by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.V., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., today released the following statements upon introduction of the Accelerating...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
On Wednesday, June 3, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal issued an order vacating EPA’s pesticide registrations containing the active ingredient dicamba: Xtendimax with Vaporgrip Technology (EPA Reg. No. 524-617); Engenia – (EPA Reg. No. 7969-345); and FeXapan – (EPA...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Earlier today, the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, along with other sweet potato interest groups filed a letter with USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue on behalf of the U.S. sweet potato industry. The letter highlight the major impact COVID-19 made on the industry and...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
On April 16, 2020, the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced a Notice of Intent (NOI) to conduct a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Backwater (YBW) area. In 2007, the Mississippi Levee Board presented a plan for the...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
On July 2, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker from Mississippi and Chris Coons from Delaware spearheaded a letter to Senate Leadership calling for direct assistance to the nation’s contract poultry growers in the next COVID-19 aid package to be considered by the U.S. Senate...
