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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Friday, May 03, 2024
The Environmental Protection Agency must respond by Tuesday to an emergency motion filed by four groups seeking to enforce the Ninth Circuit’s court’s June 3 order vacating over-the-top dicamba registrations.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's chief economic and business adviser Lenny Mendonca stepped down from his post last week and The National Mango Board elected new officers to its board of directors.
The European Commission is expected to ban the use of the insecticide chlorpyrifos in January following a vote Friday by its Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed that cited health risks to children.
The CEO of seed and chemical giant Corteva Agriscience believes farmers must play a major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and says he's working with other companies as well as academics and non-governmental organizations to address the climate issue.
Some of the nation's top "farm hands" are changing jobs. Farmer Mac hires former USDA veteran, Minigh steps down and Goehring elected to lead NASDA - just to name a few.
Corteva Agriscience and MS Technologies have announced that they will launch Enlist E3 soybeans commercially in the U.S. and Canada this year, following import approval last week from the Philippines.
Growers in California and several other states are fighting to retain use of chlorpyrifos, a broad-spectrum insecticide environmentalists and farmworker advocates have sought to ban for years.