The White House has directed the Environmental Protection Agency to stand down on efforts to weaken the Renewable Fuel Standard. The agency was told to abandon two changes that were under consideration: a possible reduction in biodiesel requirements and a proposal to...
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg today joined leaders from across the state to voice their concerns about the Environmental Protection Agency?s (EPA) consideration of proposals to undermine the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), reduce federal...
New farm labor billAmerican Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall says it?s time for a solution on ag labor issues and legislation introduced by Representative Bob Goodlatte is being called an important first step to address ag?s labor shortage.Goodlatte is a Republican...
Jane HardistyIndiana farmers in the six counties of the Western Lake Erie basin are having positive impacts on Lake Erie, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This report by USDA?s Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)...
Optimizing Your Credit Options for 2018As growers consider their production plans for 2018, credit and financing options will play a big role in those operating plans. Doug Cox, with Farm Credit Mid-America, says there are steps that growers can take to optimize their...
A group of Midwestern Republican senators met Tuesday with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to express their concerns about the agency?s recent moves on ethanol, according to a spokesman for Sen. Grassley. Ethanol is one of the few energy issues that is controversial...
The company behind GMO apples hitting the market later this fall says the apples will not be labeled as containing GMOs. The arctic variety apples developed by Okanagan Specialty Fruits, an initiative started by an apple farmer, will instead include a QR code, as...
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is touting a directive he signed this week to end the EPA?s so-called ?sue and settle? strategy, a practice agriculture groups opposed. Pruitt issued an Agency-wide directive Monday to end the practice, a move...
Another farm policy dispute from the Obama administration has been laid to rest by the Trump White House. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue decided not to move forward with an interim final rule of the Farmer Fair Practices Rules, which deal with harm to competition...
Skor-on-RFS-effortsEmily SkorChanges being considered by the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the Renewable Fuel Standard would undermine the RFS, according to many in the ag industry, including Growth Energy. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says the EPA...
