Articles Tagged with ''pesticides''

The Environmental Protection Agency has released its draft strategy for determining how growers can minimize harm to endangered species through use of fungicides.

After hours of meetings and tense exchanges, the House finally began debate on the farm bill close to 11 p.m. Wednesday, with leaders aiming for a vote today.

Tensions are flaring in deliberations to get a farm bill  on the House floor for a vote. The divisions and positioning around the latest farm bill all share a common thread: They’re unfolding in the middle of a high‑stakes election year.

E15 legislation to get a stand-alone vote in the House while a farm bill amendment to block animal-welfare state laws like California’s Prop 12 fails. A bipartisan proposal to strip the farm bill’s pesticide‑labeling provision will get a vote on the House floor. 

Sen. Roger Marshall, R‑Kan., is introducing legislation to block tariffs on phosphate fertilizer, saying the move would help lower costs for U.S. growers.

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a complaint against pesticide and seed manufacturers claiming they illegally worked together to stymie e-commerce sales of their products.