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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, November 09, 2024
Brian Leahy spoke about activist scientists ruling on chlorpyrifos, the disconnect when pesticides are seen as evil and removing products without funding research to replace them.
Following an article linking a deadly fungal outbreak to a fungicide resistance in agriculture, one of the nation’s largest winemakers pulled fungicides from its vineyards, despite a lack of scientific evidence.
Dairy farmers considering whether to sign up for the new farm bill benefits should consider this: Milk prices are likely to remain relatively stagnant for several years due in part to consolidation that has made many farms less responsive to market signals.
Agricultural groups seeking to limit EPA’s jurisdiction over groundwater under the Clean Water Act are looking to a Supreme Court case for relief, but new developments in Hawaii could nix that opportunity.
The Environmental Protection Agency has reaffirmed its conclusion that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup, is probably not carcinogenic, in a proposed registration decision that would allow the herbicide to continue to be used in the United States.
Monsanto is appealing a state court’s verdict awarding $78.5 million to a California man who says exposure to Roundup caused his non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Stringent new requirements for water use in irrigation from the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement will have sweeping changes for the industry.
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