Articles Tagged with ''EPA''

The Senate Ag Committee will hear from USDA about the department's reorganization plan to move employees out of the national capital region.

CropLife America hired Environmental Protection Agency alumna Venus Welch-White as director of government relations. Fresh Del Monte Produce hired Miles Fraser-Jones as vice president of sales and product management, deciduous and citrus (international). Jennifer Osborn has been appointed director at the California Department of Industrial Relations. 

Veterinarian C. Mike Tomlinson was appointed to the California Veterinary Medical Board. Former Environmental Protection Agency senior legislative adviser Angela Hervig joined the office of Rep. Luz Rivas, D-Calif., as a legislative assistant covering agriculture, food and trade. Matt Bornhorst departed Meristem Crop Performance where he served as a strategic account lead. 

Bobby Frederick is starting a new position as senior director, head of federal government relations for Cargill Inc. CropLife America hired Environmental Protection Agency alumnus Venus Welch-White as director of government affairs.Those are just two of several job changes in ag organizations and on Capitol Hill. 

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.

The Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider the impacts on climate change of biofuel volumes in its  2023 “set rule,” the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.

Challenges to the government’s decisions on small refinery exemptions must be heard in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, effectively taking the issue away from other circuit courts.

Biofuel and farm groups are generally hopeful that the Trump administration’s proposal on target for renewable fuels will better support growth across the industry, in addition to propping up domestic feedstocks. 
However, a lack of resolution on how the administration will handle small refinery exemptions and recent proposals on the 45Z tax credit for clean fuel producers could continue uncertainty in the market. 

Farm organizations from across the country are telling the Trump administration that farmers, ranchers and the food industry should be consulted by the Make America Healthy Again Commission as it continues work on recommendations for food and agriculture policy.

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release the next proposed set of renewable volume obligations for fuels this morning, with briefings scheduled for Hill offices and industry leaders ahead of the official release.

The leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees said they are “troubled” by the recent Make America Healthy Again Commission report because of its potential consequences for farmers.