April 14, 2016
The American Soybean Association (ASA) submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week on its preliminary risk assessment for the insecticide imidacloprid. As part of President Barack Obama’s “Strategy to Promote the Health ...
Negotiations to add energy and other unrelated tax items, including the biodiesel tax credit, to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill fell apart this week and Senate leaders now plan to move a “clean” ...
This week the House Appropriations Committee marked-up their Fiscal Year 2017 Energy & Water Appropriations bill, which provides funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Department of Energy (DOE) programs. The bill ...
The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing last week titled “U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA) Programs and their Economic Impact across America.” The witnesses testifying at the hearing included Lisa Mensah, USDA under ...
Information provided by CropLife International. Every crop protection product that reaches the market costs $286 million and takes 11 years of research and development to ensure the highest safety and efficacy standards, according to a new ...