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The Wonderful Company commits to 100 percent renewable energy

03/27/19 8:56 AM By Sara Wyant

The Wonderful Company announced plans to use 100 percent renewable electricity across all its U.S. operations by 2025.

Disaster bill expanding, but future cloudy

03/27/19 5:45 AM By Philip Brasher and Ben Nuelle

The Senate is expanding a long-stalled disaster assistance bill to aid farmers and ranchers swamped by recent Midwest floods, but it’s still not clear when Congress will pass the legislation due to a dispute between the White House and House Democrats over funding for Puerto Rico.

DOJ lawyer tells court EPA could have chlorpyrifos decision soon

03/27/19 5:30 AM By Steve Davies

EPA will make a decision about whether to revoke food tolerances for chlorpyrifos within 90 days of receiving an order from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, a Justice Department lawyer promised a 9th Circuit panel during oral arguments Tuesday.

Washington Week Ahead: US negotiators to China, Senate mulls disaster aid

03/24/19 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher

U.S. negotiators head to China this week to resume face-to-face trade talks, and the Senate is expected to consider a long-stalled disaster aid bill amid demands to expand it to include assistance for losses from the Midwest flooding.

Report: Ag commissioners should recommend more pesticide alternatives

03/21/19 5:49 PM

A new report charges that county ag commissioners throughout California are issuing too many permits for “toxic pesticides” and should encourage more alternative treatments to protect the state’s high-value specialty crops. But critics are firing back, suggesting that the authors ignored key components of the way pesticides are regulated and approved.

Report eyes potential 50 percent jump in global water demand

03/21/19 8:30 AM By Steve Davies

There is hope for ensuring the world has enough clean, fresh water in the near future, despite an ever-increasing world population that requires more water and food, a new report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs says. But the task is enormous.

FDA reworking ag water rules

03/20/19 6:31 AM By Philip Brasher

More than eight years after Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act, the Food and Drug Administration, industry and outside scientists are still struggling to figure out the best way to ensure the water used for irrigating and packing fresh produce is safe.

Five questions with Sen. Bill Dodd

03/20/19 1:00 AM By Brad Hooker

After passing the first bill of the year for the Senate Ag Committee, Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, spoke with Agri-Pulse about his top priorities related to ag.

Is California ready for new FDA food safety inspections?

03/20/19 12:46 AM By Brad Hooker

Many are wondering how the process will work and questions remain about coordination between state and federal agencies, a shortage of inspectors and questions on whether the standards will be enough to ward off the next outbreak.

After outbreak, California grapples with traceability and blockchain promises

03/13/19 10:55 AM By Brad Hooker

Many farms can already provide the tracking, but incompatible tracking systems and food industry gaps create critical weaknesses in the chain.

Open Mic: Representative Dusty Johnson

This week’s Open Mic guest is South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson. Last week hundreds of farmers were in Washington calling on legislators to press forward to approve a new farm bill. Johnson says deadlines drive achievement in Congress and the challenges farmers shared with their elected leaders was more than enough to try and beat the political odds to deliver new risk management tools and nutrition programs. Johnson shares concerns about farmer use of Chinese drone technology. He is critical of the Biden administration’s immigration policy saying rules are too stringent to legally enter the country and too easy to enter illegally.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 13, 2024: Sen. John Hoeven on trade, farm bill; farmer panel

North Dakota Republican Sen. John Hoeven joins the show to discuss the potential impact on agriculture of Donald Trump’s tariff proposals.

Then, incoming National Sorghum Producers Chairwoman Amy France and American Soybean Association director Ronnie Russell discuss the unique farm bill push from coalitions of row crop farmers on Capitol Hill this week.

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