The last ten days were busy ones for agricultural issues in courts across the country. We’ve been discussing several of the ag cases potentially pending before the Supreme Court, and of the big three; Clean Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized its extension of compliance deadlines for renewable volume obligations or ‘RVOs’ for 2019 through 2022, drawing swift fire from biofuel groups. The EPA says the deadline extension is needed due Read More
The 2022 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show is this week in Houston. The speaker lineup includes people ranging from sports heroes to global leaders. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack will appear virtually. Robert Bonnie, Read More
Senator Shelly Capito of West Virginia and several colleagues wrote a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan regarding the agency’s recent denial of refinery exemption petitions. The letter asks the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider Read More
At one time, the ethanol industry appeared to have put the COVID-19 lull in the rearview mirror. Sky-high output and profit margins matched up. However, Reuters says demand is dropping while oil prices rise, which Read More
A new report from the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute looked into farm subsidies and overall farm policies. The report says that repurposing current agricultural public policies “could deliver multiple benefits Read More
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced plans to increase capacity at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, California and improve service for shippers of U.S. grown agricultural commodities. The U.S. Department of Read More
Every year now farmers around the nation get to choose which of the safety net programs they’d like to use for each of their crops. Corn, soybean, & wheat farmers have until March 15 to Read More
Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that their agriculture specialists seized prohibited meat products at the U.S.-Mexico border. Customs agents seized 243 pounds of prohibited pork bologna in two separate and unrelated incidents. Read More
A California judge ruled that enforcing Proposition 12 regulations on whole-pork sales should be halted due to the state’s lack of rules. The state’s Department of Agriculture is over two years late in finalizing regulations Read More
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