Steve Davies

The Environmental Protection Agency can do a better job on “the way we handle pesticide regulation,” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in a speech at the Nixon Presidential Library last week.

California’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed to fine two meat companies about $60,000 for failing to adequately protect workers from COVID-19.

Government research into a wide range of areas, and standardization of data will be needed if USDA is to implement its 30-year plan to increase U.S. agricultural production by 40% while cutting ag's environmental footprint in half.

Public Citizen is suing the Labor Department for records on the agency’s response to COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants.

Union leaders are looking to Joe Biden to lead the way for new protections for employees in the ag and food sector, including overtime for farmworkers.

District of Columbia-area lawmakers are urging USDA to "suspend its dangerous and insufficient plans to reopen its offices" until it addresses employees’ safety concerns about COVID-19.

Farmers should find out next week about a new round of coronavirus relief payments, and there could be some additional aid in the works for farmers hit by natural disasters this summer.

USDA’s latest farm income forecast is making clear how critical government payments are to the ag economy this year. USDA is projecting that payments will be up 66% this year to more than $37 billion. And that number may go higher.

Agricultural lenders should design their loan programs to encourage farmers' adoption of farming practices resilient to the impacts of climate change, the Environmental Defense Fund says in a new report.

After weeks of talks, Brazilian and U.S. negotiators have a tentative deal to extend Brazil’s tariff rate quota for U.S. ethanol by 90 days to give both countries more time to hammer out a more permanent agreement on trade.