EPA: OK to use E15 in older vehicles
Ethanol waiver expanded to include cars and trucks from 2001 through 2006.
Congress puts brakes on EPA action: Farm oil spill enforcement delayed
Farm oil spill containment rule will not be enforced against farms until September 2013.
MPP safety net kicks in for dairymen
USDA announces MPP safety net kicks in for dairymen; deadline currently set at Sept. 30, although lawmakers pushing for extension until Dec. 31.
Trump taps Sonny Perdue as ag secretary
President-elect Donald Trump is likely to nominate former Georgia governor Sonny Perdue as his secretary of agriculture.
CRISPR technology can speed up crop improvement
Wheat research using CRISPR-Cas9, or gene editing, technology doesn't add anything new to the wheat variety, only an improvement in the performance of the wheat’s genes.
