…robust and sturdy, Carpin said, and the Central Valley is a good testing area — between the summer heat and the dust, it can be an inhospitable place for sensitive…
Former Trump Transition Leader Warns of Two-thirds Cut of EPA Staff
…EPA transition team and has suggested cutting the EPA workforce to 5,000, about a two-thirds reduction over the next four years. He says the EPA’s $8.1 billion budget would also…
Trump Freezes EPA Grants and Communications
…EPA awards roughly $4 billion in grant funding each year. President Trump and his transition team have promised a reduction of regulatory grasp by the EPA, specifically targeting Clean Air…
Ag Reacts to Trump TPP Move
…reduction or elimination of tariffs to other Pacific Rim countries, including Japan, a leading importer of California citrus. The trade deal also established a structure for phytosanitary negotiations with Vietnam….
Fourth Quarter 2016 Farm Lending Slows
…the farm sector dropped 40 percent from a year ago. The 40 percent drop was the largest year-over-year decline in nearly 20 years. Despite the sharp reduction in new loans,…
Role of Fossil Fuels in the U.S. Food System and the American Diet
…of 2007- 2008) to meet the DGA. The Realistic Healthy Diet reduces diet-related energy use in the U.S. food system by 3 percent. To put this in context, this reduction…
Analysis Reaffirms Ethanol’s GHG Emissions Reduction Benefits
…43 percent greenhouse gas reduction when compared to 2005-era gasoline, and by 2022, corn-based ethanol is projected to increase to a 50 percent greenhouse gas reduction over the life of…
National Chicken Council Calls for Balance between Animal Care, Environmental, Economic Impact in Chicken Production
…percentage of the population at risk and increase food instability for those who can least afford to have changes in food prices. A reduction in the U.S. chicken supply would…
Delegates Urge Congress to Support Regulatory Reform
…and departments; reduction of abuses of the court settlement process; limiting deference granted by courts to agencies’ interpretation of law; prohibiting agency misuse of social media to lobby the public…
Concern Over Proposed Changes in WIC Feeding Program
National Academy of Sciences Suggests Major Reduction in Servings of Nutrient-Rich Milk Offered in WIC Program From Jim Mulhern, President and CEO of NMPF, and Michael Dykes, D.V.M., President and…
Dedicated Energy Crops and Competition for Agricultural Land
…cropland, less than 5 percent. Extensive planting of switchgrass coupled with reduction of acreage of non-energy crops reduces soil erosion by 5 percent nationally, with greater reductions in regions with…
GIPSA Reduces Fees for Weighing and Inspection Services
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration is reducing inspection and weighing service fees by five percent beginning January 1, 2017. The reduction will remain in…
Conservation Districts to Lead Record 25 RCPP Projects in 2017
…working with landowners to put conservation on the ground since the days of the Dust Bowl.” One of the 2017 RCPP projects led by a district or state association of…
CDFA / USDA to Host Joint Summit on Healthy Soils
…conservationist for NRCS in California. “Our Agency was established during the Dust Bowl to protect soil from erosion and exploitation. Now our aim is to go beyond stemming erosion to…