environment

With the U.S. rejoining the Paris Climate accord, talk of a return to WOTUS and much more in Washington D.C., many in farm country are concerned what long-term impacts the climate priorities of the Biden Administration will have on the agriculture community ...

One of the first questions about a new administration in Washington, D.C., is what changes can the farm community expect when it comes to tax policy? Pat Wolff, Senior Director of Congressional Relations with the American Farm Bureau Federation, said there she expects to see “big tax legislation” fairly soon, maybe in the first six months. “An ...

The Washington farm community is already preparing to fight several pieces of low carbon legislation expected during the 2021 session. The Washington Farm Bureau’s Bre Elsey says roughly 75% of the proposals expected this session are bills from the past that failed to gain needed support in Olympia. How ...

As we prepare to welcome in a New Year, the farming community is reminded once again of the importance of advocacy, and staying off the sidelines. Cameron Mulrony, Executive Vice President of the Idaho Cattle Association said policy is constantly changing and evolving ...

Fresh off Thanksgiving many fridges remain stuffed with leftovers, the Environmental Protection Agency wants consumers to consider the environment when it comes to food waste. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler says more than 70 billion pounds of food waste ends up in American landfills every year, contributing to methane emissions and wasting food supply chain resources ...

Bloomberg says American agriculture is likely bracing for more scrutiny of its practices under a Joe Biden administration. Agriculture would potentially see more regulation of everything from environmental protections to workplace safety, a stark contrast from the anti-regulatory Trump administration ...

The final rule for the USDA's Environmental Quality Incentives Program, EQIP is now published in the Federal Register. "This final rule is just really what I would call a tweaking of the wording, but not any substantially new regulation coming through the final rule than what people actually saw in the interim final rule ...

Impossible Foods is expanding its multifaceted technology platform, accelerating product development, and plans to double its research and development team's size over the next 12 months. The Silicon Valley-based company says the expansion helps it reach its goal to reverse global warming ...

Last week, Bayer launched a new carbon initiative enabling growers to be rewarded for adopting certain carbon smart farming practices, helping farmers generate additional revenue. Company officials said the initiative makes Bayer the first to develop a transparent, science-based and collaborative approach to a carbon market in agriculture ...

How can the farm community lower its collective carbon footprint? But as Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue recently pointed out farmers have been working on that goal for some time. "Using techniques like cover crops, and no-till types of things that can capture that" Perdue noted during a webinar last week that farmers are not yet fully implementing some of these techniques ...