…drives up costs – and food produced in some other countries is cheaper because they don’t follow those safety regulations. For that reason alone it is unfair to our growers…
WOTUS Repeal Officially Underway
…to move forward in accordance with the Executive Order. The underlying goal is to establish regulatory language that will empower individual states and make those regulations easier to navigate legislatively….
Ranchers Sue USDA to Renew Country of Origin Labeling
…Cattle Producers of Washington, the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, and United Stockgrowers of America. The group is requesting the court revoke the USDA’s current regulations that allow corporations to import…
APHIS to Allow Importation of Fresh Pitahaya Fruit from Ecuador
…Imports, Regulations and Manuals, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301) 851-2352; e-mail: Claudia.Ferguson@aphis.usda.gov. To view the rule, public comments, and supporting documents, go to http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2015-0004…
Secretary Perdue Hosts Inaugural Rural Prosperity Task Force Meeting
…reliable workforce, spur innovation and technology development, and roll back regulations to allow communities to grow and thrive. By directly engaging stakeholders to develop an action plan for legislative reforms…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…on-farm food safety practices related to microbial contamination across the wide range of heterogeneous produce firms. While the law will establish over 50 regulations, reports, and studies, the “Standards for…
ICFA Lobby for Practical Cannabis Growing Guidelines
…the current regulations are more inhibiting than beneficial. ICFA is also advocating for less stringent guidelines for when farmers would be required to surrender their license so that growers would be…
Food Safety Practices and Costs Under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement
…on-farm food safety practices related to microbial contamination across the wide range of heterogeneous produce firms. While the law will establish over 50 regulations, reports, and studies, the “Standards for…
Former Ag Secretary Working on Milk Export Program with China
…matter of weeks away and will give immediate clearance for 80 U.S. processors to begin shipping milk to China. In 2014, China created new food safety regulations that required all…
Conaway Applauds Delay of Compliance Dates for FSMA Agricultural Water Standards
…I’ve heard from many farmers concerned with the rules and struggling to figure out how and when they have to comply with FSMA rules and regulations. This extension provides producers…
Rollback of Cuba Policies Will Harm U.S. Agriculture
…end to the Cuba embargo, says any new regulations on exporting agricultural commodities to Cuba could cost $1.5 billion and affect 2,200 U.S. jobs. That’s on top of the estimated…
Agri View: Pesticide Residue Free Food
…almost 700 million tons of pesticide every year. They couldn’t grow crops without it. And, although there are strict regulations on how it is used, with intricate systems to remove…
Conaway, Goodlatte Call on Attorney General to Evaluate DOJ Overreach in Prosecuting WOTUS Violation in CA Court Case
…road that will protect our farmers and ranchers from onerous fines, penalties, and regulations,” said Chairman Conaway. “The regulatory overreach of the previous administration is having a negative impact on…
AZ Rancher Wants Burden of Federal Regulations Lifted
…communities like his when it enacted the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Wilderness Act, but that’s exactly what happened. “The burden of compliances with these regulations, plus…