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USDA to Expand SCO for 2016 Crop Year

Posted November 24, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) has announced that it is evaluating...

Threatened Status and Critical Habitat Designation Issued for Gunnison sage-grouse

Posted November 21, 2014   On November 21, 2014 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued two final rules dealing...

USDA Spending $29 Million to House Farm Laborers

Posted November 10, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $29 million...

USDA Approved Genetically Modified Potato

–> Posted November 10, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a genetically engineered potato that reduces the amount...

USDA to Spend $4 Million on Honey Bee Habitat

Posted October 31, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that more than $4 million will be provided to help...

Senators Requesting Immediate Withdrawal of New CWA Regulations

–> Posted October 24, 2014 U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Republican members of the Senate Agriculture Committee have requested that...

Vilsack Announced New Crop Insurance Program

Posted October 23, 2014 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a new Farm Bill initiative that will provide relief to...

EPA Decided Against Appealing Federal Ruling

Posted September 23, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to not appeal the key federal ruling in favor...

FDA Revised FSMA Produce Rule

Posted September 22, 2014 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revised a food safety proposal affecting Oregon onion farmers,...

WSDA Seeking to Enforce New Food Safety Law

Posted September 19, 2014 The Washington Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is trying to enforce a new federal food safety law,...

NFU Withdraws from Beef Checkoff

Posted September 10, 2014 The National Farmers Union (NFU) board of directors has voted to withdraw from the beef checkoff...

GAO Released Crop Insurance Study

Posted September 9, 2014 The cost of the federal crop insurance program and farm sector income and wealth has grown...

FSIS Amending Poultry Products Inspection Regulations

Posted August 29, 2014 The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has amended the poultry products inspection regulations to establish...

DOE Requesting Comments on Landscape Design

Posted August 29, 2014 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has invited public comment on its Request for Information (RFI)...

FDA Expected to Release Updated Produce Rule in September

Posted August 28, 2014 The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food safety rule for produce is expected to be available...

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...

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...

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...

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...