It’s pollination time for California almond growers, and beekeepers are moving some 2.5 million honeybee colonies into California orchards to pollinate 1.3 million acres of almond trees.
**New federal rules to protect navigable waters promise to provide the certainty farmers and ranchers need to maintain ag production and enhance the land.
That’s according to California Farm Bureau Federation President Jamie Johansson after last week’s release of the EPA’s WOTUS rule replacement, Navigable Waters Protection Rule...
The Waters of the U.S. Rule has been problematic for years and, according to AFBF President Zippy Duval, their new cry to lawmakers is “clean water, clear rules.”
Farmers facing fewer choices for profitability, many are standing firm in their support of the President. Trump has supported farmers with tax reform and a farm bill,
A Judge ruled that the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers improperly suspended the “waters of the U.S. rule” without public comment. EPA will review the order.
The Federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear challenges to the Waters of the U.S. rule. International feed tonnage has exceeded 1 billion metric tons.
Cryptocurrencies are making inroads into food commodity trading. Current and future court challenges to the WOTUS rule MUST be heard in federal district courts.
** President Trump’s Waters of the United States repeal Tuesday represents hope and optimism for reducing the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory reach.
That’s according to new administrator, Scott Pruitt who says we have always been able the strike the balance between being a good steward of our natural resources, but also growing our jobs and our economy in a responsible way...
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Agri-pulse reports 21 senators and 67 House members along with our nations farmers and ranchers are demanding that an appeals court to kill the Waters of the US Rule known as WOTUS. Many recognize that Trump’s victory will make the legal challenge moot if he follows through on his promise to kill the measure...