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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, August 16, 2024
Dairy cattle transported from Texas have been implicated in the spread of the H5N1, or bird flu, virus found in at least four of the seven states outside of Texas that have reported infections, according to states where H5N1 has been found.
Agricultural interests are joining with major railroads to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to block California from enforcing new climate standards that would require railroads to switch to zero-emission locomotives.
The federal agencies that buy food for distribution try to buy products locally but don’t have a comprehensive way of tracking the source of products, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
The top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, Maxine Waters of California, and four senior Senate Democrats are urging an appeals court to preserve a new law that requires small businesses, including farms, to disclose their ownership to the federal government.
Steel pipe manufacturer Welspun Tubular LLC is suing carbon pipeline company Summit Carbon Solutions for $15 million for allegedly breaching a purchase agreement for $182.5 million worth of pipe.
President Biden and members of his cabinet, including Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack, are fanning out across the country to promote the administration’s environmental record.
EPA is announcing today that it’s issuing a waiver to allow the use of E15 nationwide again this summer, sources tell Agri-Pulse. The agency had previously issued such waivers for 2022 and 2023.