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Daybreak Feb. 6: Senators to grill USTR pick on tariffs

02/06/25 10:04 AM By Rebekah Alvey, Oliver Ward, Noah Wicks, and Lydia Johnson

President Donald Trump’s nominee to helm the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will appear before the Senate Finance Committee today in what promises to be a tariff-heavy hearing.

Task force reports progress in reducing nutrient runoff to Gulf of Mexico

12/13/23 6:11 AM By Jacqui Fatka

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The latest Environmental Protection Agency’s Hypoxia Task Force report to Congress concludes farmers and ranchers are succeeding in reducing nitrogen runoff in the Mississippi River watershed, but additional efforts are needed to meet phosphorus load reduction goals.

EPA agrees to step up oversight of animal feeding operations in Pennsylvania

04/20/23 4:02 PM By Steve Davies

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The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to increase oversight of animal feeding operations in Pennsylvania, including potentially designating them as point sources that would require discharge permits under the Clean Water Act.

Drainage management touted to reduce runoff, GHGs

04/19/23 6:22 AM By Steve Davies

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Proponents of conservation drainage management got a bit of good news recently about the $19.5 billion allocated in the Inflation Reduction Act: The Natural Resources Conservation Service said CDM practices could be eligible for some of that money.

Producers have new crop insurance options as program continues expansion

01/25/23 6:29 AM By Philip Brasher

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USDA is promoting new crop insurance choices this year, even as strong commodity prices and elevated production costs are making existing coverage even more vital to farmers, says Marcia Bunger, administrator of the Risk Management Agency.

Nutrient runoff from ag targeted at first WOTUS roundtable

05/09/22 4:29 PM By Steve Davies

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Agricultural practices that contribute to nutrient pollution came in for severe criticism at a Midwest regional roundtable Monday hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers to gather input on defining “waters of the U.S.” under the Clean Water Act.

USDA nears more cover crop payments, offers conservation-linked insurance

01/12/22 6:55 AM By Philip Brasher

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The Biden administration is moving toward providing a new round of payments to farmers who have crop insurance and plant cover crops this year, extending a temporary program created last year. A new policy endorsement designed to encourage reduced nitrogen usage also is coming on the market in 2022.

Daybreak: COVID-19 shutters ag and food shows in California and abroad

03/04/20 10:58 AM By Brad Hooker

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Workshops focus on new ag order that threatens lettuce production * Policy wonks to discuss valley’s top issues at Kern County Water Summit today

Ohio's Lake Erie nutrient plans kicked to subcommittee

07/25/18 6:30 AM By Steve Davies

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Ohio's Soil and Water Conservation Commission has decided to have a subcommittee look at Gov. John Kasich's plan to develop rules to regulate the use of commercial fertilizer and manure in northwest Ohio.

Chesapeake Bay: Progress on nutrients, but a long way to go

07/18/18 7:00 AM By Steve Davies

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The health of the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States, is steadily improving, a strong indication that the six-state-plus-Washington, D.C. effort known as the Chesapeake Bay TMDL is working to reduce pollutants in the Bay watershed.

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