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Elk Refuge feeding triggers new lawsuit
Jackson Hole News & Guide | Posted onMarch 27, 2019 in Rural NewsEnvironmental groups are suing the National Elk Refuge for business-as-usual elk feeding and failing to implement a 12-year-old plan. The environmental law firm Earthjustice — which has sued over Elk Refuge feeding before — filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Wildlife Refuge Association, Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club.
Maine Legislature Approves Bill To Repeal Gross Metering
Solar Industry | Posted onMarch 27, 2019 in Energy NewsThe Maine legislature has approved a bill that would eliminate the state’s controversial “gross metering” rule for solar. The legislation, L.D.91, was introduced in January by State Rep. Seth Berry, R-Maine, to repeal a fee for solar customers that was enacted under the administration of Maine’s previous governor, Paul LePage.
How Big Oil is trying to change its image
Grist | Posted onMarch 27, 2019 in Energy NewsTo the untrained eye, it looks like the major oil companies that helped get us into this whole climate mess — conglomerates like ExxonMobil, BP, and Shell — are starting to envision a world beyond fossil fuels. A few of them have launched their own campaigns charting a path to a greener future — and, surprisingly, even more have backed a carbon tax proposal.
The unlikely partnership that might decide the future of meat
Vox | Posted onMarch 27, 2019 in Agriculture NewsSomething unusual is going on in the fledgling but fast-growing lab-grown meat industry. A technology that was developed to displace meat and end animal farming has, in the last couple of years, received a boost from an unlikely source: meat companies. Take Tyson Foods, the world’s second-largest processor and seller of beef, chicken, and pork. If you’ve ever eaten a hamburger or a chicken nugget in the United States, that cow or chicken was reasonably likely to have been slaughtered at a Tyson Foods processing plant.
China to boost pork imports 33%
Meat & Poultry | Posted onMarch 27, 2019 in Agriculture NewsOutbreaks of African Swine Fever have taken a toll on China’s pork industry, the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Dept. of Agriculture said in its China Livestock and Products Semi-Annual report. As of March 11, China has reported 115 outbreaks of ASF to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The outbreaks have occurred in every significant pork production region in China.
Dead Zones & Drinking Water: Updates on Waters of the U.S.,
University of Illinois Farm Doc Daily | Posted onMarch 27, 2019 in Agriculture NewsThat key question for agriculture remains unanswered: whether nutrient losses from farm fields collected and channeled through a manmade system of drainage are excluded as agricultural stormwater runoff or whether they are discharges of pollutants, subject to regulation and permitting under the CWA. The Ninth Circuit decision from Hawai’i Wildlife Fundprovides for concern if the Supreme Court affirms the reasoning of the courts of appeal in the Hawai’i and South Carolina cases, decisively bringing indirect discharges under the purview of the CWA. In light of this potential line o
Those Sickening Midwestern Floods
DTN | Posted onMarch 27, 2019 in Agriculture NewsI won't mince words: Those photos of the floods in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa make me sick. The images bring to life what the flood's statistics, though impressive, leave abstract. It's one thing to be told that $400 million of cattle and other livestock have been killed, that agriculture losses are approaching $1 billion, that 13 bridges have been washed away and 200 miles of highway will need repair in Nebraska alone. But statistics can be mind-numbing. Seeing is believing.
FDA Announces New Date for Webinar on Genome Editing in Animals
FDA | Posted onMarch 27, 2019 in Federal NewsOn April 25, 2019, the U.S.
USDA announces first dairy safety net payment
High Plains Journal | Posted onMarch 27, 2019 in Federal NewsThe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency announced recently that the January 2019 income over feed cost margin was $7.99 per hundredweight, triggering the first payment for eligible dairy producers who purchase the appropriate level of coverage under the new but yet-to-be established Dairy Margin Coverage program.DMC, which replaces the Margin Protection Program for Dairy, is a voluntary risk management program for dairy producers that was authorized by the 2018 Farm Bill.
New website showcases impact of agriculture in US economy
Oklahoma Farm Report | Posted onMarch 27, 2019 in Agriculture NewsA new study shows that agriculture plays a big role in the success of the overall U.S. economy. More than one-fourth of the nation’s job total and more than one-fifth of the nation’s economy are tied, either directly or indirectly, to the food and agriculture sectors. A coalition of 23 agriculture groups commissioned the economic impact study that came out last week. It’s the foundation of a new website called Feeding the Economy.