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The adoption of federal legislation known as MAP-21 exempts the equipment and its operators from some Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
The agreement provides certain exemptions for farmers in one state who cross into the other while delivering agricultural goods.
The decision was expected, but it’s unclear who will succeed the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
DC Central Kitchen has found a way to feed the hungry with food that would otherwise be thrown away
France and Israel topped the U.S. in the food quality and safety category of the Food Security Index.
To support our population jump from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050, a 70% increase in food production is required.
Update: Commenting period extended to Dec. 1. Proposed revisions will make it difficult for youth to learn the ropes of farming.
Facing our challenges to guarantee our competitive edge
The Department of Labor says it will re-propose the “parental exemption” portion of the child labor rule, but farm groups say the rule still needs more work.
The U.S. Department of Labor said it will be revising and re-proposing the portion of the rule that interprets “parental exemption.”
Fourth annual Sonja Hillgren Field Reporting Institute journeys across Missouri this weekend
Producers now have until Jan. 7, 2011, to enroll
Purdue researchers have delivered data to the EPA on a two-year National Air Emissions Monitoring Study on livestock farms.
The final EIS will be available for public review for at least 30 days before USDA will publish a record of decision on how it will proceed.
New online features allow you to get answers to your employment questions.
National editor Tom Karst and staff writer Ashley Nickle discuss the latest 90-day delay for produce shippers on the ELD mandate and how blueberries fared in some recent cold weather.
Sustainability: feeding the world with the resources available.
As Arizona’s controversial immigration law is set to go into affect tomorrow.
Ukrainians see their agricultural industry flexing its muscles, evolving out of the old inefficient collective farms left when the Soviet system collapsed in 1991.
A California-based concept could create a way to reward environmentally conscious farmers
The recent Health Care Reform law has created a new tax credit for certain employers who pay for their employee’s health care premiums.
JOD says state’s law is unconstitutional.
House Republicans hope to debate and vote on the farm bill this week, but industry sources say it is uncertain whether the GOP has the votes to pass it.
President Donald Trump has announced plans to put in place 25% tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods, and apples and cherries are among the items that will be affected by retaliatory tariffs.