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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
A new USDA study of conservation practice adoption shows relatively few major differences between farmers who own their land and those who cash-rent or share-rent their acreage.
EPA is warning farmworkers of “significant health risks to pregnant individuals and their developing babies” from exposure to the herbicide DCPA (dacthal) and said, “it will be pursuing action,” including possible suspension of the product’s registration, the agency said Monday.
New EPA greenhouse gas standards requiring steep emissions reductions for heavy-duty trucks and buses don’t have the same buy-in from the industry enjoyed by the agency’s rule on cars and medium-duty vehicles released about a week earlier.
The Agriculture Department on Thursday said it will be distributing $124 million through two programs aimed at expanding renewable energy and fertilizer production.
California citrus growers can get up to $200,000 for projects to help with climate resilience and long-term sustainability under a program made possible by a $5 million grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
The meat and dairy industries are trying to assure the public beef and milk is safe, despite the finding of dairy cattle infected with avian flu in at least two states.
Federal and state officials are investigating illnesses in dairy herds in Texas, Kansas and New Mexico after some older cows tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza.