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Last week One of Canada’s biggest cattle feedlots, Alberta-based Western Feedlots, announced it will close feeding operations after nearly 60 years, citing poor market conditions. The of their feeding operations, likely early in 2017 once its current cattle are sold, will make it more difficult for ranchers to find markets for their young cattle and pinch supplies for Alberta’s big beef packers, C

On Tuesday Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy requesting an update on the agency’s review of the anti-farmer “What’s Upstream” campaign in Washington State. The letter requests an update on the agency’s progress assembling facts and enacting reforms to ensure appropriated funds are not being used in contravention of the law... Rea

A big win for cattle, feeders, producers, ranchers and the American Farm Bureau over the EPA! Agripulse reports that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the Freedom of Information Act by releasing personal information -- including phone numbers and email addresses -- of the owners of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO)...

With The Agribusiness Update.The EPA has approved Quelex herbicide from Dow AgroSciences. Quelex is now registered for use in wheat. Quelex, according to Dow AgroSciences offers advanced broadleaf weed control, including resistant biotypes. WSJ reports that the US bison industry is working to recruit new ranchers in an attempt to keep up with the demand for the leaner meat...

$380 Million Keepseagle II Settlement Reached in the landmark civil rights lawsuit by Indian farmers and ranchers against the Department of Ag for discriminatory lending practices. Plus, the rise in grain and wheat prices created a more optimistic outlook for farmers according to new monthly survey of producer attitudes by The Ag Economy Barometer, produced by Purdue University and the CME Group,

Caterpillar plans to move 200 engineering jobs from South Milwaukee to Arizona as part of the creation of a central hub for its surface mining and technology offices. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said the move would create more than 600 new jobs in Tucson over the next five years, including positions in executive management, engineering, product development and support positions...

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes nearly $720,000 for alleged safety violations. The EPA said last week it filed a complaint seeking penalties for violations found during two facility inspections in 2011...

SEATTLE (AP) — Several environmental groups have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for not updating Washington's water-quality rules partly tied to how much fish people eat. Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and other groups sued in federal court in Seattle on Friday, arguing the EPA has violated the law by not finalizing standards that adequately protect public health. ...

The EPA is issuing a notice of intent to cancel all Bayer CropScience, LP and Nichino America’s flubendiamide products that pose a risk to aquatic invertebrates that are important to the health of aquatic environments. Required studies showed flubendiamide breaks down into a more highly toxic material that is harmful to species that are an important part of aquatic food chains, especially for fish

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati Monday agreed to hear challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. rule by 18 states. The states say the EPA goes too far with the rule, and that WOTUS would be costly to landowners...