A federal appeals court on Monday, March 28, 2011 gave federal and state water regulators more time to comply with a 2009 mandate requiring Clean Water Act (CWA) permits for pesticide discharges into U.S. waters.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) request that the deadline for implementing the court’s ruling in National Cotton Council v. EPA be extended from April 9, 2011 to Oct. 31, 2011.
“Extending the compliance deadline does not fix this problem,” Don Parrish, American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Director of Regulatory Relations. “Requiring permits isn’t the solution either.”
The extension was announced three days before the House of Representatives passed legislation by a bipartisan vote of 292-130 that would prohibit additional regulation of federally-approved pesticides. The bill passed with 235 Republican and 57 Democrat “yes” votes.
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Recognizing the importance of the Wyoming agriculture industry and educating school children through reading, the week of March 20th has been designated as “Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week.” Wyoming Governor Matt Mead made the state proclamation.
Educating Wyoming school children about agriculture is the goal of the Wyoming Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Committee “Ag Books for Kids” project. 2011 marks the seventh year of the project. The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmer & Rancher Committee, along with the county Farm Bureaus, donates agriculture books each year to the elementary school libraries across Wyoming.
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Take a moment to think about how far technology has brought us in America. We can golf, go to movies, take a vacation, drive our kids to soccer games or watch a football game with friends because we don’t have to work day and night to grow our own food thanks to agriculture! If you stop and truly think about this it will fill you with wonder—Agriculture is Amazing! It is astounding to think that today each United States farmer produces food and fiber for 155 people in the United States and abroad. Compare that to only 19 people in the year 1940—Agriculture is Amazing!
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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2010 – The American Farm Bureau Federation supports legislation introduced today in both the House and the Senate that would preempt regulation of greenhouse gases by the Environmental Protection Agency based on climate change considerations.
The Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 was introduced today in the House by Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.). In the Senate, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Environment & Public Works Committee, introduced a companion bill.
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- WyFB Legislative Meeting Feb. 2-3 in Cheyenne
- 2017 State of the State address
- YF&R Conference a great success
- Veterinary Feed Directive
- Farm Bureau Convention concludes with 2017 policy roadmap
- Worker Protection Standards–what they mean
- County and state scholarships
- Todd Fornstrom elected WyFB President
- WyFB sets policy
- WyFB thanks Perry Livingston
- Crook County’s Frank Hawken receives WyFB Distinguished Service Award
- WyFB Legislative Meeting
- YF&R Conference
- WyFB membership awards
- WyFB Foundation fundraiser
- 97th WyFB Annual Meeting Nov. 10-12 in Laramie
- WyFB Foundation Symposium on Poisonous Plants
- Special district task force
- New member benefit with Budget
- Thank you Veterans
- WyFB 97th Annual Meeting Nov. 10-12 in Laramie
- Wyoming Needs Agriculture event raises enough for 4,198 meals
- EPA violated personal privacy
- YF&R Discussion Meet competitions
- Hard Work and Harmony workshop at YF&R Jan. Conference
- WyFB Foundation Symposium Nov. 10
- Trespassing to stop under settlement
- Wyoming Needs Agriculture event Sept. 17
- Genetic labeling and the Commerce Clause
- Member benefits special section
- Ag land valuation for 2017
- People of Farm Bureau: The Fornstroms
- Veterinary Feed Directive will require enhanced communication between vets and producers
- Lawsuit challenging Wyoming trespass laws dismissed
- Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse recovery plan drafted after nearly 20 years
- Election Issue: Candidate Statements
- Grizzly bear management
- Ag Books for Kids 2016 contest winners announced
- WyFB thanks Carolyn Hageman
- WyFB welcomes McKenzi Digby
- WyFB awards nine college scholarships
- Andy Johnson EPA case settlement
- Livestock investigators legislative interim topic
- Water outlook
- Grizzly bears: endangered or recovered?
