Articles by Steve Davies

The Environmental Protection Agency has repeatedly failed to fulfill its promises to attack the problem of nutrient runoff in the Mississippi River Basin, a coalition of environmental groups said in a report released today.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has tossed a challenge filed by six states to a law requiring humane treatment of hens that produce eggs sold in California.

Cannabis and its supporters are on the march. Voters in eight states decided last week to legalize the herb for recreational or medical purposes, pushing it even further into the mainstream of American farming.

EPA has added epidemiological expertise to a scientific advisory panel (SAP) that will meet next month to consider the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate. The previously postponed meeting is now scheduled to take place Dec. 13-16 in Arlington, Virginia.

State agencies that enforce farmworker protection standards would like more time to comply with EPAs new regulations, scheduled to go into effect in January.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association says it will 0vigorously pursue its legal options0 to overturn $18 million in fines levied by a Washington state court judge Wednesday for campaign violations associated with the group0s opposition to a GMO labeling referendum in 2013.

0 EPA plans to release final guidance by the end of the year to help growers and applicators deal with weed and pest resistance, agency officials said Thursday at a meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee.

Hundreds of cases of crop damage allegedly caused by off-label use of dicamba have prompted a federal criminal investigation. In October, EPA sought and received permission to search for evidence at locations in four southeastern Missouri counties.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to increase the number of states where Enlist Duo can be used and add genetically engineered cotton to the label, which already allows use on GE corn and soybeans.

Syngenta is challenging a federal judgeðs approval of a plaintiff class encompassing hundreds of thousands of farmers who claim the seed companyðs commercialization of genetically modified seed prior to approval in China cost them dearly when the Asian giant rejected U.S. corn im