Articles by Steve Davies

China has lifted its 13-year-old ban on imports of U.S. beef, clearing the way for negotiations between the two countries on the specific conditions that will allow trade to resume.

Should seeds coated with neonicotinoids be regulated as pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)?

The rusty patched bumble bee is one step closer to becoming the first bee in the continental United States to be protected under the Endangered Species Act.

USDAðs Pesticide Data Program is looking for help from the agricultural industry in explaining to the public that the food supply is safe.

Syngenta Crop Protection has agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve alleged violations of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Environmental Protection Agency said today.

Data reviewed by the Environmental Protection Agency on the safety of glyphosate fail to prove or even suggest the herbicide causes cancer in humans, according to an agency paper posted online in advance of a meeting of EPA scientific advisers next month. `The available data a

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2016 - The Senate voted 95-3 today to approve a bill that would finance waterway improvement projects in 30 states and improve drinking water delivery systems. The bill also includes a provision exempting some farmers with aboveground fuel storage tank

- The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe0s protest against the Dakota Access pipeline has received so much attention that President Obama, while on his recent Asia trip, was questioned about it by a Malaysian student at a press conference.

A committee examining how growers who use different farming systems can coexist expects to have a final report to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack by the end of October. But at its final meeting last week, Vilsack suggested that the committee has already performed an Pinvalua

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2016 - EPA violated the Freedom of Information Act by releasing personal information, including phone numbers and email addresses, of concentrated animal feeding operation owners, a federal appeals court ruled today.