SCOTUS won't hear challenges to state animal ag laws

01/07/19 5:44 PM By Spencer Chase

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider challenges to a pair of state laws restricting the use of confinement in animal agriculture.

Massachusetts energy storage projects get $20M boost

12/13/17 5:00 AM By Sandra Cowherd

Twenty-six projects were awarded portions of $20 million to develop Massachusetts energy storage market.

Farm Hands on the Potomac…Nov. 22, 2017

11/22/17 5:00 AM By Sandra Cowherd

President Trump intends to nominate Melissa Burnison, a lobbyist with the Nuclear Energy Institute, to be assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental affairs at the Energy Department (DOE).

States and companies aim to expand offshore wind

11/01/17 5:20 AM By Sandra Cowherd

NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2017 - Several states pledged to scale up their efforts in the wind industry at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Offshore WINDPOWER Conference in New York.

Solar energy groups advocate metering cap hike for Massachusetts

10/11/17 5:00 AM By Sandra Cowherd

BOSTON, Oct. 11, 2017 - As Massachusetts gets closer to implementing its Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program designed to make the state a leader in solar energy, net metering (NEM) caps are blamed for causing a 4 percent loss of solar jobs.

SEIA asks Massachusetts to provide ‘certainty’ for solar companies

07/19/17 5:10 AM By Sandra Cowherd

MASSACHUSETTS, July 19, 2017 - The Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program, to be implemented next year, would replace the state’s central solar policy.

AFBF President Zippy Duvall

This week’s Open Mic guest is Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The COVID-19 pandemic is just the latest in economic challenges for the nation’s farmers and ranchers. Duvall offers his gratitude for administrative and legislative assistance for agriculture but shares that the economic threat to the nation’s food supply is far from over. He offers thoughts for additional assistance as the U.S. Senate prepares to consider another round of financial assistance for the nation. The Georgia farmer shares thoughts on challenges faced by the renewable fuels industry as well as trade challenges that remain with Canada and Mexico even after implementation of the USMCA.

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Opinion: Shop Kansas Farms: Kansas Farmers Calm Public Fears

Because of Covid, many Kansans have witnessed a troubling scene most have never encountered—empty shelves at the grocery store. This meant people experienced a new kind of fear. The fear of going hungry.

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Washington Week in Review: July 2, 2020: Sen. Dick Durbin on COVID-19, immigration, rural health

As the Senate prepares to consider more coronavirus relief later this month, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., talks with Agri-Pulse about how Democrats plan to approach a new aid package, his priorities for immigration reform, and what Congress can do to help a struggling rural health system.

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