The Conservation Stewardship Program will provide nearly $175 million in funding for up to 12.6 million additional acres of enrollment this year....More
California’s snowpack is only 17 percent of normal and DWR projects it will only be able to deliver 35 percent of requested amounts from the State Water Project....More
California's winter snowpack – often called California’s frozen reservoir – was only 52 percent of normal at the time of year when it historically is at its peak. Today, it is 21 percent of normal....More
After reps of the 27 EU states failed for the second time to reach an agreement on a proposal to ban neonicotinoids, the EC has enacted a two-year ban....More
Environmental activist groups did not prove the EPA awarded federal registrations for a host of crop protection chemicals that put endangered species at risk in a lawsuit they filed in 2011....More
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
On April 24, USDA designated California’s Madera County as a primary natural disaster area due to damages and losses caused by the recent drought....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 agriculture component in the legislation introduced by the Senate Gang of Eight is the product of many months of negotiations within the agriculture community and with worker representatives....More