm State Senators Keep Pressure on EPA
Farm-state Senators have been keeping the pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency over its actions on biofuels. Politico’s Morning Energy says the small group of Senators has been blocking votes…
NIFA Biotechnology Grants Put Science at Center of Food Safety Policy
…gap between biotechnology innovations and the policies on how to use them. These grants are funded through NIFA’s Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research Grants (BRAG) Program. “Biotechnology offers innovative tools to…
California Produce Getting Legislative Support
…grown using some of the most demanding environmental regulations and workplace safety protocols in the United States. The bill was approved by Governor Brown and filed with the Secretary of…
Almond Board: Almond Map
…partnership with Land IQ, a Sacramento-based agricultural and environmental scientific research and consulting firm, constitute a comprehensive, living map of California Almonds that draws upon multiple sources of information and…
USDA Helps Small Businesses Develop New Agricultural Products, Technology
…proof of concept studies. Phase II grants help successful Phase I projects scale up, implement, and commercialize their ventures. Topic areas include forests and related resources; plant production and protection…
AFBF Backs Timely Reg Review of Food Production Tools
…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…
