Articles Tagged with ''Environmental Protection Agency''

The Environmental Protection Agency is refining habitat maps and mitigation options for growers to ensure crop protection chemicals don’t harm federally endangered species, an agency official told attendees at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention last week.

EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are taking another stab at establishing a “durable, common-sense definition of ‘water of the United States’” under the Clean Water Act, the agencies said Monday in announcing a proposed rule.

The California State Senate unanimously confirmed Karen Morrison as director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation. She has been with DPR since 2018, recently as chief deputy director. Earlier in her career, Morrison was a senior environmental scientist at the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and was city commissioner for the City of West Sacramento Environment and Utilities Commission. 

EPA is killing a Biden-era plan to reduce wastewater discharges from meat and poultry processing plants, citing impacts of facility closures to the nation’s meat supply and attendant job losses as reasons for retaining the regulatory status quo.

EPA is urging machinery manufacturers to update their equipment to prevent shutdowns when diesel exhaust fluid runs out.

Growers and agricultural company executives on Tuesday told lawmakers that updating the nation's regulatory framework for a variety of agricultural tools could allow for new technologies to be developed faster.

Western Growers promoted Bryan Nickerson to director of membership. Mike Bittner was promoted to western regional director at Atticus. Kyle Kunkler is now the Environmental Protection Agency’s top pesticide officer. 

Progressive Produce named Andy Webb vice president of business development. Veg-Land Inc./JBJ Distributing and Fresh Cut Inc. hired Todd Linsky to join the leadership team. Rudy Placencia was named vice president of sales at Fowler Packing. 

The Agriculture Department announced a slate of new political appointments, including many names familiar to the food and agriculture community: Trey Forsyth, Kelsey Barnes, Bill Beam and Tucker Stewart, among others. 

The National Corn Growers Association hired Gretchen Kuck as an economist. John Stewart was promoted to senior adviser of government affairs at Elanco. Mark Sanborn joined the Environmental Protection Agency as a regional administrator in Boston. 

The Fish and Wildlife Service must formally evaluate the impacts of five pesticides on endangered species, a federal judge has ordered.

In this opinion piece, Sylvia Wulf, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization’s interim head of agriculture and environment, argues that removing barriers to agricultural biotechnology would provide relief to farmers and ranchers who are struggling economically.