Articles by Steve Davies

Agribusinesses seek delay in endangered species evaluations

04/20/17 5:00 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 20, 2017 - Three agribusinesses have asked the Interior and Commerce departments to stop analyzing the effects of three widely used organophosphate insecticides on endangered species, arguing that EPA evaluations provided to the agencies have overstated the risks of the chemicals to wildlife and that the process used by federal agencies to analyze the risks of pesticides to endangered species is deeply flawed.

APHIS gives tentative thumbs-up to release of GE moths

04/19/17 6:00 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017 - USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has favorably reviewed a permit application to release genetically engineered diamondback moths in New York as a way of reducing populations of the pest, which causes significant damage to cabbage and related vegetable crops annually.

US opposes high court review of jail time in egg case

04/19/17 12:03 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017- A father-and-son team whose salmonella-tainted eggs sickened nearly 2,000 people in 2010 are hoping the Supreme Court will decide that their company crimes do not warrant prison time.

States fiddle with SNAP error rates to win bonuses from USDA

04/19/17 11:25 AM By Philip Brasher and Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017- Even as Congress prepares to write a new farm bill, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is snarled in an investigation of state mismanagement that raises questions about USDA’s oversight of the program.

Tennessee lifts avian influenza restrictions

04/12/17 7:00 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 12, 2017 – Tennessee’s state veterinarian has lifted the control zone around two poultry farms in the state where the H7N9 strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was detected last month.

Oregon legislature mulls letting localities establish GMO-free zones

04/12/17 11:46 AM By Steve Davies

SALEM, OR, April 12, 2017 - Counties and other local government bodies in Oregon could create GMO-free zones under legislation introduced in the state House and Senate.

EPA pesticide officials seek more, earlier collaboration with industry

04/12/17 11:14 AM By Steve Davies

ARLINGTON, VA, April 12, 2017 - EPA pesticide officials reassured the crop protection industry last week that despite a slowdown in regulatory decisions caused by the transition to a new administration, they’re still striving to meet statutory deadlines for pesticide registration decisions.

Judge’s ruling advances Syngenta corn litigation in Kansas

04/11/17 6:40 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2017 - Both sides found something to be happy about in a federal judge’s ruling last week in a class-action lawsuit seeking damages from lost sales and reduced prices as a result of China’s rejection of corn shipments from the U.S. in November 2013.

Court ruling requires more CAFOs to report air emissions

04/11/17 4:00 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2017 – A court ruling significantly expands the number of animal feeding operations that will have to report air emissions from animal waste.

President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch

Senate confirms Gorsuch for Supreme Court

04/07/17 5:25 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, April 7, 2017 - The Senate confirmed 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Neil Gorsuch for a position on the Supreme Court today, filling the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia more than a year ago.

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