Articles Tagged with ''WOTUS''

Behind-the-scenes work on the next farm bill was top of mind for Agri-Pulse readers in 2023, with stories about marker bills and lobbying movement heavily featured in the year’s most-read stories.

EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are scrapping the “significant nexus” standard to determine when waters or wetlands are covered by the Clean Water Act, as well as their definition of “adjacent wetlands,” to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision in Sackett v. EPA.

In this opinion piece, Ted McKinney with the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture discusses why the federal government should comply with the Supreme Court’s guidance in the Sackett decision as it releases its updated WOTUS rule.

In a ritual that takes place every four years, presidential candidates have swooped into the Iowa State Fair to mingle with the throngs, and craft their pitches to the state's voters while occasionally addressing rural and agriculture issues that seldom get mentioned later in the campaign.