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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
EPA plans to cancel its registration of Enlist Duo, a Dow herbicide containing 2,4-D and glyphosate, after becoming aware of new data on @potential synergistic effects@ of the two active ingredients on threatened and endangered plants, the agency said in a court filin
USDA today released a final rule today establishing an inspection service for imported and domestically-raised catfish, implementing provisions required by the 2014 farm bill.
Reliability is the top priority of the member-owners of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, according to a nationwide survey commissioned by NRECA.
The Agriculture Department is planning a landmark overhaul of the way it regulates biotechnology that could allow companies and university scientists to develop and test many crops without the USDA oversight that critics say has slowed innovation.
The Environmental Protection Agency could release three years� worth of biofuel blending requirements as early as today, and it�s anyone�s guess what the final figures will be.
Lawmakers who want to stop the Obama administration from implementing its rule re-defining the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act are optimistic they�ll get a provision to do so included in the fiscal 2016 spending bill that Congress needs to pass by Dec. 11.
Some producers with farms in more than one county could be getting more money from USDA under the Agriculture Risk Coverage program. The Farm Service Agency has agreed to change the way ARC payments were calculated for 2014 and 2015.
Farming and the food industry are experiencing chronic labor shortages; reports are widespread about fields not harvested because of an insufficient work force and political leaders worry about the need to replace aging farmers.
.S. farm income will fall to $55.9 billion this year, from an estimated $90.4 billion in 2014, a 38 percent decline and the biggest single-year drop since the 1980s, according to an updated projection by USDA�s Economic Research Service