Policy
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says EPA’s flawed rule stems from a flawed process.
If the EPA thought that its latest version of the “Waters of the U.S.” rule might find favor with farmers and ranchers, the agency knows better now.
Does not create any new permitting requirements and maintains all previous exemptions and exclusions.
The project tested a 1973 Minnesota law designed to protect farmers whose land was taken for major transmission lines.
The May USDA reports have now come and gone. Dan Hueber thinks there is only one message to carry away, which, realistically, should not have been shocking.
There are no shortage of facts and opinions about food, farming, and the intersection of hunger, health and politics these days.
Gregory R. Page’s remarks provided real-world reminder of the factors that affect agricultural markets and producers daily as they seek to feed the world and earn a living.
Small farms may not be included in new proposed food facility regulations.
The dollar slumped the most since October 2011 after the Federal Reserve reduced projections for interest- rate increases and expressed concern the dollar’s surge is weighing on exports and inflation.
U.S. adults surveyed don’t always agree with the scientific consensus on certain topics, including the safety of GMOs, climate change causes and more.
There is a “huge chasm” between the Obama Administration and congressional Republicans on taxes and other issues, Bret Baier, anchor for FOX News, told thousands of cattlemen.
The federal government has fined the Lynchburg Livestock Market $10,000 for improperly allowing its bank to use money from a custodial account.
State Sen. Brian Munzlinger announced legislation Monday that would create tax incentives for Missouri landowners to work with beginning farmers, an effort he says could help attract a younger generation to agriculture.
Farmers already scrambling to find workers in California — the leading U.S. grower of fruits, vegetables and nuts — fear an even greater labor shortage under President Barack Obama’s executive action to block some 5 million people from deportation.
Move over farmers’ markets. More than 300 food hubs around the country are also providing small farms another outlet to sell locally raised food to consumers.
Adopted in May 2012, the ordinance is intended to promote agribusiness in Hancock County while preserving the quality and character of the county’s neighboring uses, the ordinance reads.
During remarks at the Farm Journal Forum, he says he’s “bullish” on ethanol industry and says the opportunity for agriculture is “unlimited.”
Restoring the tax provision would allow farms and dairies to write off capital purchases instead of depreciating them over time.
Farmers worry about collisions between farm vehicles and cyclists and joggers, and they anticipate trail users will object to chemical sprays and farming practices.
A few feet of yellow fabric may represent the next frontier in reducing pesticides in the Clackamas River, according to a story in The Oregonian.
Ponsi Trivisvavet might reside in Minnesota, but she lives in the world of global agriculture.
Much talk has circulated about the growing role that unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, will have on our daily lives in the future.
Faced with the prospect of defeat that would change how it enforces the Clean Water Act (CWA) on animal operations, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to drop an appeal of a lower court decision, Alt v. EPA.
Maui County is home to just 160,000 residents, but the moratorium could have effects across the nation because multinational seed producers Monsanto Co. and Dow Chemical research and develop new varieties there.
Yesterday, NCBA and the Public Lands Council filed comments calling for the immediate withdrawal of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers’ proposed “waters of the United States” rule.
Don’t care for politics? You’re not alone, especially this year, when the approval rating for Congress falls somewhere near palmer amaranth on the popularity scale in farm country.
Indiana and other Midwestern corn and soybean farmers are being accused of threatening the survival of monarch butterflies.
Despite some legal hiccups, researchers had good success growing the crop.
The city of Sioux Falls, S.D., plans to spend more than $1 million to pay farmers to keep their cattle out of the Big Sioux River and its tributaries.