Steve Davies

The lack of guidance to accompany sage-grouse management plans in 10 Western states is creating uncertainty among ranchers, energy companies and other resource users, Republican senators said at a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

On-farm technology is advancing faster than many lawmakers and regulators acknowledge. However, trade groups and some agribusinesses are trying to improve on that situation by taking regulators to the field.

The European Commission will extend the authorization of glyphosate for 18 months while the European Chemicals Agency examines its health effects.

European Union representatives did not approve glyphosate for continued use, leaving the decision up to the European Commission, the EUs governing body.

- USDA has signed an agreement with two major beekeeping organizations to help beekeepers take advantage of the department s conservation programs.

The EPA report that said glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer in humans is simply  one step in the process  of the agency s review of the herbicide s health effects, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said today at a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing&

States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are on their way to meeting 2017 targets for phosphorus and sediment reduction, but not nitrogen, EPA said in a series of scorecards released June 17.

A decision whether to extend approval of glyphosate for continued use in Europe is coming down to the wire.

Biotechnology may be a boon to agriculture, but it hasnPt stopped DuPont Pioneer from continuing to use conventional breeding, as well, the companyPs president said in an interview with Agri-Pulse.

A federal advisory committee has moved closer to finding common ground on the thorny issue of how farmers who grow crops in different ways can coexist on the landscape.