…producer and leaving a path of regulatory uncertainty,” said Ellis. “While cattlemen and women continue in litigation with the agencies over this regulation, the Senate has the opportunity to step…
Almond Board of California: CEUs at 2015 Almond Conference
…or dust, the regulatory environment keeps changing. This panel will address the status of current air quality regulations, looking at what programs are available to help growers with training, compliance…
USDA Issues Safety-Net Payments to Farmers Facing Market Downturn
…possible by the 2014 Farm Bill, which builds on historic economic gains in rural America over the past six years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings…
GMO Testing Pilot Project to Ensure Compliance with National Organic Program
…their expanding market. The SOP also applies regulatory sanctions and provides due process to ensure consistent application of the law. These same farmers have approached CDFA to develop a pilot…
EPA’S McCarthy Visits Calif. Farm to Highlight Worker Safety
…new regulations. Farm Bureau has criticized the new rules, saying the EPA is “piling regulatory costs on farmers and ranchers that bear little if any relation to actual safety issues.”…
Calif. Tests Show Low or No Pesticide Levels in Many Fruits and Vegetables
…Fresh Produce report “This report further confirms that California’s vigorous pesticide regulatory program creates a reliable marketplace where consumers can have faith in their fresh fruits and vegetables,” said Brian…
Federal Pesticide Changes Mirror California Rules
…that the agency is piling regulatory costs on farmers and ranchers that bear little if any relation to actual safety issues.” AFBF filed extensive comments on the proposal more than…
Statement by the President on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
…effectively enforce anticorruption laws and regulations, and give citizens the opportunity to provide input on any proposed measures relating to issues covered by the TPP agreement. TPP also requires regulatory…
Poll Shows Broad Support for Endangered Species Act Reform
Most Americans think the Endangered Species Act is outdated and needs to be revised, a survey by Morning Consult shows. The poll conducted in early August adds impetus to congressional…
Farmers Report Shortage of Help to Harvest Crops
…immigration reform that would include an agricultural guestworker program that would be “much more flexible and responsive to market demands” than the existing H-2A program. “Reform should also permit current…
USDA Extends Dairy Margin Protection Program Deadline
…through the 2014 Farm Bill, 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…
Sage Grouse Stays off Endangered Species List
…the Administration to remove productive uses from the land in an effort to appease radical environmental groups. “Imposing regulatory change on the grazing livestock industry without any scientific basis is…
USDA Commits $2.5 Million to Expand New Farmer Education
…funding builds on historic investments made in rural America over the past six years and supports programs enacted by the 2014 Farm Bill, which achieved meaningful reform and billions of…
Commentary: FDA Overreaches with New Food-Safety Regulations
…toward far more regulation. Regulatory burdens create economic hardship that spreads across sectors, ultimately harming consumers. The broad regulatory scope of FSMA will surely create those burdens, all while doing…