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FGS Global has bought The Russell Group, one of Washington, D.C.'s best known and most influential lobbying firms, for an undisclosed amount, according to a news release issued by both parties Wednesday.
The Trump administration’s latest proposal to define “waters of the U.S.” under the Clean Water Act is receiving support from farm groups, who say it’s needed to clarify the limits of federal jurisdiction. Environmental groups, however, are staunchly opposed, saying that the supplemental proposal would eviscerate protections for wetlands and streams that do not flow year-round.
Rep. Brad Finstad says Minnesota’s harvest season brings better crop prices but continued cost pressures, arguing for ways to lower input costs, expand export markets, strengthen biosecurity and renew agricultural research.
EPA is proposing to reallocate biofuel volumes lost to small refinery exemptions that were granted in August after the agency issued historically high biofuel-blending targets in March.
For a year and a half, U.S. brewers and distillers have been all but locked out of the Canadian market — a significant blow to the industry as Canada is one of the top export markets. Now Canada is locked out of the U.S.
Medosweet Farms names Jim Reynolds CEO, effective Oct. 1. AGCO named Luis Felli senior vice president and general manager of Massey Ferguson. Avient Corporation has appointed Mike Frank president and CEO, effective immediately.
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., says he thinks there will be long-standing ill will between the U.S. and Canada because of President Donald Trump’s trade war — even after it ends. He warned that Canadians' weariness of the U.S. is hurting his home state’s wine industry.
Growers’ improved sustainability is the result of some $89 million in research funded by the Almond Board of California since 1973, including studies relating to production, environmental stewardship. A University of California farm adviser credited the work during the annual CAPCA conference in Anaheim.
Soraya Correa of National Industries for the Blind says blind Americans are helping hold the line against historic wildfires this year, manufacturing the fire hoses and essential equipment that make frontline firefighting possible.
The Trump administration is providing guidance to help biofuel producers claim the 45Z tax incentive, even if their product is missing from the government’s “cheat sheet” for calculating the credit’s value.
Inflation signals are evident in key economic reports this week, stoking speculation about the Federal Reserve's next move and prompting fresh analysis of how higher costs may impact U.S. elections on Nov. 3.
The federal judge who stayed USDA’s reorganization efforts Tuesday in response to a suit brought by federal employee unions says USDA probably should conduct an analysis of the reorganization’s effects.
Shiela Corley, acting administrator of the USDA Food and Nutrition Administration, says the Harvest to Hallways initiative will boosts nutrient‑dense foods in school meals through farm‑to‑school investments, kitchen upgrades and streamlined local purchasing.
The lobbying battle over animal welfare state laws like Prop 12 in California is intensifying as a new entrant spending tens of millions of dollars to keep such rules in place draws scrutiny from the pork industry.
Chesapeake Bay states are making progress in their efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay as they shift their focus to 2040 with a new set of commitments to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment loads in the Chesapeake watershed.
