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EPA Proposes Changes to Agricultural Worker Protection Standard

Posted February 26, 2014   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced proposed changes to the agricultural Worker Protection Standard...

Water Quality Trading Network to Promote Consistency

Posted February 25, 2014   A coalition of government officials and environmental advocacy groups have created a national network on water...

CA Governor: Compromise Needed to Address Drought

Posted February 20, 2013   California Governor Jerry Brown is urging Congress to find a compromise that will benefit drought-stricken areas...

Lawmaker Introduces Clean Water Act Provision

Posted February 13, 2014   U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced legislation that would require oversight and inspection of chemical...

House Approves Drought Relief Bill for California

Posted February 10, 2014   The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to provide emergency drought relief in California, according...

Group Urges Congress for a New Approach to Food and Agricultural Policy

Posted February 7, 2014   Co-chairs of AGree, a food and agricultural policy group, are urging Congress to try a new...

NY Landowners Plan Suit to Force Hydrofracking Decision

Posted February 3, 2014   A group of New York landowners say they will sue the state if officials fail to...

AFBF Appeals Chesapeake Bay Ruling in Favor of EPA

Posted January 30, 2014   The American Farm Bureau Federation recently asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit...

EPA Appeals Ruling in West Virginia Clean Water Act Case

Posted January 23, 2014   The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth...

Vilsack Says Leaked Draft of EPA Clean Water Act Rule Not Final

Posted January 20, 2014   Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, told the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) that the leaked EPA...

GAO Report on Clean Water Act Calls on EPA, Congress to Make Changes

Posted January 16, 2014   A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) studied the effectiveness of pollution targets,...

AFBF President Criticizes EPA, Congress in Convention Remarks

Posted January 14, 2014   The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), Bob Stallman, criticized the U.S. Environmental Protection...

Federal Judge Rules for Florida and EPA over Water Quality Standards

Posted January 10, 2014   A federal judge recently ruled in favor of Florida and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...

USDA Seeks Comments on Deregulation of New Herbicide Resistant Seeds

Posted January 8, 2014   Last week, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recommended the deregulation of genetically engineered...

Chesapeake Energy to Pay $10 Million for Clean Water Act Violations

Posted January 8, 2014   Chesapeake Energy, an Oklahoma oil and gas company, will pay $10 million for violating the Clean...

USDA Reopens Comment Period for GE Apples

Posted January 7, 2014   USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently announced that it will reopen the comment...

Court Finds BLM Failed to Meet Regulatory Requirements

Posted January 6, 2014   In Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Burke, No. 2:12CV257DAK, 2013 WL 5916815, D. Utah (Nov. 4,...

NALC Resource: Forestry Reading Room

Posted January 3, 2014   The National Agricultural Law Center offers a wide range of resources, one of which is the...

Ethanol Industry Highlights RFS Success with New Report

Posted January 2, 2014   The Renewable Fuels Association recently released a report citing the successes of the Renewable Fuel Standard...

USDA Approval of Biotech Apples Likely

Posted December 19, 2013   An apple variety which has been bioengineered to resist browning is likely to be approved by...