Articles by Steve Davies

A proposal to allow in-crop application of dicamba on cotton and soybeans genetically engineered to be resistant to the herbicide has sparked lively debate among farmers, farm and food safety groups.

WASHINGTON, June 6, 2016 - The latest effort to reauthorize glyphosate for use in Europe failed Monday when a European Commission committee could not muster a qualified majority to temporarily extend approval of the active ingredient used in Monsanto s Roundup.

WASHINGTON, June 3, 2016 - EPA@s decision to cancel the registrations of flubendiamide, marketed by Bayer's Crop Science Division as Belt, has been upheld by an agency administrative law judge (ALJ).

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2016 - An EPA draft document assessing the ecological risks of atrazine that was mistakenly posted online a month ago has now been officially released. The content and conclusions of the 520-page report, which is stuffed with nearly 200 tables and maps&#

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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.