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Farm Hands on the Potomac - NCGA's Chris Novak taking top job at CropLIfe

06/13/18 6:00 AM By Daniel Enoch

Chris Novak is taking over as CropLife America’s next president and CEO effective Aug. 20. Novak, who’s been serving as CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, will replace Jay Vroom, who’s held the top job at CropLife since 1989.

Staff reductions put EPA pesticide program under strain

05/02/18 6:20 AM By Steve Davies

EPA pesticide officials counseled patience when speaking to registrants at CropLife's meeting last week.

Conaway bill would streamline endangered species review process for pesticides

04/12/18 5:42 PM By Steve Davies

Federal wildlife agencies would consult with the Environmental Protection Agency on the effect of pesticides on endangered species in a much different way, if the farm bill introduced by House Agriculture Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas, becomes law.

PRIA reauthorization effort going down to the wire

03/14/18 3:20 PM By Steve Davies

Once again, a budget deadline is approaching with serious implications for EPA's fee-based pesticide registration program, which has been kept alive with stopgap funding bills since the federal fiscal year ended Sept. 30.

Senators float 'compromise' on PRIA reauthorization

02/21/18 6:22 PM By Steve Davies

Four Democratic senators have proposed what they are calling a “compromise” to reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, but its prospects are uncertain, at best.

Agri-Pulse sponsors National FFA Officer Team experience in Washington, D.C.

02/12/18 2:38 PM By Agri-Pulse staff

One of the first official duties of the 2018 National FFA Officer Team is their trip to Washington, D.C.

Feds set up interagency working group on endangered species, pesticides

01/31/18 4:25 PM By Steve Davies

Federal agencies will begin meeting formally to discuss the best way to evaluate the effects of pesticides on endangered species, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said at the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Winter Policy Conference Wednesday.

Draft bill would smooth path for pesticides

11/22/17 6:35 AM By Steve Davies

A draft bill circulating on Capitol Hill would exempt pesticide registrations from the Endangered Species Act consultation process, which is designed to ensure that the chemicals do not harm endangered species or their habitat.

No sign yet of agreement on moving Senate PRIA bill

11/19/17 7:14 AM By Steve Davies

Democratic senators led by New Mexico's Tom Udall want answers from EPA on chlorpyrifos and farmworker protections from pesticides before they'll agree to let a bill move forward reauthorizing the fee-based pesticide registration system that provides about a third of the funding for EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs.

USDA dismisses ethics concerns about regulatory reform official

11/15/17 6:06 AM By Steve Davies

A USDA spokesman dismissed ethics concerns raised in a New York Times article about a meeting the head of the department’s Regulatory Reform Task Force had in May with members of the Southern Crop Production Association (SCPA), a CropLife America affiliate, and Kellie Bray, CLA's senior director of government affairs.

Agri-Pulse Open Mic: Chuck Conner, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

This week’s Open Mic guest is Chuck Conner, president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. Conner suggests the nation’s farmer owned cooperatives are well stocked as producers prepare for the 2025 growing season. Conner says many co-ops anticipated tariff issues and took early shipment of supplies for this season. A veteran of Capitol Hill policy debates, he acknowledges plenty of uncertainty surrounding the farm bill, tax policy and tariffs. Despite challenges, Conner believes legislators will take action on taxes and hopefully a new set of farm and nutrition programs.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 4, 2025: Sen. Hoeven on tariffs, budget reconciliation

President Trump unveiled a massive tariff plan this week adding a 10% across-the-board tariff on imports, plus a higher reciprocal tariff on many U.S. trading partners. We asked Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., how the tariffs will affect producers and how farm bill elements may be incorporated into budget reconciliation.

Then, the American Soybean Association's Virginia Houston and Joe Glauber from the International Food Policy Research Institute discuss which producers could be hurt the most by the tariffs and how farmers' cost of production will increase.

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