- WyFB YF&R at Wyoming FFA Convention
- Life and Century Club member recognition
- BLM planning 2.0
- 2016 Legislative Review
- Legislative interim topics
- Big Data initiative adn new tool
- Center of the National Wool feature
- Why the survey matters
- “Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week” is March 7-12
- Senator Eli Bebout receives WyFB Distinguished Service award
- Wyoming Public Lands Initiative
- Why all the noise about GMOs
- WyFB Legislative Meeting
- Wyoming’s Cole Coxbill elected AFBF National YF&R Chair
- Legislative preview 2016
- WyFB Legislative Meeting Feb. 25-26
- Science doesn’t support GMO fears
- Farm Bureau scholarship opportunities
- AFBF Annual Meeting photos
- Perry Livingston elected to eleventh term as WyFB president
- WyFB sets policy for coming year
- WOTUS rule is broken; need for Congress to intervene
- WyFB Legislative Meeting
- Joint Farm Bureau YF&R Conference
- WyFB donates 5,685 meals through HFA drive
- UW’s Sarah Falen wins YF&R CDM
- Annual meeting photo and review
- “Wyoming Needs Agriculture” event at UW football raises awareness
- Nationwide stay on WOTUS rule
- The People of Farm Bureau: Perry Livingston
- Gift idea section
- wyFB Foundation knife raffle
- WyFB’s Ken Hamilton honored as UW College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Outstanding Alumni
- Greater Sage Grouse will not be listed under the ESA
- WyFB 96th Annual Meeting Nov. 12-14 in Cody
- WyFB supports UAA model
- PLF sues over EPA’s attach on stock pond
- Highlighting technology
- Waters of the U.S. rule set to take effect Aug. 28
- Wyoming Needs Agriculture day Sept. 26
- Regulatory overeach of water
- Special membership section
- Ag land valuations
- WyFB sponsors WSF beef and sheep awards
- WyFB applauds State of Wyoming for joining WOTUS lawsuit
- Small victory in the war on water
- WyFB replies to arguments in EPA CAA case
- Wire and staples too?
- WyFB Foundation Knife Raffle
- WyFB young farmers and ranchers visit Nation’s Capitol
- “Ag Books for Kids” winners announced
- New law comes into effect for Wyoming heavy vehicles on July 1
- WyFB awards nine college scholarships
- WyFB thanks Dominique Giroux; welcomes Julie Johnson
- Joint Agriculture legislative meeting update
- Magna Carta celebrates 800th anniversary
- Water outlook
- Proposed 10(j) rule for black-footed ferrets
- Ellen Westbrook retires after 36 years with Farm Bureau
- WyFB welcomes Carolyn Hageman
- Sage Grouse Protection and Conservation Act
- WyFB pleased with strengthening of property rights at 2015 Legislature
- Reduce services or increase taxes
- Legislative interim topics
- Grazing management and enterprise analysis
- Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week March 9-14
- Wolf management update
- Wyoming Water Strategy
- Endangered Species 301-ESA reform
- Livestock health update
- WyFB Legislative Meeting Feb. 12-13
- Property rights essential
- Joint YF&R Conference
- ESA 201-the need for reform
- WyFB and county scholarships
- Impact of conservation easements
- Photo contest winners
- Perry Livingston elected to tenth term as WyFB President
- WyFB sets policy for coming year
- Western Watersheds Project says they can’t afford attorney fees
- Endangered Species Act 101
- Annual Meeting awards and photos
- YF&R news
- YF&R Conference Jan. 16-17
- Farm Bureau and Wyoming Cowboys celebrate agriculture
- Changes to Wyoming’s trespass laws necessary
- “Celebrating Our Heritage…Pursuing Our Future” at the 95th WyFB Annual Meeting
- Water quality protection priority to landowners
- Gift idea section
- Farm Bureau Communications Boot Camp
- Agricultural property values
- Water…It’s all about water
- Wolf back on ESA list in Wyoming
- Livestock grazing and rangeland health
- AFBF leads delegation to reduce trade barriers abroad
- 2015 brand renewal
- AFBF to Court: Stop EPA privacy abuses
- Celebrate Agriculture Day at UW Football Game Oct. 14
- Climate change not a good excuse
- YF&R Discussion Meet
- Benefits of Farm Bureau membership
- Landowners file trespass lawsuit against Western Watersheds Project
- Above ground fuel storage capacity increased in SPCC rules
- Election Issue: Candidate Statements
- Who owns the airspace
- Setting the record straight on Waters of the U.S.
- AFBF endorses state-focused sage grouse bill
- “Ag Books for Kids” winners announced
- Federal agency authority and state trespass laws need defined to protect private property
- WyFB thanks Suzy Noecker as she retires after 19 years with the organization
- WyFB welcomes Holly Kennedy
- Noted economist finds EPA analysis of water rule flawed
- WyFB awards nine college scholarships
- 2014 water outlook
- The Cheyenne Stockyards – the livestock “hotel” with a history
- Ride for the brand at FFA Convention
- Farm Bureau tells members to “Ditch” EPA water rule
- WyFB comments to BLM and Forest Service on sage grouse
- Review of the 2014 Legislative Session
- Wyoming Farm Bureau filed petition for review against EPA
- Legislative interim topics assigned
- Should we regulate sugar?
