…historic economic gains in rural America over the past six years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayer. Since enactment, the U.S. Department of…
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, Interior Secretary Jewell Outline Wildfire Threat During Upcoming Fire Season
…to reform the way wildfire suppression is funded,” said Jewell. “These reforms are necessary to ensure that federal land managers can continue to protect our national parks, national forests, public…
Packages Disaster Protection with Loans
…six years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayer. Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation,…
Water Board Says More Rights Will be Curtailed Soon
…holders to determine.” Noting that collaborative solutions tend to be better than regulatory outcomes, Scheuring said, “at the same time, we think most water users are well served simply by…
DPR 2013 Air Monitoring Shows Most Pesticides Well Below Health Screening Levels
…in 2013. However the pesticide, a carcinogen, was detected at a level that if continued for a lifetime of 70 years, would be above a DPR regulatory target. Exceeding a…
USDA Reminds Farmers to Certify Conservation Compliance
…meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayer. Since enactment, USDA has implemented many provisions of this critical legislation, providing disaster relief to farmers and ranchers; strengthening…
Legislation Introduced in House to Repeal COOL
…USDA is at a loss on how to fix this rule, given the statutory language, supporting what cattlemen have long maintained; there is no regulatory fix that will bring this…
Vilsack: New Investments in Water Conservation, Resilience Across Drought-Stricken States
…over the past five years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this…
USDA Announces Funding to Assist with Organic Certification Costs
…which builds on historic economic gains in rural America over the past six years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for the taxpayer. Since enactment, USDA…
USDA announces $30 Million for Food Entrepreneurs and Agricultural Producers to Develop New Products
…while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. Since the bill’s enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including…
Lawmaker Wants to Change Endangered Species Act
…for California. This isn’t a new issue,” he continued. “These regulatory and water battles have been fought for decades. So, it’s not going to change. It’s just it gets a…
USDA Announces $235 Million Available for Innovative New Conservation Partnerships
…reform and billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. Since enactment, USDA has made significant progress to implement each provision of this critical legislation, including providing disaster relief to farmers…
Gov. Brown Establishes Most Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target in North America
…by 2050; and WHEREAS setting an interim target of emission reductions for 2030 is necessary to guide regulatory policy and investments in California in the midterm, and put California on…
Voluntary Conservation Effort to Clear California San Joaquin Valley Air Gets a Thumbs Up from Regulators
Voluntary efforts by farmers, ranchers, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to improve air quality in California’s San Joaquin Valley have received regulatory acknowledgement from…