POLICY
This is seen as a victory for poultry and livestock farmers.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is investigating about two dozen complaints from farmers about a weed killer used on genetically modified soybean fields that can tolerate the herbicide.
When California farmer John Duarte decided to settle his legal battle with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rather than risk losing his family owned nursery operation, a couple of signals were sent to all of agriculture according to Don Parish, senior director of regulatory relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation. Duarte agreed to pay a $1.1 million settlement after being accused by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of improperly disturbing a wetland when he plowed a wheat field.
Proponents of a bill that would designate a Montana state soil are finding it to be a tough row to hoe in the Legislature so far.
A total of 35 wheat industry visitors are in Washington, D.C., for an annual fly-in focusing on wheat research.
Congress is furiously working to finish several important resolutions before 2017 comes to an end, including an $81 billion disaster aid package.
Fight Over Ethanol Escalates as Bankruptcy Refuels Debate (1)
Is agriculture exempt from the permitting requirements of the Clean Water Act? Growers will have to wait a while longer for an answer to that question following a $1.1 million settlement in a landmark case this week.
Mexican Elevators, Feed Mills Possibly Importing from South America Mexico is a deficit ag producer and for things like corn, imports are essential. While proximity and infrastructure has made the U.S. a logical trading partner, buyers here are now looking to the sea. As the feed goes out, the trains roll in to Grupo Gramosa, a commercial elevator and feed mill in Queretaro, Mexico. “We receive trains full of grain, mostly yellow corn,” said Jorge Castillo, operations manager of Grupo Gramosa. “We receive about five or six trains a month.”
Are farmers protected by the agricultural practices exemption of the Clean Water Act? That is the centerpiece of a court hearing getting underway in California.