- Farm Bureau comments on OSHA regulations
- “Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week” is March 10-15
- Wyoming Water Strategy being developed
- YF&R participants attend national conference
- Commissioner Hirsig provides summary on Healthcare Reform
- 2013 Photo Contest results
- WyFB Legislative Meeting to be Feb. 27-28
- Farm Bureau delegates set public policy positions for 2014
- Citizen legislature the way to go
- YF&R Conference review
- Economic impact of losing cattle production
- Process to convert coal bed gas wells to water wells
- State and county scholarship opportunities
- WyFB sets policy for coming year
- Perry Livingston elected to ninth term as WyFB President
- Congressional Delegation address Farm Bureau members
- Converse County’s Frank and Leslie Eathorne win WyFB Distinguished Service Award
- YF&R Conference Jan. 23-24 in Cody
- WyFB donated equivalent of 6,872 meals to help Wyoming families in need
- Converse County rancher Rachel Grant wins WyFB YF&R Discussion Meet
- Annual meeting photos and information
- WyFB 94th Annual Meeting Nov. 14-16
- Celebrate Agriculture Football Event raises 1,316 pounds of food
- MT v. WY interstate water dispute at trial
- Collegiate Discussion Meet winner
- Changes in brucellosis testing
- “Plan Success” at the 2013 WyFB Foundation Symposium
- Member Gift Idea section
- Ag land valuation increasing in 2014
- Celebrate Agriculture/Harvest for All event at UW Football Game Oct. 12
- WyFB 94th Annual Meeting Nov. 14-16 in Laramie
- “Plan Success” at the 2014 WyFB Foundation Symposium Nov. 14
- Telecommunications Question and Answer Series
- Wyoming Wolf Coalition-2013 files amicus brief in D.C. lawsuit
- Farm Bureau Collegiate Discussion Meet Oct. 8
- Expectations of privacy
- Telecommunications Question and Answer Series
- Member Benefit Insert
- Wyoming Telecommunications Act sunsets in 2015; changes to be made
- Food fads
- Honoring World War II Veteran David Holwell–Freedom is something we all must work to protect
- Federal regional haze requirements have hazy benefits
- FMCSA grants exemption request for livestock carriers
- Legislative Judiciary Interim Committee addresses landowner liability
- Ag Books for Kids goes cow crazy in Wyoming–contest results
- Farm Bureau Views: Sequestration
- Member Benefits offer savings
- WyFB offers nine college scholarships
- Recent storms increase snowpack
- Will America end up with an emperor?
- Today’s Ag: Friend of Wildlife
- YF&R Committee shares Farm Bureau with FFA
- Brucellosis update
- ACFB holds local discussion meet
- Legislative Review
- Equal access to justice for a few
- Legislative interim topics
- New Member Benefit with Case-IH
- YF&R State Chair reflections
- 2012 Photo Contest Winners
- Farm Bureau members attend WyFB Legislative Meeting
- Congressional Delegation address Farm Bureau members
- Governor Mead speaks to Farm Bureau members
- Agriculture transportation rules discussed by WyDOT panel
- Final animal disease traceability rule
- Generations Nourishing Generations
- WyFB YF&R contestant Kaitlynn Glover advances to “Sweet 16” in AFBF Collegiate Discussion Meet
- WyFB Legislative Meeting scheduled for Feb. 18-19
- Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week is “Feb. 11-16
- AFBF delegates set policy
- YF&R Conference report and Celebrating 10 Years of WyFB YF&R program
- WyFB and county Farm Bureau scholarships
- WyFB sets policy for coming year
- Livingston elected to eight term as WyFB President
- Elden and Tena Baldwin receives Leadership Award
- Hugh Thompson receives Distinguished Service Award
- WyFB members donate the equivalent of 6,605 meals to help Wyoming families
- Annual meeting speaker and event coverage
- WyFB Annual Meeting Nov. 15-17
- UW’s Kaitlynn Glover wins WyFB YF&R Collegiate Discussion Meet
- Honoring World War II Veteran Bill Vollman
- Sound economic impact analysis critical component of ESA
- Wyoming Made by Farm Bureau members Gift Idea Section
- Governor appoints new director of DEQ
- WyFB 93rd Annual Meeting Nov. 15-17
- WyFB statement on announcement to delist wolves
- Food Preservation: a trend making a comeback
- Property rights and election year politics
- Land owner licenses concept being considered
- Farm Bureau Collegiate Discussion Meet Oct. 16
- Farm Bureau membership benefit insert
- YF&R Committee elections this fall
- Special Election Issue: Statements from candidates for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives
- WyFB Young Farmers & Ranchers visit Nation’s Capitol
- Stop the Flood of Regulation
- America’s Heartland filming comes to Wyoming
- Agricultural land valuations for 2013 will increase
- Ag Books for Kids contest winners announced
