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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Saturday, August 31, 2024
Farmers who engage in legal use of pesticides cannot be found liable for harming northern long-eared bats, which have been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
Agricultural retailers ` and the media that cover them ` may have been too hasty last month in announcing a long-term congressional reprieve from Occupational Safety and Health Administration Process Safety Management (PSM) standards.
Representatives of food and agriculture industry groups were expected to meet today at the behest of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who says he wants to find a resolution on the biotech labeling issue.
USDA will review a contract between the National Pork Board (NPB) and the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) which pays NPPC $3 million per year for use of their trademark.
USDAÐs Agricultural Marketing Service is getting rid of its labeling standards for grass-fed and naturally raised livestock, which will allow producers to develop their own. The notice was published in the Jan. 12 Federal Register.
Campbell Soup Company s decision to support mandatory GMO labeling received plaudits from labeling advocates, jeers from an anti-labeling industry coalition, and a more subdued response from the Grocery Manufacturers Association.
The failed effort to drive a stake through EPAàs WOTUS rule may have grabbed the headlines surrounding the omnibus appropriations bill, but farmers still stand to benefit from the billàs funding of conservation programs.
EPAÀs proposal to revoke food tolerances for the widely used insecticide chlorpyrifos resulted in predictably different reactions from the crop protection industry and environmental groups.