EPA exempts from reporting ag air emissions, in new rule
The U.S. EPA has exempted U.S. farms from reporting air emissions to state and local first responders under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), after the agency finalized a new rule that amends the act’s current emergency release notification regulations.
Mom-and-pop peanut butter makers expanding in Indiana
It started as an annual fundraiser for a youth soccer club, but making gourmet peanut butter is now big business for an Indiana company bursting out of its shell.
‘Bacon caucus’ and BLT Day returns to the Illinois Capitol
Illinois state lawmakers shifted their attention from “pork” projects for at least for one lunch hour to indulge their appetites for literal pork products during Illinois Pork Day at the State Capitol in Springfield.
Senators challenge trade-relief dollars for foreign-owned pork
Nine U.S. senators – including Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan – are questioning purchases of pork products from foreign-owned companies made as a part of last year’s aid package for farmers impacted by tariffs.
Report launches pilot effort to update Ohio food system
Attempting to improve just one part of a food production chain isn’t easy, but tackling the entire integrated system of soil-to-table is a mighty challenge. Now imagine doing so on a statewide level.
What is worth more to the USDA and the farmers they serve: ready access to collaboration and policymakers, or the ability to potentially attracted more talented employees because the cost of living where offices are located is lower?
