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ISSUE: Federal pesticide frameworks, including the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA), remain essential components of crop protection oversight. These frameworks were developed during an era when field-wide broadcast applications represented the dominant delivery method. Risk assessments naturally reflected those realities. Today, ultra-high precision agriculture technologies create conditions dram

WASHINGTON, D.C. - American Agri-Women’s 30 th Symposium was held at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C. on June 9 th . The organization’s past presidents identified this year’s topic as, “New Era in Public Land Management: Healthy Forests, Grazing, and Water Resources,” to develop a deeper understanding of complex issues and possible solutions for improving the health of U.S. natural resources. AAW Immediate Past President Heather Hampton+Knodle o

An average American Holstein dairy cow produces approximately 75 pounds — or about 9 gallons — of milk per day . Over a standard 305-day lactation period, that adds up to around 23,000 pounds of milk . Depending on health, nutrition, and stage of lactation, daily production can range from about 4 to more than 11 gallons. That’s roughly 90 glasses of milk every single day from one cow. Holsteins make up more than 90% of the U.S. dairy herd, and their high production is one re