- Joint Agriculture Committee meets
- WyFB awards nine college scholarships
- Water outlook for 2012
- The food we eat
- An itemized tax receipt
- FCC order will impact rural telecommunications
- Ag Books for Kids starts the conversation
- 2012 Legislative Review
- Update our ports
- EPA regulatory overreach slapped down by Supreme Court
- Pesticide permit information
- WyFB 2011 Photo Contest winners
- WyFB Legislative Meeting Report
- Tax and fiscal issues
- Announcing Farm Bureau/GM Incentive Program
- Bridging the generational divide
- Wyoming Agricultural Literacy Week
- WyFB Legislative Meeting Feb. 27-28
- AFBF delegates approve policy
- Legislative session preview
- Federal money used for conservation easements
- State and county Farm Bureau scholarship information
- WyFB sets policy for coming year
- Senator Enzi addresses Farm Bureau and calls for one percent solution to budget
- Livingston re-elected president
- Annual meeting coverage
- YF&R Harvest for All project
- Conservation easements take away important property rights
- America has a culture because of agriculture
- Whooping crane case could impact water
- WyFB 92nd Annual Meeting in Cheyenne
- YF&R Conference Dec. 2-3 in Casper
- Made by Farm Bureau members–Gift Idea Section
- EPA will not regulate agricultural dust
- WyFB 92nd Annual Meeting Nov. 10-12
- EPA SPCC plan required by Nov. 10 for operations storing more than 1,320 gallons of oil or oil products
- AFBF’s Legal Advocacy Program
- WyFB comments to Game & Fish on wolf plan
- Today’s Agriculture Symposium Nov. 10, 2011
- Livestock traceability
- Changes in gasoline tax refund–hearing scheduled for Sept. 12
- The cost of ESA paperwork
- Member benefits insert
- Wyoming Game and Fish Commission seeks public comments on revised wolf management plan
- Preble’s returned to ESA list; another example of flaws of ESA
- Wyoming and Feds agree in principle on wolf management
- WyFB names Outstanding Membership Workers
- The general economy
- Legislative news from the Office of State Lands & Investments
- Ag Books for Kids winners announced
- What is sustainability?
- EPA’s expanding regulation of agriculture
- Succession planning conversations–thoughts from two generations
- WyFB: USFS National Planning Rule needs to include grazing and timber
- 2011 water outlook
- Legislative redistricting public hearings set
- Congress should address meaningful reform of ESA
- WyFB scholarship winners
- Succession planning-a banker’s view
- Farmers prevail in court decision on EPA livestock rules
- Multiple links form one chain—Farm Bureau member shares experience on AFBF YF&R Committee
- Colorado and Nebraska to require Wyoming DSA cattle to be identified before import
- Legislative interim topics
- Governor says thank agriculture for what we have
- Different standards for ruling authority
- UW’s Ben Berry advanced to “Sweet 16” in AFBF Collegiate Discussion Meet
- Rancher says succession planning was a success because of no secrets
- 2010 Photo Contest winners
- AFBF Calls for Strong Farm Safety Net, EPA Oversight
- Trichomoniasis research
- Succession planning…viewpoint of a young couple
- WyFB and county scholarship information
- Livingston elected to sixth term as WyFB President
- Wyoming Farm Bureau sets policy for coming year
- Senator Barrasso addresses Wyoming Farm Bureau
- EQC rejects Very Rare or Uncommon Petition for Sand Creek area
- U.S. District Judge Johnson: USFWS rejection of Wyoming Wolf Management plan was arbitrary and capricious
- America has a culture thanks to agriculture
- EPA authority moving to a watershed near you?
- Succession Planning Series: estate planning
- Wyoming Made gift idea section
- WyFB 91st annual meeting
- Elephants and agriculture: what do they have in common?
- A world view of farm succession
- Wind energy issues
- Rezoning of FEMA flood maps could affect you
- Recognizing the symptoms of rabies in livestock
- Effective and economical approach necessary for management of wild horses
- Membership benefits insert
- EQC accepts Very Rare or Uncommon Petition on fourth try
- Special Election Issue
- Renew the American Dream with Estate Tax Reform
- WyFB names outstanding membership workers
Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation News Release–February 18, 2011
Laram
ie—Concern about the cost of a healthy diet being out of reach remains on the minds of many Americans as the nation continues to work through serious economic woes. However, according to an Agriculture Department study, the cost of eating healthy hasn’t changed as much as some less-healthy alternatives. Eating healthy food while on a budget does require strategic shopping.
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