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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
The Bureau of Land Management has finalized a rule that will allow conservation leases on its land by giving land protection and restoration equal footing with grazing, energy development and other long-standing uses of the 245 million acres the agency controls.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has filled several key staff positions, naming a new director of intergovernmental affairs and a staff director for the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to make its endangered species herbicide strategy easier for growers to implement by adding more conservation practices and using better maps.
Following months of controversy, the Ohio Power Siting Board has given the go-ahead for construction to begin next year on the largest agrivoltaic solar farm in the United States. Agrivoltaics is the dual use of land for agriculture and solar photovoltaic energy generation.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says work is progressing on vaccines for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza, but scientific and trade challenges remain.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in three additional dairy herds in Michigan, the state’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced Friday.
House Democrats plotted their next steps on the farm bill after meeting Thursday to debate a brief summary of the latest GOP proposal for the legislation.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a dairy herd in North Carolina, bringing to seven the number of states where HPAI has been found in dairy cattle. The other states are Texas, Kansas, Michigan, Idaho, New Mexico and Ohio.
New Endangered Species Act rules received a mixed reaction from environmental groups and resource users, who have been watching closely to see how the Biden administration implements the 51-year-old law.