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28 May 2015, 9:03 am by WIMS
<> American Farm Bureau Federation Reacts To EPA's Final WOTUS Rule - Based on EPA's aggressive advocacy campaign in support of its original proposed rule – and the agency's numerous misstatements about the content and impact of that proposal – we find little comfort in the agency's assurances that our concerns have been addressed in any meaningful way. [read post]
19 May 2015, 9:05 am by WIMS
Rick Snyder: Michigan Agency for Energy will prepare state to meet energy challenges - Gov. [read post]
8 May 2015, 8:59 am by WIMS
<> Western Snowpack Melts Early, Little Remains - West-wide snowpack has mostly melted, according to data from the fifth 2015 forecast by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). [read post]
5 May 2015, 9:02 am by WIMS
Michigan News <> MDEQ announces CAFO permit change to protect Michigan waters - MDEQ announced a change to its permits for large farms as part of the state's efforts to better protect Michigan waters from agricultural runoff -- the change with the reissuing of the general permit disallows large farms to "manifest," or transfer farm waste to other operations from… [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 8:57 am by WIMS
Vermont <> Farm Bureau to FAA: Farmers and Ranchers Will Soar with Agricultural Drones - The American Farm Bureau Federation told the Federal Aviation Administration that high-tech cameras and other airborne sensors give us important tools with which to reduce erosion and keep agricultural runoff to the absolute minimum -- important not just for farmers but for anyone else who cares deeply… [read post]
28 Apr 2015, 8:59 am by WIMS
Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced more than $3.8 million in funding to support grants focused on using nanotechnology to find solutions to societal challenges such as food security, nutrition, food safety, and environmental protection. [read post]
20 Apr 2015, 8:56 am by WIMS
Department of State on April 19-20 -- the forum is hosted by U.S. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 8:54 am by WIMS
Michigan BLUE ECONOMY <> State departments to merge Friday - The official merger of the state Department of Community Health with the Department of Human Services will happen this Friday. [read post]
2 Apr 2015, 8:51 am by WIMS
Nick Smith challenges the United States Department of Agriculture's determination that Smith had converted 2.24 acres of wetland on his property and that he is, consequently, totally ineligible for program benefits. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 8:53 am by WIMS
EPA's proposed regulation that requires states to dramatically restructure their electricity systems based on how the agency thinks electricity should be produced and used in each state. [read post]
18 Mar 2015, 8:51 am by WIMS
  National / International News <> House Hearing On "Waters of the United States" Proposal - The House Agriculture Committee, Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry held a hearing on the EPA-Corps of Engineers propoal defining "Waters of the United States" or WOTUS. [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 8:52 am by WIMS
<> EPA Issues Report on Pennsylvania Animal Agriculture Programs - The assessment is one of six that the agency is conducting of state animal agriculture programs within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed -- EPA conducts periodic reviews of state programs as part of its oversight responsibilities under the Clean Water Act. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 4:11 pm by Patti Waller
Outbreak Case 5: Farms – Cornwall and West Devon, United Kingdom Milne et al (1999) investigated an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with a farm in the United Kingdom during the period of June to July, 1997. [read post]
24 Feb 2015, 10:02 pm by Roy Costa, RS, MS (MBA)
However, FDA has entered into agreements with state departments of agriculture, and local agencies may be able to provide the needed manpower. [read post]
21 Jan 2015, 7:57 am by Michael Markarian
It is urgently needed, as some companies have been poised to open horse slaughter plants in the United States. [read post]
13 Jan 2015, 10:04 pm by News Desk
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service “has been informed by [the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS] that until further notice, due to the finding of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a backyard flock in Oregon and Washington, the certification statement referring to the United States as free from HPAI cannot be endorsed,” the agency notes on its list… [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 4:34 pm by Michael Markarian
It is urgently needed, as some companies have been poised to open horse slaughter plants in the United States. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
Scott Brown, is representative of those state departments of agriculture which sometimes put their mission to protect and promote their farm and ranch sectors ahead of food safety. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 1:16 pm by Michael Markarian
It is urgently needed, as some companies have been poised to open horse slaughter plants in the United States. [read post]
23 Dec 2014, 1:16 pm by Michael Markarian
It is urgently needed, as some companies have been poised to open horse slaughter plants in the United States. [read post]