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Farmers are a comparative bunch. They talk to their neighbors to compare the rain gauge measurements after some needed moisture. They ve been known to crunch the numbers on whether they should buy or lease that new tractor. In such a risky business, their very livelihoods

States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are on their way to meeting 2017 targets for phosphorus and sediment reduction, but not nitrogen, EPA said in a series of scorecards released June 17.

A federal judge in Wyoming ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management doesn't have the authority to establish rules over fracking on federal and Indian lands, dealing another blow to President Obama s effort to tighten environmental regulations.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday rolled out its final regulations for commercial flight of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones.

A decision whether to extend approval of glyphosate for continued use in Europe is coming down to the wire.

Support in the House for a vote to kill the USDA s catfish inspection program is formidable, but some lawmakers are still fighting to prevent a reversal of farm bill law that could give the responsibility back to the FDA. The Senate has already taken a stand against USDA inspection

Lawmakers are telling the Pentagon to forget about the idea of Meatless Mondays. An amendment that the House adopted to the Defense Department s fiscal 2016 spending bill would prohibit the Pentagon from removing meat from its food service program manual.

Environmnetal Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy, Chairman Lamar Smith, WHO's International agency for Research on Cancer. Energy Information Association. Lamar Smith, Pat Roberts DebbieStabenow, Catfish Inpection, Corker, Heidi Hantkamp

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has notified Congress that he plans to tap a $500 million discretionary fund to cover a projected shortfall in demand for guaranteed farm ownership loans for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, according to USDA@s Farm Service Agency, which admini

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