Articles by Rebekah Alvey

The Department of Energy has updated websites related to sustainable aviation fuel, changing the name to synthetic aviation fuel. 

New glyphosate bill * Reining in AI for employers * Farm groups like tariff pause

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill into law today that prohibits eminent domain for pipelines carrying carbon dioxide – including the 2,500-mile project proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions. 

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Food and Drug Administration, Martin Makary, said at his Senate confirmation hearing he wants to take a close look at chemicals in food and make school meals healthier.

USDA probationary employees who were abruptly fired from their jobs last month have gotten a temporary reprieve. The chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board ordered that they be reinstated in their jobs for 45 days while the case against the department is stayed.

Boosting prescribed grazing * Ag climate group presses lawmakers * Fired USDA employees get reprieve

Donald Trump is doubling down on his prediction that farmers are going to sell a lot more of their crops domestically because of his trade wars. Trump imposed higher tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico on Tuesday. And in his speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress, Trump reiterated his plan to impose reciprocal tariffs starting April 2.

ALRB on unsteady ground with Trump * Trump’s message to farmers * Lawmakers seek tariff waivers

President Donald Trump's nominee to head FDA hasn't attracted nearly the attention that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has, but members of Congress and individuals in the Make America Healthy Again movement say Martin Makary and RFK Jr. are fully in line. 

A pet food company has recalled lots of frozen chicken formula raw cat food due to potential bird flu contamination.