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A Legal Battle Rages Over Smoking Sugar Fields in South Florida
A new bill, signed last week, is the next hurdle for a pending lawsuit against Florida sugar growers and their use of sugarcane burning.
Court of Appeals Gives EPA 60 Days to Fix Chlorpyrifos Regulation
If the agency fails, the pesticide will be banned entirely.
Doctors File Lawsuit Against USDA for Promoting Dairy in Dietary Guidelines
How essential is milk, really?
Remembering the Food Workers We’ve Lost to COVID-19 Part 2
The second part in a series honoring the food and agriculture workers who lost their lives to the virus.
Mexico’s Supreme Court Issues Verdict: American Potatoes Welcome
This ends a long and strange embargo.
The USDA’s Transplanted Research Agencies Are Staying Put
Tom Vilsack says he has no plans to return ERS and NIFA back to Washington.
‘Megadrought’ in American West May Trigger First-Ever Water Shortage Declaration
There are major implications for agriculture, especially in California.
As Biden Makes New Climate Pledge, Vilsack Unveils Conservation Expansion
The USDA is ramping up its marquee conservation program as part of its ongoing emissions-cutting efforts.
Environmental Groups Call Biden’s Carbon Bank Plan a ‘Scam’
A letter from dozens of organizations pleads not to enact this strategy.
