The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Pesticide Action Network North America have asked for a two-week extension of a May 22 deadline to file an amended complaint after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the case on April 22 following a U.

Production agriculture’s reach for higher profits in response to the recent commodity boom is to blame for a depletion of grasslands in the western Corn Belt and diminishing populations of native birds in North America and Europe, according to two studies released in last week.

A group of experts speaking at the National Ethanol Conference on Wednesday, Feb. 6, said the rubber is about to meet the road in the next two years—when corn ethanol’s 15-billion-gallon cap set in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) becomes a reality..

A U.S. bankruptcy court in Michigan is set to auction off, on Feb. 5, assets worth tens of millions of dollars, including hundreds of unexpired land leases from Decatur, MIbased Stamp Farms LLC following the farm’s filing for Chapter 11 protection in November.

A 7,810-acre production and recreational ranch opportunity within 50 paved miles from Klamath Falls. This premier cattle operation is well suited for commercial and purebred herds and includes 13 miles of private year-round rivers and streams.

Farmers who film parodies of popular songs showing what they do on the farm and then post the videos on such sites as YouTube, Grandin said, go a long way in showing what farmers do. Slaughter houses should install live internet cameras for the world to judge their work for themselves, she said.

In an Oct. 18 letter to John Jaschke, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, Thomas O.

One week after the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) responded to an Environment Protection Agency (EPA) report criticizing the state’s handling of its concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) program, EPA opened a 30-day public comment period on Iowa’s proposed changes to the program.

Southeastern Kansas farmers are learning there could be something worse than drought-diminished corn yields. As harvest wrapped up near Hartford last week, producers hauling in average yields of 30 to 35 bushels an acre were often met with more devastating news: Much of that corn contained aflatoxin.

Though Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson told members of Congress that the agency has no intention to regulate farm dust, some lawmakers and their rural constituents aren’t convinced.