POLICY
Since Donald Trump’s election, state officials, emergency managers and even some Republicans in Congress said they hoped the president’s skepticism about climate change wouldn’t cause him to toss programs meant to protect Americans against its consequences -- stronger storms, longer droughts, rising sea levels and more intense heat waves. That seems to have been too optimistic.
The Trump Administration on Wednesday denied a petition by environmental groups that sought to ban a common pesticide used on citrus fruits, apples, cherries and other crops, reversing a push by the Obama administration to revoke all uses of the pesticide on food after a government review concluded it could harm children’s brains.
As rural America faces another year of expected low farm income, the House Agriculture Committee is reviewing the financial health of the Farm Credit Administration (FCA).
The proclamation applauds our nation’s farmers as “endlessly innovative,” as well as being determined, self-reliant and a critical component to the nation’s future.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s nationalism is resonating in a country furious at U.S.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad is no stranger to politics – in fact, after six terms, he’s the longest-serving governor in U.S. history. But his next role as ambassador to China could prove to be the challenge of a lifetime.
The Arkansas Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would let companies sue anyone, including employees, if they share a secretly made videotape aimed at harming a business owner.
Trade and being able to export large crops to markets outside of the country remains vital to the viability of the farm economy, but the Trump administration is stirring the pot and testing the waters of some long-standing partnerships.
A federal announcement on public land sheep grazing in Colorado has been delayed.
From 1971 to 1977, the EPA hired freelance photographers who ultimately took more than 15,000 photos relating to “environmental problems, EPA activities and everyday life in the 1970s.