…have had two products that performed very similarly, and this year you may see where one may look much better and provide a month or two longer of weed protection.”…
Rains Don’t Damper Citrus Harvest
…again he said it doesn’t seem to be anything normal frost protection can’t handle. “The temperatures we are seeing now … we have good inversion and no problem with protection….
Cattlemen Call on Senate to Confirm Pruitt as EPA Administrator
…be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and called for his swift confirmation. Brunner “As Oklahoma’s Attorney General, Mr. Pruitt led the fight to bring common sense back to environmental…
Tom Vilsack to Take Helm of U.S. Dairy Export Council
…chain. “Secretary Vilsack is a proven leader on global issues ranging from child nutrition and food security to biotechnology and sustainable agriculture. He shares the dairy community’s commitment to advancing…
No Significant Impact for Giant Reed Biological Control Agent
Courtesy California Invasive Plant Council The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the release…
APHIS Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule
…such as the Environmental Protection Agency. As it relates to the regulation of biological control organisms, this proposed rule would: Establish criteria regarding the movement and release of certain biological…
Ad Recognizes Trump Leadership on Biofuels
…has shattered expectations, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs in areas of the country left behind by other manufacturing sectors,” said Brent Erickson, executive vice president of the Biotechnology Innovation…
Senate Resolution Would Roll Back WOTUS
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. Rule, or “WOTUS,” was first introduced to the public in May of 2015, and it’s been largely unpopular since then. Ag Web…
Changes Aimed at Ending the Inhumane Practice of Horse Soring
…or lameness while walking or moving. APHIS enforces the Horse Protection Act (HPA), a Federal law that makes it unlawful for any person to show, exhibit, sell, or transport sore…
Funding to Foster the Agricultural Science Workforce
…in funding to strengthen K-14 education in the food, agriculture, natural resources, and human (FANH) sciences. “Nearly 40 percent of jobs in the food, agricultural, and environmental sciences will go…
Evaluating Chemicals that May Pose Risk
New chemical law requires the agency to look at chemicals that were grandfathered in under old law The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving swiftly to propose how it will…
Supreme Court Agrees to take EPA WOTUS Rule
…challenging the Environmental Protection Agency on its “waters of the United States” rule: “The Supreme Court’s decision to hear our appeal is a victory for America’s cattle producers and all…
USDA Expands Grasslands Conservation Program
Helping Dairy, Beef and Other Producers Protect Working Grasslands in 43 States U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Val Dolcini announced that USDA will accept over…
Obama Designates New National Monuments Along California Coast
John Laird California Natural Resources Agency Secretary John Laird issued the following statement in support of President Obama’s action under the authority of the Antiquities Act of 1906 to expand…
