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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
President Obama signed into law a water projects authorization bill and issued a statement cautioning agency managers to heed endangered species requirements before increasing irrigation water supplies in Californias drought-stricken Central Valley.
Environmental Protection Agency officials received a mixed message from scientists assembled to review evidence of whether glyphosate is a human carcinogen.
The U.S. is again challenging China in the World Trade Organization, and this time it°s over the country°s failure to import enough wheat, corn and rice to meet its tariff rate quotas.
Agriculture secretary is a very big deal for President-elect Donald Trump and as with other cabinet positions he wants to make sure he is getting the right person for USDA, said spokesman Jason Miller.
Genetically modified crops may not be popular among certain aspects of the population, but those responsible for their growth see the technology as an essential tool.
Donald Trump, Representative Ryan Zinke, Interior Secretary, Agriculture Secretary, Wade Cowan, Charles W. Herbster, Butch Otter, Bill Flory, Heidi Heitkamp, USTR, Dan DiMicco, World Trade Organization, China, Nucor steel
John Glenn's pioneering space flight made him an American icon. But he also compiled a farmer-friendly record that was eclipsed by his other accomplishments in four Senate terms before he retired in 1998.
Glenn, an American icon from his pioneering space flight, d
Correcting what it considers a misreading of its 2015 draft report on hydraulic fracking, EPA released a thick final report Tuesday that it says °provides scientific evidence that hydraulic fracturing activities can impact drinking water resources in the United States under some circumsta
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