Waters of the U.S.

Trump’s Ag Cuts Rejected and EPA/Corps Rescind WOTUS
Trump’s Ag Cuts Rejected and EPA/Corps Rescind WOTUS
**House appropriators are rejecting President Trump’s proposals to slash spending on rural development, international food aid, research and other key areas of the Agriculture Department’s fiscal 2018 budget. But a draft appropriations bill would still require cuts in some programs, providing a total of $20 billion to the USDA, the Food and Drug Administration and the Commodity Futures Trading Com
EPA Funding Scheduled to Pass; Enrollment for Ag Risk Coverage is Open
EPA Funding Scheduled to Pass; Enrollment for Ag Risk Coverage is Open
A bill slashing Environmental Protection Agency funding and blocking several of its new regulations is scheduled to pass through the House Appropriations Committee, this week. Republicans are pushing an Interior and Environment funding bill that cuts $718 million, or 9 percent, from the EPA’s budget in fiscal 2016, on top of the 20 percent cut the agency has absorbed since Republicans took the Hou
EPA Fights Back Over Water Rules, Agricultural Stats for 113th Congress
EPA Fights Back Over Water Rules, Agricultural Stats for 113th Congress
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy feels her efforts to meet with farmers and ranchers and policymakers on the proposed Waters of the U.S. rule has been worth it. Agriculture owners believe the proposal means the EPA wants to regulate all ditches and the American Farm Bureau Federation has been calling on EPA to ditch the rule ... Read More ...