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Daybreak April 8: Mayorkas impeachment on tap; Japanese leader visits

04/08/24 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, and Noah Wicks

Lawmakers are back in D.C. this week after a two-week recess, and there is a lot on their agenda, starting with the GOP attempt to remove Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from office.

Daybreak April 5: Under attack on Capitol Hill, TikTok looks to win ag allies

04/05/24 10:00 AM By Rebekah Alvey, Philip Brasher, Noah Wicks, and Steve Davies

TikTok is trying to highlight the economic impact the app has on American small businesses, including farmers.

Farmers, herbicide formulators criticize Corteva's tariff petition on 2,4-D

04/04/24 6:47 PM By Steve Davies

Corn growers and formulators of 2,4-D urged the International Trade Commission Thursday to deny a request from Corteva Agriscience for antidumping duties on low-priced Chinese and Indian imports, claiming the company has been using its position as the sole U.S. producer of 2,4-D acid to gain market share for its Enlist growing system.

Daybreak April 4: USDA ramping up climate-smart funding

04/04/24 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, and Noah Wicks

The latest outbreak of highly avian pathogenic influenza has now claimed a large layer operation owned by the nation’s largest egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods. Nearly 2 million birds will be killed at the Texas operation, the company said Tuesday.

Agri-Pulse Daybreak April 3: Avian flu hits large egg farm

04/03/24 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Philip Brasher, and Noah Wicks

Herbicide maker, opponents square off over EPA paraquat stance

04/03/24 6:20 AM By Steve Davies

The fight over whether EPA should keep allowing paraquat to be sprayed on U.S. fields continued with dueling comments submitted to EPA on its recent reconsideration of a wide range of issues involving the controversial herbicide.

Daybreak April 2: EPA considers suspending herbicide used in vegetables

04/02/24 10:00 AM By Steve Davies and Noah Wicks

EPA is warning farmworkers of “significant health risks to pregnant individuals and their developing babies” from exposure to the herbicide DCPA (dacthal) and said, “it will be pursuing action,” including possible suspension of the product’s registration, the agency said Monday.

Texas person infected with bird flu, state and CDC say

04/01/24 2:19 PM By Steve Davies

A Texas resident who was directly exposed to dairy cattle that were “presumed to be infected with avian influenza” is being treated for bird flu, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Monday.

Daybreak April 1: Heavy-duty vehicle emission rule criticized by trucking industry

04/01/24 10:00 AM By Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, and Sara Wyant

New EPA greenhouse gas standards requiring steep emissions reductions for heavy-duty trucks and buses don’t have the same buy-in from the industry enjoyed by the agency’s rule on cars and medium-duty vehicles released about a week earlier.

USTR details ag trade barriers in latest annual report

03/29/24 3:14 PM By Steve Davies

U.S. agricultural exports must contend with a wide range of trade barriers not based in science that impede access to overseas markets, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in its latest National Trade Estimate Report.

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September 08, 2024

Open Mic: Alex Dunn, President and CEO CropLife America

This week’s guest on Open Mic is Alex Dunn, President and CEO of CropLife America. Dunn joined CLA in March of this year and brings an extensive career in environmental and regulatory leadership to the association, including her previous service as Assistant Administrator for the EPA office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Dunn and her team are intently monitoring the EPA’s process of developing strategies for pesticides as they relate to endangered species and trying to educate stakeholders about many facets of the industry. She says CLA members are concerned about EPA staffing shortages and discusses the headwinds facing new and existing products from the crop protection industry.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Sept. 6, 2024: Jessica Taylor with the Cook Report, Anne MacMillan of Invariant and the Russell Group’s Andrew Harker

A handful of races will determine which party controls each chamber of Congress. We spoke with Senate race analyst Jessica Taylor from the Cook Political Report about the probability of Republicans winning the Senate.

Then, Anne MacMillan of Invariant and the Russell Group’s Andrew Harker discuss Republican and Democratic election priorities and what to expect in Congress this month.

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