EPCRA advance notice of proposed rulemaking

November 30, 2023

As shared in a previous UEP newsletter, at the beginning of November, EPA withdrew from consideration the draft proposed rule that would have required animal operations to report air emissions of ammonia to state and local …

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New AMS grants could benefit egg industry

November 30, 2023

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has made up to $420 million available to state agriculture departments under the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program. Through cooperative agreements with states, AMS will provide funds to “maintain and …

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First commercial layer detection in 320 days

November 9, 2023

Last week, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed HPAI H5N1 in a Minnesota commercial layer flock, where 940,000 hens were housed. This was the first commercial layer detection in 320 days …

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House Democrats introduce Clean Water Act of 2023

October 26, 2023

On the 51st anniversary of the Clean Water Act, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Transportation, and Infrastructure Rick Larsen (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Rep. Don …

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First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visits Outward Farms on World Egg Day

October 26, 2023

On World Egg Day, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden traveled to Raymond, Ohio, to visit and tour Onward Farms, a family-owned egg farm by co-founder and CEO Sandra Lausecker and her brother Daniel Lausecker. In …

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