Articles Tagged with ''PFAS''

NASDA 2025 policy priorities include pesticides, PFAS

01/29/25 4:44 PM By Rebekah Alvey

State agriculture departments have picked five issues to focus on in 2025, including the passage of a new farm bill and strengthening food systems.

Daybreak Jan. 24: Rollins sails through hearing, but vote timing uncertain

01/24/25 1:48 PM By Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, Oliver Ward, and Lydia Johnson

Brooke Rollins appears poised for Senate confirmation after a Senate Ag Committee hearing where she strongly defended President Donald Trump’s policies while stressing repeatedly that she’ll work to protect U.S. agriculture.

Daybreak Nov. 20: Market loss relief under development on Hill

11/20/24 10:09 AM By Philip Brasher, Rebekah Alvey, Noah Wicks, Oliver Ward, Steve Davies, and Lydia Johnson

Key lawmakers are working on a two-pronged approach to help row crop producers who’ve been hit by the downturn in commodity markets. A lot of work remains to be done, but the goal is to attach some kind of ag relief to a one-year farm bill extension in December.

Daybreak Sept. 25: Thompson: Industry right to be concerned about RFK Jr.

09/25/24 8:51 AM By Steve Davies, Rebekah Alvey, Noah Wicks, and Philip Brasher

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies have been on Capitol Hill this week trying to build support for his claims that the food industry and agricultural practices are responsible for chronic childhood diseases. This comes amid questions about what role, if any, RFK Jr. could have in a second Trump administration.

Groups going after PFAS in pesticides

08/14/24 6:06 AM By Steve Davies

EPA and the agrichemical industry are defending the agency’s regulation of pesticides against claims by environmental groups that some of them are, in fact, PFAS.

Soy foam offers PFAS alternative, new market for soybean meal

05/29/24 6:18 AM By Fran Howard

A new firefighting foam derived from soybeans could provide a new market for U.S. soybean meal and replace some of the substances that have contaminated underground water supplies with “forever chemicals” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.

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Daybreak May 22: CBO lays out Thompson’s farm bill funding gap

05/22/24 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, and Rebekah Alvey

New cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office detail the funding gap that House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson faces as he moves his farm bill this week.

Daybreak May 21: Vilsack announces CCC-funded trade grants

05/21/24 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Rebekah Alvey, Philip Brasher, and Noah Wicks

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is announcing the first $300 million in awards to commodity groups today under a $1.2 billion trade promotion initiative he’s funding through his Commodity Credit Corporation spending authority.

Rural water utilities lack funds to meet new PFAS drinking water standards

04/17/24 6:16 AM By Rebekah Alvey

Last week, the EPA took a major step in addressing PFAS contamination by finalizing a national drinking water standard for some chemicals. The next step for stakeholders will focus on funding water systems to meet the new standards. While the Biden administration has opened additional funds for this task, water systems say it’s not enough.

Biden administration finalizes rule limiting PFAS in drinking water

04/10/24 6:04 AM By Rebekah Alvey

The Biden administration finalized a national drinking water standard Wednesday aimed at protecting communities from exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: March 28, 2025: Castaneda, Kuball on ag labor, trade

President Trump’s planned reciprocal tariffs are expected to go into effect next week. We spoke with Jaime Castaneda from the National Milk Producers Federation and Cassandra Kuball from Torrey Advisory Group about how the proposals could impact agriculture. They also discuss the potential for ag labor reform with Trump's stricter immigration policies.

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