…this week participated in the U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council Stakeholder meeting at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Canada and the United States released a Joint Forward Plan for regulatory…
For Agriculture, Every Day is Earth Day
…of practices they deploy each year, EPA continues churning out more unfunded regulatory mandates while deploying illegal lobbying tactics to generate support. If that weren’t bad enough, they recently stooped…
Congress Echoes Ag Groups on TPP
…issues. “As the Representatives noted in their letter, U.S. dairy exports have borne the brunt of regulatory actions specifically created to limit U.S. access to the Canadian dairy market,” said…
Almond Update: Growers Input Needed on ILRP
Important meetings are coming up for growers on the topic of the irrigated lands regulatory program. Sabrina Hill reports. Almond Board – ILRP Hearings There are some proposed regulation changes…
Klamath Water Allocation Brings Relief For Farmers
…Klamath Power and Facilities Agreement, meant to help them avoid potentially adverse financial and regulatory impacts associated with the return of fish runs to the Upper Klamath Basin, anticipated after…
Water, Markets Complicate Farms’ Planting Plans
…doesn’t make sense to plant a crop that doesn’t add up.” Influenced by rising production costs, regulatory constraints and water supply restrictions, total strawberry acreage in California for 2016 will…
Dairy Organizations Seek Congressional Support for TPP
…countries to erode existing and future market access for U.S. dairy exporters through arbitrary, unjustified and oftentimes sudden regulatory determinations,” said Tom Suber, president of USDEC. “But for them to…
Grants to Help Ag Producers Increase Value of Their Products
…rural America over the past six years, while achieving meaningful reform and billions of dollars in savings for taxpayers. Since 2009, USDA Rural Development has invested $11 billion to start…
Almond Board: Nitrogen and ILRP
This year marks the start of reporting of nitrogen applications from the previous year. Under the revised Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program, all growers on irrigated farmland in the Central Valley…
Animal Nutrition, Growth Grants
…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 critical legislation, including providing disaster…
California Leopold Conservation Award® Seeks Nominees
…people, our economy and the planet.” “Farmers and ranchers must continually adapt to changing conditions from weather, markets for their products and regulatory compliance,” said Paul Wenger, President of the…
Agri View: Standards and Grades Facts
…pulses, and processed commodities. Seed Regulatory and Testing Services USDA regulates the interstate shipment of agricultural and vegetable seeds and offers voluntary seed testing services. Grades and Standards The USDA…
Challenges With ILRP Reporting
One region will test the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP) nitrogen reporting and determine what other challenges they see in the process besides the timing of deadlines. Challenges With ILRP…
LBAM Quarantine Change
The Light Brown Apple Moth Quarantine regulatory constraints are being lifted in the Oxnard area of Ventura County and the Linden area of San Joaquin County based on the life…