by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the appointment of thirty-three members to the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC). Established in 2008, the FRRCC provides independent policy advice,...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
The Small Business Administration (SBA) issued an interim final rule that incorporates the loan forgiveness changes of the Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act (Flexibility Act). On June 23, the SBA released an interim final rule that updates the First Loan...
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...
