Agriculture

On August 7, 2023, the states of Iowa and Nebraska filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to challenge the agency’s failure to act on a 2022 petition...

Just over a year ago, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. The culmination of years of work, the IRA invested nearly $20 billion in climate-friendly...

Mireia Pujol-Busquets spent her childhood surrounded by grapes. Her father, Josep Maria, founded the family’s winery, Alta Alella, in 1991. The current 50-hectare farm, in Barcelona’s Serralada de Marina Natural...

This article was produced in partnership with Edible Communities; a version of this article will appear in future issues of local Edible magazines. When you approach the poultry paddocks at Salvatierra...

Eric Sfiligoj and Lara Sowinski discuss the recent Raven event in South Dakota, another company getting into biologicals, and what’s happening with 2023 Farm Bill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2yjDu9Vly8 The Mosaic Company Unveils...

FEDERAL FUNDING BLOCKED FOR HUNTING AND FIREARMS EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS By Jaclyn Krymowski for Protect The Harvest In a stroke of his pen, President Biden struck down essential federal funding...

Courtesy of the California Almond Board The 2023 California Almond Objective Measurement Report published Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA-NASS) estimates that the crop...

As U.S. agriculture faces a tightening labor market, the industry must adapt and change what the face of a farmer looks like — especially as many in the labor force...

Photo: AppHarvest, Somerset Kentucky The U.S. controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry received lots of publicity over the past 10 years. From interviews on CNBC to articles in Forbes, investors and...

On July 25, 2023, the Senate voted 91-7 to include an amendment—introduced by Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and Mike Rounds (R-SD) as the Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act (“PASS...