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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, October 25, 2024
USDA announced $30 million in funding for 22 projects aimed at fighting citrus greening disease, which is devastating groves in Florida and threatening the U.S. citrus industry.
Dozens of agricultural and food groups sent a letter to every member of Congress today asking them to introduce and approve legislation renewing Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which sets consultation and notification requirements for a president to follow throughout the negotiation p
Early this week, the Environmental Protection Agency officially withdrew its interpretive rule that defined ðnormal farming practicesð for purposes of the Clean Water Act and as required by Congress in the 2015 0mnibus spending bill passed in December.
The Obama administration is asking Congress for $8.6 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for fiscal year 2016, which is $452 million, or 5 percent, more than its 2015 actual budget.
The Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people love by strengthening land conservation across America, today welcomed introduction of the Conservation Easement Incentive Act in Congress.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new measures to delay the corn rootworm pest becoming resistant to corn genetically engineered to produce certain pesticides.
Agricultural producers and private forest landowners have until Feb. 27 to apply for payments under the USDA`s Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) if they want to be considered for this year`s funding. Applications received after that date will be considered for future f
The Environmental Protection Agency and the manufacturers of methomyl have agreed to cancel some uses of the insecticide and limit its application on certain crops to reduce risks to drinking water.
The American Soybean Association (ASA) and more than 90 other farm and commodity organizations are calling for a quick resolution of a labor dispute that has disrupted operations at West Coast ports, costing the agricultural industry millions of dollars a week.