AFBF Backs Bill to Clarify FIFRA Permitting Requirements

Aug. 9, 2010--The American Farm Bureau Federation strongly supports a bill introduced Friday by Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) that aims to clarify that additional permits are not required for pesticide application in accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.

AFBF Statement Regarding Extension of GIPSA Comment Period

Washington, D.C. , Monday, July 26, 2010

“The American Farm Bureau Federation is pleased the Agriculture Department’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) has extended its comment period by 90 days on its Packers and Stockyards Act proposed rule. AFBF initially requested a 120-day extension to better analyze the economic and legal impacts of the rule on producers.

Livestock Board requesting comments on Trich Rules

--Comment deadline is Sept. 20, 2010

            The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation wants agriculture producers to be aware of the Sept. 20 comment deadline on the Wyoming Livestock Board proposed changes to Chapter 15 Trichomoniasis rules. 

Agriculture responds to El Paso Gas controversy

El Paso Corp. is the company overseeing the Ruby Pipeline proposal for a pipeline from western Wyoming to Oregon.  The recent arrangement among El Paso Corp and Western Watersheds Project (WWP) and Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA)  appears to be pitting one industry against another- Ranching and Pipelines.  WWP has the overriding goal of removing livestock grazing from federal lands.  The amount paid to WWP and ONDA, $20.0 million, equates to $29,411.76 per mile, or $91.91 per rod.  This amount is in addition to what is paid for the easement.   This sets a very dangerous precedent, allowing a large company to buy their way from litigation.  This type of activity will hurt other industries that cannot afford these large settlements. 

Read two articles that respond to the El Paso Gas controversy.  One article is by Natrona County Rancher Doug Cooper and one article is by the Western Legacy Alliance.