Like other environmental extremist groups, CBD frequently files lawsuits to delay implementation of policies they don’t like. Had they succeeded here, CBD would have gained countless new opportunities to file such lawsuits by increasing the bureaucratic morass, thus locking up species management and the land those species may or may not actually inhabit for additional years or even…
Logan Wilde, commissioner of agriculture and head of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, said the seeds are a threat to public lands and can result in substantial threats to ecosystems should nonnative plants take root. Amy Joi O'Donoghue…
Between 2001 and 2016, 11 million acres of farmland and ranchland were converted to urban and highly developed land use or low-density residential land use. Jennifer Shike and Sara Schafer Drovers Sprawling Urban Development Threatens Livestock Production Two thousand acres…
...while playing with China could be an economic boon to some in the state, the benefits may not translate to individual farmers. It could also damage U.S. agriculture, food security, and the environment as well. Tove Danovich takepart China Is…
Most food items will face higher property taxes several times, as they travel from the farm to processing, packaging, distribution, and grocery store. Agriculture was always considered sacred in the eyes of California’s property taxing agencies, and especially under Proposition 13.…
How do farmers do all this? Well, nowadays it takes some freakishly expensive equipment, some high-grade science, a bit of luck with the weather, and a huge amount of hard, hard work. Joy Pullman The Federalist 6 Amazing High-Tech Things…
What’s particularly alarming to LaPant and other farmers familiar with his case is that in their view the Corps saw fit to modify the Clean Water Act without congressional approval, Francois said. Kevin Mooney Daily Signal California Farmer Fights Government…
For many years, the groundwater under much of the South Platte Basin, which includes Weld County, was accessed via the drilling of private wells. The history of well drilling is fraught and tangled — and bears much more discussion —…
Is animal reproduction an activity deemed ineligible for a bank loan? Yes, in Rein’s case, and the rejection was triggered specifically due to her operation’s involvement in horse breeding. The details of Rein’s loan denial may draw concern from livestock…
"...it's not a pollutant that threatens human civilization as has been ridiculously claimed by global warming doomsday pushers. CO2 actually increases plant yields, accelerates "re-greening" and improves reforestation of the planet." Mike Adams Natural News If carbon dioxide is so…