Articles by Steve Davies

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy has repeatedly assured the agriculture community that the new Clean Water Rule (currently stayed by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals) continues to exempt normal farming and ranching practices, including planting, harvesting, and moving livestock&

Sustainability needs to become the watchword for companies in the business of feeding the growing world population, CEOs of five major food companies said at a Washington, D.C., forum held to discuss the release of PFood for Thought: A Call to Action on the Future of Su

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2016 - In a decision that did not come as a surprise, the Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that landowners can challenge Army Corps of EngineersP wetlands determinations in court (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co.).

Workers at meat and poultry plants continue to get injured and sick at higher rates than workers in manufacturing overall, the Government Accountability Office said in a report that recommended the federal government collect better data.

Farm and waterways interest groups expressed support for the 2016 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) that cleared the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Wednesday.

When most farm groups and government officials talk about the benefits of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, cuts to foreign tariffs get most of the attention. But it`s the biotechnology section of the deal that may have a more lasting impact, according to agriculture and biotech s

Cotton growers are worried about losing another tool to fight the tarnished plant bug if EPA`s new label for sulfoxaflor is approved.

Top officials of Germany-based Bayer AG took to the phones today to explain why they believe acquiring Monsanto in a deal worth $62 billion would be good for shareholders, farmers and a growing world population.

Monsanto@s board of directors has unanimously rejected a $62 billion buyout bid from Bayer AG, calling it "incomplete and financially inadequate."

Monsanto and Bayer have confirmed news reports that they are discussing a merger.