Articles by Steve Davies

Agricultural employers seeking to get H-2A workers into the country for seasonal labor are finding that under U.S. COVID-19 protocols, not all vaccines are created equal.

A case involving the deaths of four Tyson Foods workers from COVID-19 can now proceed in state court in Iowa following a decision by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Farmworkers in Oregon will earn overtime pay starting next year under a bill passed by the Legislature last week.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is opposed to extending waivers that eased school nutrition rules during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is reporting that global food prices hit their highest level on record last month, and that doesn’t account for the full effects of the Ukraine crisis.

Organizations representing wheat, corn, soybeans and sorghum will wait until this summer before finalizing policies for the next farm bill.

A leading U.S. ag economist thinks the Biden administration may have to open up the Conservation Reserve Program to cropping this year because of grain shortages that could result from the crisis in Ukraine.

The Consumer Brands Association will pay $9 million to resolve campaign finance violations involving its opposition to a ballot initiative in Washington state that sought to label genetically engineered foods.

The Supreme Court is considering a case that could restrict EPA’s authority not just to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants, but to implement other regulations without explicit congressional authorization.