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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, March 30, 2025
A coalition of biofuels groups is pushing back at a federal appeals court ruling. The 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals last week vacated multiple denials of small refinery exemption requests from the biofuel blending mandates, ruling that the agency had used an “impermissibly retroactive” standard.
A large array of the nation’s agricultural organizations want Congress to step in and remind states of the limitations they have to regulate pesticide products within their borders and underscore the importance of the federal law on the subject.
The Pesticide Educational Resources Collaborative is making $200,000 in funding grants available to non-profit organizations for community-based projects that can help educate individuals about the safe use of pesticides.
The Department of Pesticide Regulation has begun the formal review process of the pesticide imidacloprid and products containing it which are used to control insects.
Using a pollen-sized microparticle that contained a certain enzyme, a group of scientists were able to create an “antidote” to organophosphate-based insecticides, according to a Cornell University release.
More than 90% of endangered species are “likely to be adversely affected” by use of glyphosate, but mostly through non-agricultural uses, the Environmental Protection Agency concluded in a biological evaluation of the impacts of the herbicide released Wednesday.
A new UC Davis study shows the combined threats of food loss and pesticide use reduced blue orchard bee reproduction by 57% and produced fewer female offspring when reproduction did happen.
The vast majority of foods sampled for pesticides in the 2018 fiscal year contained residues within EPA tolerances, the Food and Drug Administration said in a report released Tuesday.
Farm groups are looking to the Trump administration to quickly appeal a ruling blocking the use of dicamba herbicide and issue guidance on how the industry should address the issue.
