Articles Tagged with ''EPA''

Having enough base acres to enroll in commodity title programs is a challenge, young farmers told a Senate Agriculture subcommittee Tuesday.

In this opinion piece, Missouri farmer Blake Hurst argues that a contemporary brand of populism risks undermining American agriculture. 

There’s a big push this year to bolster the farm safety net by raising premium subsidies for high levels of area insurance coverage, and the idea has gotten traction in both the House and Senate.

The Senate has advanced a bill that would reauthorize a slate of conservation grant programs that fund Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts, assistance for producers that lose livestock to endangered predators, and wetlands conservation projects.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan faced skepticism from Republican senators Wednesday about the potential for power generators to use carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology to significantly reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.