water quality

The Senate passed a motion by a vote of 65 to 33 last week to move forward with debate on trade promotion authority. The Senate also voted to pass the trade preference bill by a vote of 97 to 1 and the customs bill by a vote of 78 to 20. California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger spoke of the need for trade promotion authority saying farm exports have a real impact across the country - creating

Funding is now available through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Regional Conservation Partnership Program to improve U.S. water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability...

USDA is providing farm owners and producers one additional week, until April 7, to choose between Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage. If no changes are made to yield history or base acres by the deadline, the farm's current yield and base acres will be used...

Dairy operators in the Yakima Valley have reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to improve water quality in their community. The agreement provides for long-term certainty for the dairy operators and strong, enforceable measures to protect groundwater...

A new study from the EPA says multiple locations in the lower valley had nitrates above ten parts per million, and that's considered unsafe to drink. The Environmental Protection Agency held a public meeting this week to discuss possible solutions. It'...