Articles by Steve Davies

Anhydrous ammonia dealers will soon get relief from some federal safety requirements under the spending and tax legislation approved by Congress. A provision in the bill, which President Obama is expected to sign, prohibits the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fr

Farmers, ranchers and grain elevator operators who use the commodity futures market to manage risk are getting relief from some record-keeping requirements.

The U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor say they plan to enforce environmental and worker safety laws more vigorously in the coming year, and agriculture is one area the agencies will be looking at closely.

A panel of experts assembled at MonsantoÀs request is challenging a determination by a research arm of the World Health Organization that glyphosate probably causes cancer in humans.

EPA violated restrictions on using appropriations for grassroots lobbying when it employed social media to promote the proposed Clean Water Rule, the Government Accountability Office said in a legal opinion.

A frustrated group of House Republicans from California today declared drought relief legislation for their parched state dead for the year.

EPA has been ordered by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to respond by the end of 2016 to a petition seeking a total ban on uses of the insecticide chlorpyrifos.

Demographic changes in the marketplace and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns make it imperative that farmers - and the dealers who supply them -- embrace a sustainable approach to farming, a former General Mills executive told an audience of several hundred at the Agricul

USDAps Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has given Monsanto the go-ahead to market corn genetically engineered for increased ear biomass.

Lawyers on both sides of a dispute over corn shipments rejected by China are sparring over where and how the litigation should proceed, meaning that any resolution could be years away.