…10,000 hogs drowned in flood waters. Flooding also raises the risk of disease, as improper treatment of corpses could cause widespread disease after flood. China is the world’s largest pork…
GOP Platform Touches on Ag Issues
…Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule a “travesty” that will micro-manage and over regulate “puddles and ditches on farms, ranches and other privately-held property.” The document…
Every Kid In A Park
…up on This Land of Ours. Every Kid In A Park Every Kid In A Park Free Access to Federal Lands and Waters for 4th Graders and Their Guests Family…
EPA Proposes Protection from Selenium
…The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a federal Clean Water Act rule to tighten the current selenium water quality criteria for the waters of San Francisco Bay and Delta. The…
Agri View: Troubled Ocean Waters
Everett Griner talks about more problems for our ocean waters than over-fishing in today’s Agri View. Troubled Ocean Waters From: Pollution Issues Ocean Dumping Ocean disposal of society’s waste got…
NACD Responds to Approval of EPA Spending Bills
…and Senate committee bills also included provisions that would prohibit the EPA from implementing its Waters of the U.S. rule – commonly referred to as WOTUS or the Clean Water…
Two Southern California Firms Honored
…is being recognized for developing and commercializing Instinct®, a technology that reduces fertilizer nitrate leaching to ground and surface waters and atmospheric nitrous oxide emissions. During the 21 years of…
Supreme Court: Farmers Can Challenge Wetlands Determinations
…raises questions about the future of the Clean Water Act, which prohibits “the discharge of any pollutant” without a permit into “navigable waters,” which it defines, in turn, as “the…
CFBF Seeks Movement on Drought Bills
…issues discussed by the Farm Bureau delegation included the organization’s opposition to the Environmental Protection Agency “waters of the U.S.” rule, the need for science-based labeling uniformity for genetically engineered…
View from the Barnyard on the Farm Economy
…Nonsensical EPA regulations like those addressing Waters of the United States, or impending USDA rules interfering with the efficiency of livestock markets will have a disastrous effect on markets that…
The Western View: The EPA, Waters of the USA, and Stock Ponds
…View: The EPA, Waters of the USA, and Stock Ponds But one welder by the name of Andy Johnson is building a cow-calf operation on a small ranch out from…
Challenging Conditions in the West
…condition of waters in the United States. The assessment was conducted in partnership with state environmental agencies and other federal agencies, including the Natural Resource Conservation Service and the U.S….
Agri View: El Niño Fading
…has begun to weaken, with sea surface temperature anomalies across most of the equatorial Pacific decreasing over the past month. The large amount of warmer-than-average waters below the surface of…
EPA Anti-Farmer Campaign
…report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the EPA violated federal lobbying and advocacy laws by funding social media campaigns supporting EPA’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) Rule. For…