The Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board ordered the Department of Ecology to rewrite pollution discharge permits for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to better protect water

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an investment of $537 million in 543 biofuel projects across 29 states with funding from the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP)

A bill regulating anaerobic digesters advanced from the Iowa House of Representatives and moved on the Senate

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture announced funding to support the purchase and maintenance of manure spreaders and the establishment of a community use program for manure spreaders

Farmers are still waiting on a new farm bill. Late last year, the American Relief Act of 2025 was signed into law, which extended the 2018 Farm Bill for one more year


Changes have been finalized by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for two of its general permits for feedlots

Proposed legislation in South Dakota would strengthen existing laws that make it a crime to steal farm animals, release animals, trespass on farms, or interfere with farm operations

Changes have been finalized by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for two of its general permits for feedlots

Following the confirmation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on a poultry farm, the Delaware Department of Agriculture issued a control order requiring specific handling, transport, and storage

The Oregon Department of Agriculture rewrote its regulations for dairy farms and adopted the final version in late September


In Oregon, the Linn County Board of Commissioners amended a setback rule for CAFOs

Four ag groups filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to preserve certain rights granted to livestock producers

Manure was used as a prop by protestors last month in the French city of Toulouse

The California Dairy Research Foundation and the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Environmental Farming and Innovation awarded $15.65 million in grant funding to 11 projects

State agriculture groups and attorneys representing more than 100 farmers pleaded their case to the Michigan Supreme Court


Farms in Oregon face new regulations after the passing of Senate Bill 85

A well-established program that helped farmers in Maryland comply with nutrient application and reporting will be discontinued, according to a recent Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) announcement

The cause of a massive barn fire on a dairy in Texas was determined to be an engine fire in a vacuum truck being used to clean manure from the barn’s alleyways

A judge ruled that the exemption violated the National Environmental Policy Act. Now, those farms that receive USDA loans will be required to have an environmental assessment

The state of Wisconsin’s Senate and Assembly showed their support of agriculture by passing Senate Bill 247, which was signed into law as Wisconsin Act 13 less than a week later by Governor Tony