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A federal appeals court in St. Louis has stuck down EPA’s rule that effectively bans chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used in agriculture. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a years-long battle involving environmental and agribusiness groups that the EPA failed to follow sound science and the law when it revoked chlorpyrifos tolerances in […]

Canada’s livestock industry says California’s attempt to impose animal care orders on out-of-state farmers and on out-of-country farmers, are not allowed under Inter-State or International Trade regulations. However, there seems to be very little clarity on just what rules California is breaking. California’s Proposition 12 has been in force in since July. But beginning in […]

This is a day we honor military veterans for their service to our country. Nationwide, there are more than 370,000 producers with military experience. That’s nearly 11 percent of all US producers. Nationwide, veterans represent $41 billion in annual ag sales and 130 million acres farmed. Here in South Carolina, the rates are even higher. […]