Items Tagged with 'SEC'

In this opinion piece, Lucas Lentsch, CEO of the United Soybean Board, says a thriving world starts with adequate nutrition and that farmer investments are helping address the challenge. 

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday finalized the first requirements for large corporations to disclose their carbon footprint but scrapped a plan opposed by farm groups to mandate tracking of the greenhouse gas emissions in company supply chains.

Douglas Eger is not deterred, but he is willing to concede that he and other backers of a concept called “natural asset companies” made tactical errors in the way they described NACs in their effort to get the companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall touted many of his organization’s successes in a speech at its annual convention but pressed members for more action on a long list of the group’s priorities.

In this opinion piece, Betsy Huber with the National Grange discusses the proposed SEC rules and how they would affect agriculture.