by Rebecca Barker | April 4, 2023 | Front Page, Regulatory
Revised Definition of WOTUS Overturned as Senate Passes Congressional Review Act On March 29th, the U.S. Senate passed the WOTUS Congressional Review Act (CRA), which resulted in the overturning of the Biden administration’s finalized WOTUS ruling. The final...
by Rebecca Barker | March 21, 2023 | Front Page, Regulatory
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) is encouraging commercial specialty crop growers, pesticide applicators and beekeepers to work together to protect sensitive crops and pollinators from harmful pesticides. Pesticides include all categories of pest control...
by Rebecca Barker | March 15, 2023 | Association News, Front Page, Regulatory
400 Groups, including the Nebraska Agri-Business Association, signed a letter in strong support of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and House Committee on Agriculture with a sufficient budget for the 2024 Farm Bill. A complete copy of the...
by Rebecca Barker | March 14, 2023 | Front Page, Regulatory
The Nebraska Agri-Business Association joined more than 400 organizations engaged with pesticide products in a letter sent to members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives that affirms these organization’s support the pesticide regulatory system in place...
by Scott Merritt | February 17, 2023 | Front Page, Regulatory
Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) Director Sherry Vinton recently sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) objecting to a label revision for the herbicide dicamba and a proposed early cutoff date for its use. Today, NDA was notified that...
by Rebecca Barker | February 8, 2022 | Regulatory
The EPA has recently received data clarifying the impact of Enlist on the American Burying Beetle which, should the data demonstrate the beetle will not be impacted as EPA anticipated, it could support a registration amendment lifting county-level prohibitions. The...