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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, November 05, 2024
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is warning that the court’s decision last week in a highly anticipated environmental case could have a chilling effect on the ability of government agencies and Congress to protect the public from harm. But other critics of the decision don't see think the implications are that dire. One potential test awaits in October with a wetlands jurisdiction case.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to restrict and monitor atrazine use to address impacts on aquatic plants, including by prohibiting applications in saturated fields and, for growers of sorghum, sweet corn and field corn, limiting annual application rates to 2 pounds.
The Environmental Protection Agency did not have clear direction from Congress to require power plants to shift from coal to cleaner energy sources, the Supreme Court said in a decision Thursday that could hamstring the agency’s efforts to adopt regulations addressing climate change.
If the current trend of farmland conversion continues, the United States will lose an area nearly the size of South Carolina in the not-too-distant future.
Republican state Senator Mike Flood has won the special election for the Nebraska District 1 congressional seat formerly held by Republican Jeff Fortenberry.
New Mexico dairy farmer Art Schaap, who lost nearly 4,000 of his cows due to PFAS contamination, is still waiting on a payment from the Agriculture Department under the Dairy Indemnity Payment Program even as he struggles to keep his business afloat.
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to act later this year on 15-year-old Renewable Fuel Standard language that would allow power derived from renewable biomass for electric vehicle charging to qualify for credits through the program.
Bel Brands, USA and Land O’Lakes, Inc. say the first year of a three-year sustainable farm project reported a carbon sink of 784 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per acre.
The Department of Agriculture is giving interested parties through the end of August to submit their applications for a new pilot program aiming to support biobased product development.
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