Articles by Steve Davies

The Supreme Court has decided not to review a 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals opinion upholding an EPA plan to reduce nonpoint source pollution in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2016 -The $19 million the Food and Drug Administration is sending to states to help fruit and vegetable growers understand the agencyPs new produce safety rule is Pa good start,P Stephen Ostroff , whoPs been acting FDA commissioner s

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack acknowledged that cotton growers need help, but reaffirmed his position that the department is currently prohibited from designating cottonseed as an oilseed, which would allow growers to receive farm program payments.

The campaign to pass western water legislation got a boost Tuesday from Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., who announced he would offer a bill to accompany S. 2533, which was introduced Feb. 10 by his fellow Californian and Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals presented a laundry list of reasons why it should not decide the legal challenges to the Obama administration s WOTUS rule. But, in a decision released Monday, the panel said its hands were tied by precedent.

New guidance from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) seeks to streamline the process of extending nonregulated status to genetically engineered (GE) organisms and products derived from known plant pests, or regulated articles.

Restrictions on atrazine and glyphosate to protect endangered plants and animals across the country may be in the cards as the result of a settlement reached between an environmental group and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS).

The Food and Drug Administration plans to begin testing corn and soybeans for glyphosate residues, the agency confirmed today.

The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing new requirements on biotech seed companies to ensure that farmers use a variety of practices, including crop rotation, to guard against rootworm resistance to Bt corn. EPA also is setting new requirements for identifying and man

Corn production has become much more energy-efficient since the early 1990s, according to a new report from USDA@s Economic Research Service. @Ethanol has made the transition from an energy sink, to a moderate net energy gain in the 1990s, to a substantial net