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USDA Issued Final Rule Under Export Apple Act

Posted August 26, 2014 The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule...

FSIS Released Updated Guidance Reducing Shiga in Shedding Cattle

Posted August 26, 2014 The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced the availability of its updated guidance document on...

FDA Submitted Information Collection to OMB

Posted August 26, 2014 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that a proposed collection of information has been...

Kauai GMO and Pesticide Use Labeling Law Ruled Invalid

Posted August 26, 2014 A federal judge has ruled that a Kauai County law that requires companies to disclose use...

RFS Sent to OMB for Review

Posted August 25, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) final rule to...

AFBF Requesting State Authority in Chesapeake Bay

Posted August 22, 2014 The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) has asked a federal appellate court in Pennsylvania to reverse...

GMO Labeling Initiative on Colorado’s November Ballot

Posted August 22, 2014 Colorado’s secretary of state has announced that the requirement of labeling genetically modified (GMO) foods will...

Salmon in Klamath River Could Succumb to Gill Rot

Posted August 22, 2014 Due to the drought, California almond farmers are competing with wild fish for water rights, according...

AFBF to Conduct Second Webinar in Series

Posted August 22, 2014 The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) along with the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Global...

Citizens Group to Stop New Water Quality Regulations

Posted August 21, 2014 A citizens group, opposing new water quality regulations approved by the Iowa Commission, filed a lawsuit...

Arkansas Farmers Suing Turner Grain

Posted August 21, 2014 On Monday, a group of farmers sued Turner Grain Merchandising Inc. for fraud, according to an...

AFBF Filing Action Against EPA

Posted August 20, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released farmers’ and ranchers’ personal data to the public violating basic...

Cargill Settles CWA Violations

Posted August 20, 2014 Cargill has agreed to pay $187,500 settlement to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), according to...

California Increases Water Plan to $7.5 Billion

Posted August 19, 2014 On August 13, California lawmakers agreed on a $7.5 billion water plan, which includes $2.7 billion...

Minnesota’s “Buy the Farm” Upheld in Court

Posted August 19, 2014 A judge recently ruled that a coalition of utilities that planted a power line through a...

Right to Farm Passes in Missourri, Possibility of Recount

Posted August 8, 2014 Opponents of Missouri’s Right to Farm constitutional amendment were weighing a recount request, after the measure...

Wildlife Refuges Phasing Out GMOs and Neonicotinoids

Posted August 8, 2014 National wildlife refuges around the country are phasing out genetically modified crops and a class of pesticides...

Georgia Peanut Plant Trial Began

Posted August 8, 2014 Georgia peanut plant officials waited five days to disclose lab tests positive for salmonella, despite repeated...

Vilsack Announces 2014 Farm Bill Updates

–> Posted August 7, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced an update on implementing the Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014...

Putin Issues Decree to Ban Imports from U.S. and Europe

Posted August 7, 2014 As a result of Western sanctions imposed over its support for rebels in Ukraine, Russia ordered...