…policy platform, fighting the courts to roll back a slate of Obama-era regulations on climate change, air pollution, stream protection and more. A former Clinton administration climate advisor told the…
USDA Taking Comments on Product of USA Label
…ensure only U.S. domestic meat products can be labeled “Product of USA.” The groups allege the current policy allows food companies to “skirt the federal law and regulations governing labeling…
Assembly Bill Looks to Address Wild Pig Problem
…bear. Farmers are looking for more appropriate regulations that will allow them to confront the pig problem on their properties more aggressively. Current recreational hunting activities are not effectively managing…
NPPC Wants Regulations Reined In Further
…tape and unfunded mandates from Washington. Those were key points in National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) testimony at a congressional hearing on impacts of regulations on small businesses and farmers….
Perdue Comments on 2018 Farm Bill Passing the House of Representatives
…Trump Administration, including tax reforms and reductions in regulations, however a Farm Bill is still critically important to give the agriculture community some much-needed reassurance. No doubt, there is still…
Groups Respond to House Passage of 2018 Farm Bill
…a solution for the very serious ag labor shortage, increasing market opportunities through trade and cutting the burdens of regulations that have piled up during previous administrations.” From National Pork…
Senate Bill Creates Group to Study Trucking Regulations
Legislation introduced last week in the U.S. Senate would revise existing trucking regulations to make the rules more flexible for drivers hauling livestock, according to the National Pork Producers Council….
Bill Sets Up Group To Study Trucking Regulations
…regulations within 120 days. “Pulling together all stakeholders with an interest in livestock hauling will ensure that DOT has the tools necessary to ensure Hours of Service regulations address the…
Senate Agriculture Committee Leaders Find Common Ground in Bipartisan Farm Bill
…process to get a Farm Bill reauthorized on time.” “Whether it’s low prices, over burdensome regulations, or unpredictable trade markets, it’s no secret that farmers and ranchers are struggling. That’s…
Court Sides Against R-CALF in COOL Dispute
…were time-barred from prevailing in their case because the regulations that allowed the removal of COOL labels on imported beef was promulgated in 1989 and the statute of limitations expired…
Farm and Biofuel Coalition Demands that EPA Account for Lost Volumes
…U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to change its regulations to account for lost volumes of renewable fuel resulting from the unprecedented number of retroactive small refinery exemptions from Renewable Fuel…
Action Taken Against Canadian Trade Measures That Discriminate Against U.S. Wine
…producers. Additional Background Information: The United States is challenging BC regulations that were amended in April 2015 to permit the sale of wine in grocery stores. The amended regulations provide…
H-2A Agricultural Worker Visa Modernization Joint Cabinet Statement
…and labor stakeholders, the Departments of State, Agriculture, Labor, and Homeland Security are embarking on a process to modernize the H-2A visa program by clarifying and improving the regulations governing…
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue: “Trump Administration Stands Behind Ag Producers”
…weight of burdensome regulations, written by bureaucrats behind desks in Washington. The Trump administration has been eliminating these regulations at a record pace, slashing 22 existing regulations for every new…