Ag groups argued before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., about chlorpyrifos, asking the court to reinstate chlorpyrifos tolerances that the EPA has found safe.
The cost of growing crops could outpace revenue for many farmers this year, making it more difficult to break even despite rising commodity prices and increasing domestic and global demand.
Thousands of California farmers and ranchers will get no federal water deliveries for 2022. The Agricultural Safety Awareness Program Week starts today and runs through Friday.
The federal appeals court set a 60-day deadline for the EPA agency to either ban agricultural use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos or set newer and safer exposure levels for the chemical.
The House of Representatives released language for legislation to keep the government operating at current funding levels and extends the USDA’s hemp pilot program.
**Operations are returning to normal at California farms, ranches and agricultural businesses that endured public-safety power shutoffs.
The widespread outages interrupted harvest schedules for wine grapes, rice and other crops, and caused scattered produce losses due to lack of refrigeration...