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National Milk Producers Federation President and CEO Jim Mulhern calls the new Waters of the U.S. Rule "cumbersome, unclear and overly complicated."  NMPF released the response earlier this week following the end-of-year announcement of the WOTUS final rule by the EPA.  Th...

The recently-passed omnibus spending legislation contained the reauthorization of the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, something important to CropLife America.  The organization says it will strengthen and improve the Environmental Protection Agency’s pesticide registration process.   “The E...

The Biden EPA has issued a final rewrite of Trump-era WOTUS reforms, and farm groups like National Cattlemen are not happy.  NCBA Chief Counsel Mary-Thomas Hart said the Biden Administration’s final Waters of the U.S. rule is tainted.   “The r...

A total of 20 agricultural groups recently argued before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., about chlorpyrifos.  Specifically, they asked the court to reinstate chlorpyrifos tolerances that the EPA has found safe.  EPA rev...

Earlier this month, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association urged the Biden administration to press pause on a new Waters of the U.S. rule.  NCBA’s Executive Director for National Resources and Executive Director of the Public Lands Council Kaitlynn Glover said they have asked the EPA to wait until the Supreme Court makes its ruling on the Sacket v. EPA case to avoid tw...

With oral arguments now complete in the Sackett versus EPA case before the Supreme Court, questions still remain related to whether or not the federal government has jurisdiction over certain parcels of land.  Courtney Briggs, senior director of government affairs for the American Farm Bureau Federation said the confusion goes back to a previous Supreme Court Case that created two tests of jurisdi

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association called on the Environmental Protection Agency to pause their Waters of the United States rulemaking.  The action follows Monday’s Supreme Court oral arguments in the case Sackett v. EPA, a case that wil...

Last week, the EPA announced that Oregon State University is one of  six programs across the U.S. will split $780,000 from the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program.  The funds will be used to explore the use of Integrated Pest Management in Agriculture over the next two years.   While...

Biofuel advocates and several state governors have been pushing the Environmental Protection Agency for year-round access to E15.  EPA administrator Michael Regan says several states are asking the agency for the ability to sell the biofuel without restrictions.   “...

The USDA announced this week that the 2nd Annual Virtual Food Loss and Waste Innovation Fair will take place Wednesday, September 14th.  USDA Food Loss and Waste Liaison Jean Buzby says next month’s event will build on what took place during last year’s inaugural event, by highlighting, “the successes from our research and hopefully the breadth of what we do at USDA in terms of the different agenc