Steve Davies

1 week ago | agriculture.com | Noah Wicks |Steve Davies

Thousands of USDA employees are planning to leave the agency through a deferred resignation program that could challenge the department’s ability to fulfill critical functions such as food import and export inspections. Applications for the latest of two rounds of buyout offers closed on Tuesday. The department has not released the number of employees who had applied for the DRP offer.

3 weeks ago | agriculture.com | Steve Davies |Noah Wicks

A flagship Biden administration initiative to evaluate the impact of “climate-smart” practices and promote conservation-based agriculture is starving for money. Funding for the $3.1 billion Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program was frozen shortly after the Trump administration took office, and project participants tell Agri-Pulse they can’t hold out much longer. Now, they have taken their concerns to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.

1 month ago | agriculture.com | Noah Wicks |Steve Davies

Bills to protect chemical companies from product liability lawsuits targeting pesticides are being considered in statehouses across the nation as Bayer continues to fight thousands of court cases alleging exposure to Roundup caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma.