EPA withdraws proposed pesticide rules
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew proposed rules that would lower the minimum age of [...]
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01, 2019
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03, 2018
TFB leaders serve on Issues Advisory Committees
Legislative, regulatory and legal representation are keys for strengthening agricultural awareness and perspectives on state and national issues. Participating on [...]
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02, 2018
USDA announces opioid resource website
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched a website focused on delivering resources to help [...]
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02, 2018
AFBF president meets with Senate committee
By Justin Walker Communications Specialist American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) President Zippy Duvall spoke before the U.S. Senate Committee on [...]
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07, 2017
Voice support for WOTUS repeal
By Julie Tomascik Editor Earlier this summer, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers issued a [...]
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07, 2017
AFBF lists farm bill goals
With serious economic challenges facing agriculture, underscored by even deeper concerns in some commodity sectors, the American Farm Bureau Federation [...]
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06, 2017
July 4 cookout costs slightly less this summer
The price of a Fourth of July cookout will cost slightly less this summer, according to a survey by the [...]
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06, 2017
AFBF supports Water Rights Protection Act
The Water Rights Protection Act, HR 2939, supported by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and reintroduced in the U.S. [...]
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06, 2017
House passes Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act
The U.S. House of Representatives approved bipartisan legislation to eliminate an unnecessary, duplicative and costly regulatory process under the Environmental [...]
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06, 2017
EPA extends farmworker protection standard deadline
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will extend the deadline to meet requirements of its new farmworker protection standard (WPS) until [...]