California’s water landscape can be confusing but an upcoming event can help simplify it. The ‘Navigating the Waters‘ event put on by the Almond Board of California (ABC) is coming…
Western View: Nebraska Flooded; Farmers Need A Hand
…of April. As the waters recede, the losses will be laid bare. The livestock – entire herds, dairies, pig farms, chicken coops – much of them will be gone. Fields…
NCBA Announces 2019 Policy Priorities
…implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill, enacting a permanent solution to overly restrictive Hours of Service rules for livestock haulers, finalizing a new water rule to replace the 2015 Waters…
Markets Expected to Continue Strong; Leverage Shift on the Horizon
…will lead to a wetter summer in the southern half of the U.S., while warm waters off the coast of Mexico will favor an active monsoon season in the Southwest.”…
Longest Recorded Government Shutdown Impacting Key Ag Programs
…(EPA). Many EPA functions will remain suspended during the shutdown, including the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) as well as the publication of the new proposed Waters of the United…
Salinity Yield Trials in Alfalfa Show Interesting Results
…of eight to 11. This is a very salty type water and we’ve been able to show that watering with those types of high saline waters decreases the yield but…
Looking at the Water Year Ahead
…to the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule. The new simplified version of WOTUS is expected to go into effect sometime in 2019 and is intended to provide better regulatory…
Farm Bureau’s Duvall, Aiken Cite Strengths of Clean Water Rule
…American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall. Duvall spoke in Tennessee during an agricultural stakeholder meeting on the newly proposed Waters of the United States Rule. The event, hosted by…
New WOTUS Rule Proposal Brings Optimism
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers have proposed a new draft of the Waters of the United State rule, known as the WOTUS rule, that seeks…
EPA and Army Propose New “Waters of the United States” Definition
…of jurisdictional waters, and wetlands adjacent to jurisdictional waters would be federally regulated. It also details what are not “waters of the United States,” such as features that only contain…
Throw Out Water Rule, Farm Bureau, Others Tell Texas Court
…the Southern District of Texas. AFBF and a broad coalition of business groups, along with the state of Texas and others, are suing to do away with the 2015 “Waters…
Stabenow: Commodity Title a Political Issue in Farm Bill Talks
…lawmakers are expected to finish a farm bill following the November elections. However, the elections appear to be muddying the waters of the farm bill process, at least, from Stabenow’s…
American Farm Bureau Asks Federal Court to Halt WOTUS Rule Nationwide
…flawed 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule in 11 states. The coalition asked that the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia extend its previous injunction to…
Iowa Allowed To Join WOTUS Lawsuit
A North Dakota federal judge says Iowa can temporarily stop enforcing the 2015 Waters of the U.S. rule (WOTUS). The Associated Press says several ag and business groups challenged the…