Steve Davies

A group representing about 600 agricultural employers in Washington state is locked in a battle with the statePs attorney general, who is investigating whether WAFLA and its members Pengaged in price fixing and other violationsP of state and federal antitrust laws for ag labor.

EPA will survive beyond the current political climate because environmental protection is supported by a majority of Americans, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said today in a speech at the National Press Club.

Seeds coated with neonicotinoid insecticides will continue to be exempt from regulation under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, following a federal judge's ruling Monday in a lawsuit brought by beekeepers and environmental groups.

Hawaiian counties that sought to ban genetically engineered crops or impose conditions on the use of pesticides have lost in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that state and federal laws pre-empt local ordinances.

The Environmental Protection Agency has repeatedly failed to fulfill its promises to attack the problem of nutrient runoff in the Mississippi River Basin, a coalition of environmental groups said in a report released today.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has tossed a challenge filed by six states to a law requiring humane treatment of hens that produce eggs sold in California.

Cannabis and its supporters are on the march. Voters in eight states decided last week to legalize the herb for recreational or medical purposes, pushing it even further into the mainstream of American farming.

EPA has added epidemiological expertise to a scientific advisory panel (SAP) that will meet next month to consider the carcinogenic potential of glyphosate. The previously postponed meeting is now scheduled to take place Dec. 13-16 in Arlington, Virginia.

State agencies that enforce farmworker protection standards would like more time to comply with EPAs new regulations, scheduled to go into effect in January.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association says it will 0vigorously pursue its legal options0 to overturn $18 million in fines levied by a Washington state court judge Wednesday for campaign violations associated with the group0s opposition to a GMO labeling referendum in 2013.