Sara Wyant

The agriculture sustainability conversation in the U.S and globally has moved from “niche to norm” and is likely to keep growing, despite changes coming in a new Trump administration, according to former EPA ag adviser Rod Snyder, who delivered the keynote address at the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis today.

William “Bill” Richards, a soil conservation pioneer who served as chief of USDA’s Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service) from 1990-1993 under President George H.W. Bush, died Tuesday. He was 93.

The 2018 farm bill, which was extended last year until Sept. 30, 2024, has now expired once again. What does that mean for major farm and nutrition programs?

In an exclusive interview with Agri-Pulse, EPA Director of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Rod Snyder announced Monday that he is stepping down from the position he described as the “honor of my career."