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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Promotions and new staff at Tyson Foods, new presidents for NCGA and NASDA and lots of staff changes on Capitol Hill in this week's Farm Hands on the Potomac.
The Supreme Court had tough questions for both lawyers in a widely watched case that, as Justice Brett Kavanaugh put it, “is going to be important for wetlands around the country.”
The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn an interim decision for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, and says it will complete its registration review in 2026.
In this opinion piece, Joe Kakesh of Growth Energy discusses the recent SCOTUS case, West Virginia v. EPA, and its impact on the biofuels industry and a clean energy future.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan offered renewable fuel advocates a sign of hope Tuesday as he offered comments on what he wants to see from the looming biofuel volumes the agency is expected to propose later this year.
A new executive order from President Joe Biden calls on departments and agencies to take steps to increase the use of bio-based products and identify barriers to agricultural biotechnology.
Democrats on a key Senate committee raise concerns about a proposal backed by major farm groups to permanently bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions in the livestock industry.
Freezing the wage rate paid to farmworkers in the U.S. under the H-2A program “could encourage a faster expansion” of the program and may reduce the wages of the U.S. domestic workers who account for 90% of average employment on U.S. crop farms, the Economic Research Service said in a report released Tuesday.
Bioengineered food ingredients are safe for consumers, the Food and Drug Administration reiterated in a collection of educational materials released Thursday as part of a congressionally funded initiative.