POLICY
The Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act, will allow for the protection of Sage Grouse habitat while balancing the needs of western citizens and their economies.
The federal government is backing off proposed regulations that brewers say would add to their costs without improving the safety of grain used to feed livestock.
Farmers and brewers are still waiting to hear a final ruling from the FDA on the use of spent grains in cattle rations.
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law last week a bill (SB 265) containing tax provisions important to the state’s livestock industry.
Northwest beer brewers have joined a national outcry over a proposed rule from the Food and Drug Administration which they say would make it prohibitively expensive for them to recycle spent grain by providing it to dairy farmers.
Sen. Charles Schumer will be at a western New York brewery to call on the federal government to drop a proposal that has the nation’s craft beer brewers up in arms.
It will last through Sept. 1, 2014, or until a a new MPP program is operating.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corp of Engineers (Corps) proposed an expansion of their federal authority over “waters of the United States.”
The administrator of the agency that oversees federal farm programs, such as disaster aid after severe weather, is urging farmers and ranchers who plan to participate to register early.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has renewed and expanded a partnership to provide expert advice to farmers and ranchers to help protect the habitat of the lesser prairie chicken.
The Colorado Legislature on Friday once again delayed a vote on a bill aimed at preventing agricultural fires from starting wildfires.
The Public Lands Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association hail the passage of the Water Rights Protection Act (WRPA), H.R. 3189, by the U.S. House of Representatives by a 238 to 174 vote.
Doing so to help ranchers benefit from new farm bill safety net.
Last week, legislation was introduced to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from disclosing the private and confidential information of livestock and poultry producers to the public.
Congressional delegation members from the Dakotas say the U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to expedite implementation of a farm bill provision that will help ranchers in the Dakotas hurt by an early October blizzard.
Landowners in eastern New Mexico say they still have questions over the lesser prairie chicken and its possible listing as a threatened species
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Environmental Protection Agency work through strained relationships.
U.S. meat industry groups, joined by Canadian counterparts, sued USDA seeking to block rules requiring meat producers to increase the amount of information about countries of origin on their products.
Many U.S. commodities may be slapped with tariffs if the WTO approves the list.
The U.S. tightened country-of-origin labeling provisions to specify where animals are born, raised and slaughtered.
There are likely few benefits for the U.S. in exporting abundant natural gas supplies, says a Purdue University energy economist.
Global feed production is expected to contract for the first time ever next year.
H.R. 2997 would prevent farms and ranches from being treated as toxic waste dumps.
FAPRI provides baseline projections to Congress.
Recent sharp drops in corn prices may cause some pain for producers, but end users benefit. This is how the free market should and does work, says Jerry Gulke.