Here We Go Again: WOTUS
When EPA administrator Michael S. Regan on June 9 announced his agency's intention to change how it defines "waters of the United States," my first thought wa...
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Blocking Glyphosate is a Recipe for Disaster
The Mexican government's decision last week to block a shipment of safe crop-protection products took farmers like me by surprise.
We've used glyphosate on our...
News: EPA reaffirms finding that glyphosate does not cause cancer
Des Moines Register - By Donnelle Eller - April 30, 2019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday reaffirmed its finding that glyphosate, the world'...
A Sensible Decision to Support Safe Crop Protection Options
Their names almost make them sound like thevillainsin an old John Wayne movie: Palmer Amaranth, TallWaterhemp, and Giant Ragweed.
In reality, theyream...
Choosing the Right US Secretary of Agriculture Is Getting the Attention It Requires
Prediction: Nobody will be talking about the Trump administrations lack of an agriculture secretary a month or two from now.
Instead, well be amazed at how...
Post-election: The road ahead for ag and trade - News for week of Nov 14
News items related to ag biotech, trade ? and perhaps some other interesting items out there related to agriculture ? will be posted on this page throughout the...
Possible merger in ag coming, importance of TPP - news of the week (May 23)
News items related to ag biotech, trade ? and perhaps some other interesting items out there related to agriculture ? will be posted on this page throughout the...
Biotech Oranges as a Potential Solution to Citrus Greening
Ten years after citrus greening was discovered in Florida in 2005, the citrus industry is ready to field test a potential solution. The Environmental Protectio...
An Illinois Farmer Adds His Voice in a Message to EPA: Ditch the Rule
A comedian once asked why we drive on parkways and park on driveways.
Let me tell you about another semantic mystery: waterways.
They arent always what t...
Strangulation By Regulation
That’s because the EPA wants to regulate the dust that farmers produce as they run combines through their fields and drive down gravel roads.
Fe...