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…
Vilsack: Clear View of GMO Rules Before 2017
…law and the RFP will come out in October. Vilsack hopes the study is complete by the summer of 2017, saying to the department’s Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st…
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…
EPA Decision on Dicamba Expected Late in 2016
The Environmental Protection Agency set a goal of issuing a decision on Monsanto’s new dicamba products by the end of this year. The products are designed to be used with…
California to Receive About $6 Million from USDA Grant Program
…through the agency’s Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program, which fosters innovation in conservation tools and strategies to improve things like on-farm energy and fertilizer use as well as market-based strategies…
Ag Groups Question Venue for ‘WOTUS’ Appeal
…seeking to vacate the Environmental Protection Agency’s and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ expansive “waters of the U.S.” rule are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether the 6th…
Improving Access to Voluntary Farm Conservation Programs
…Conservation Act, bipartisan legislation to improve access to voluntary farm conservation programs administered through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The NRCS is an agency within the U.S. Department of…
Agri View: Fish Farm
…will it be in operation? Well, nobody knows. The two most formidable reasons are, the uncertainty of what it will take to construct such a project and, environmental opposition. Now…
Investment to Spur Agricultural Innovation
…privately held farms and forests, for maximum environmental impact,” said Vilsack. “This investment will offer farmers, ranchers and forest landowners new ways to protect Vilsack their natural resources and new…
Corn, Potatoes and Vegetable Production Practices
…NASS’ effort to maintain up-to-date statistics about commercial fertilizer and pesticide use as well as pest management practices. Since 1990, the agency has surveyed U.S. farmers for information on the…
