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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency has released a long-awaited workplan addressing how it plans to meet obligations to both protect endangered species and register pesticides.
A ban on summertime sales of E15 is set to be lifted under emergency authority granted to the Environmental Protection Agency, offering a major victory to biofuel proponents who championed the use of higher ethanol blends as a way to combat rising gas prices.
Senators pressed EPA Administrator Michael Regan to expand use of E15 in the nation’s fuel supply to combat rising energy prices, at a hearing before the Environment and Public Works Committee Wednesday.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan has asked the agency's ag advisory committee to evaluate EPA's policies and programs "at the nexus of agriculture and climate change.”
USDA is far from the only part of the federal government with authority in areas affecting the ag and food industries. Farmers and agribusiness in general need to keep a close eye on what comes out of the Environmental Protection Agency, Labor Department, Interior Department and Food and Drug Administration.
The Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing further restrictions on over-the-top applications of dicamba, announcing Tuesday that curbs imposed this year had failed to reduce complaints of herbicide drift.
EPA finalized new greenhouse gas emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks without including requirements that could have increased the use of ethanol.
A top biofuels proponent on Capitol Hill spoke with the leader of the Biden administration’s governance of the industry Monday and says he received a commitment to grow the industry.