Corn emergence reportedly on pace, but early condition weak
Although 92 percent of the nation’s corn has been planted according to USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Progress reports through May 28, and emergence is on pace, early condition reports are weak.
Donald Trump officially announced last week his decision to abandon the 2015 Paris Accord, reached when the United States and 195 other nations agreed to cut greenhouse-emissions (GHGs) in an effort to curb climate change. The U.S. had committed to reducing GHGs by 26-28 percent from 2005 levels, by 2025.
MFB, Chamber ask Pruitt to keep water oversight in-state
The Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) and Michigan Chamber of Commerce are asking U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to conduct a second review of the state’s Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting program.
Trump’s ‘infrastructure week’ may kick-start $1 trillion plan
President Donald J. Trump is expected to spend much of this week working to advance a $1 trillion plan for a joint public-private investment that would provide much-needed upgrades to all aspects of U.S. infrastructure, including energy, municipal water and broadband access.
Trump budget could shutter Peoria’s USDA-ARS ‘Ag Lab’
USDA facility closures resulting from President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget, announced in late May, could mean the loss of the nation’s largest USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) crop use research center.
