On April 24, the Agriculture Retailers Association (ARA) sent numerous letters to Congressional leaders in support of the […]
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has withdrawn its proposed regulation regarding farm employment of minors after Agricultural […]
On April 26, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed their version of a 2012 Farm Bill by a vote […]
Greg Thies joins Syngenta this month as senior director of Federal Government Relations, based in Washington, DC. In […]
On May 9, 2011, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued new […]
On April 12, the Environmental Working Group (EWG), issued a report titled Troubled Waters – Farm Pollution Threatens […]
ARA has welcomed new staff members Michael Kennedy and Jeff Sands to the organization’s public policy team. The […]
Six biofuel trade associations have filed a motion in the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District […]
CropLife America (CLA) and RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) held their annual CLA/RISE Spring Conference April […]
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN.) has reintroduced legislation (H.R.4318) to ban the herbicide atrazine. Atrazine is used nationwide to […]
Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND), Max Baucus (D-MT), and John Hoeven (R-ND) unveiled the ‘Revenue Loss Assistance and Crop […]
With planting season already beginning in some parts of the country, the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA), the Agricultural […]
On October 31, 2011, a new federal regulation requiring a permit for certain pesticide applications went into effect. […]
For the third consecutive year, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack addressed attendees of Commodity Classic’s General Session on Friday. […]
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) applauds the U.S. District Court decision, issued Friday, February 18, that restricts the […]
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA), the Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference (AFTC) of the American Trucking Associations, the […]
The agriculture community took a number of important steps toward a 2012 Farm Bill this week, with commodity […]
The crop protection industry and all related stakeholders experienced great change in 2011, and next year may prove […]
Both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees have announced plans to start the rewrite of the Farm Bill […]