Articles by Steve Davies

An Environmental Protection Agency risk assessment that found atrazine widely distributed in waters throughout the Midwest could lead to a de facto ban on use of the herbicide, two major grower groups say.

Recent regulatory changes to the Endangered Species Act provide needed reforms that will help curb ðrampant abuseð of the listing petition process, according to ranchers.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2016 - EPA has finalized the membership of the panel that will examine the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate.

Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup weedkiller and the most widely used herbicide in the world, Àis unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans,À a new study by a panel of scientists has found. Glyphosate manufacturer Monsanto commissioned the study from Inter

A major biodiesel retailer has agreed to pay a $27 million fine and retire renewable fuel credits worth $71 million to resolve alleged violations of the Renewable Fuel Standard program. The penalty is the largest in the history of EPAÀs fuels programs.

The Clean Power Plan finally got its day in court Tuesday, and you needed a scorecard to tell who the players were

Bayer CropScience has decided to drop any further attempts to challenge cancellation of its registration for the insecticide flubendiamide, which it had sold under the trade name Belt.

Hundreds of thousands of corn growers may participate in a class-action lawsuit against Syngenta for selling genetically modified seed with a trait that had not been approved by China. The plaintiffs, who did not use the GMO corn known as Agrisure Viptera and Duracade, claim that b

The Fish and Wildlife Service s decision to delist the gray wolf in Wyoming relied too much on the state s word that it would maintain a viable population of wolves within its borders, an attorney for environmental groups told a panel of federal judges last week.

A newly discovered non-Bt protein could be a solution for farmers struggling with corn rootworm resistance to existing Bt corn varieties, DuPont scientists report. In a paper published Thursday in the journal Science, DuPont Pioneer researchers detailed their findings, which Ne