…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
…Bee Club, Michigan Bay Midland Pheasants Forever, Michigan Shooting Star Native Seeds, Minnesota Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center, Minnesota Missouri Prairie Foundation, Missouri Lakewood Hills Homeowner Association, Missouri Hickory Hollow…
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…
New Protections For Immigrant Workers on Horizon
A California legislative committee recently amended a proposed bill that will define the individual rights of immigrant workers while on the job. The Immigration Worker Protection Act (AB 450) would…
USDA Reorganization Takes Shape
…its size and importance, will be the only agency to report to the Under Secretary for National Resources and Environment. For these three mission areas, Perdue has named Acting Deputy…
Secretary Perdue Hosts Inaugural Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
…of Health and Human Services; Secretary of Transportation; Secretary of Energy; Secretary of Education; Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission; Director of the Office…
NMPF Board of Directors Supports NAFTA Modernization
…calls for special attention to preserving and enhancing the protection of foods using common names and strengthening rules related to sanitary and phytosanitary commitments with Canada and Mexico. “Trade negotiations…
Critical Agricultural Water Resources Issues Funded
…“Food, water, climate, energy, and environmental issues are all linked together, which is why we invest in multi-level approaches to water management solutions,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “These solutions…
AFBF Details NAFTA Renegotiation Priorities
…farmers are calling for are related to the modernization of the industry. “For example, the rules related to biotechnology, Sanitary, and Phyto-sanitary measures, and geographic indicators are ripe for amendment…
Syngenta, BASF, Seeking to Purchase Bayer’s LibertyLink Business
…spree so far, Syngenta is in the midst of being acquired by ChemChina, and DuPont agreed to sell its crop-protection assets to FMC in March to get a merger with…
Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee Highlights Importance of Watershed Maintenance in Rural America
…– preventing damage and destruction in communities across the country,” said Subcommittee Chairman Lucas. “But as these investments rapidly age so too does the protection and certainty they provide to…
California Leopold Conservation Award® Still Accepting Nominations
…Sorensen Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund and The Nature Conservancy. ABOUT THE LEOPOLD CONSERVATION AWARD The Leopold Conservation Award is a competitive award that recognizes landowner achievement in voluntary conservation. The…
Withdraw ‘GIPSA’ Rule, Say NPPC, Pork Producers
…to the agency comments from 630 pork producers and others in the pork industry, opposing the regulation and asking that it be withdrawn. The comments were on an interim final…
