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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, November 04, 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2017 - New herbicide resistance guidance from EPA recommends label language that reminds growers and applicators to scout fields before applications, report when herbicides are not doing their job effectively, “and proactively take action before escaped weeds become widespread in their fields.”
WASHINGTON, September 27, 2017 - The Energy Department is allotting approximately $36 million in financial assistance to advance carbon capture technologies.
NEW JERSEY, September 26, 2017 - New Jersey’s future energy mix will rely heavily on renewables, at least 80 percent by 2050, if state residents get their way.
NEW YORK, September 27, 2017 - New York municipalities will receive zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) rebates worth up to $2.2 million from the state’s Environmental Protection Fund.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2017 - As many as 350,000 corn growers nationwide are likely to get a payment as the result of a settlement of lawsuits alleging Syngenta’s premature commercialization of a genetically engineered trait caused China to reject U.S. corn imports in 2013.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2017 -- The United States International Trade Commission has determined that imports of solar cells and modules have hurt the American solar business.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2017 - The Arkansas State Plant Board has recommended that growers not be allowed to apply dicamba products from April 16 through Oct. 31 next year, effectively ruling out in-crop use of the herbicide. (Photo of plant board meeting courtesy of University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 - A recent European Court of Justice opinion may boost the spirits of biotechnology backers, but it’s unlikely to advance the prospects for biotech agriculture on that continent.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2017 - House and Senate committees are busily debating energy policy options that include boosting support for coal, carbon capture and storage, using more wind and solar power, addressing climate change, and the federal energy research programs threatened by steep budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration.
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