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Poultry farmer Lois Alt has challenged an EPA order demanding that she obtain a Clean Water Act discharge permit for ordinary stormwater runoff from her farmyard....More

The issues at hand are fairly narrow – do the rules put Canadian and Mexican live animals at a competitive disadvantage and do the labels provide adequate information to consumers?...More

According to EPA analysis, more than half of the nation's rivers and streams are in poor biological condition and are under "significant stress."...More

The Farmer Assurance Provision has a simple purpose: It assures farmers that frivolous junk-science lawsuits won’t stop them from planting biotech crops that have been USDA approved for planting after passing years of rigorous testing....More

The NSAC has issued a 
five-page Information Alert on the Conservation Stewardship Program 2013 sign-up....More

The farm bill and its impacts on Western agriculture will be the focus at an all-day conference on May 14....More

New rescheduling guidelines implemented by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation this past winter have allowed CVP contractors to carry over 225,000 acre-feet of the 2012 supplies for use in 2013....More

As the new farm bill is crafted, one note of interest is the new representation California and the state’s almond industry have on the House Agriculture Committee....More

Bill Koch's crusade against wine auction fakes has ended in a $12M legal victory over Eric Greenburg....More

Key provisions must be included in any Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in order to earn the textile industry's support....More

EPA's final vessel permit aimed at reducing invasive species....More