Farm Policy & Legislation

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (771+ words) Stepping into her role as Sonoma’s permanent city manager, Cristine Alilovich aims to strengthen the city’s fiscal sustainability, deepen community engagement, and leverage regional partnerships to tackle such issues as housing, while also preserving Sonoma’s history and charm. In the…...

8+ hour, 34+ min ago   (1390+ words) When highway workers ran into a sinkhole with 20,000 bison bones in it, they had to completely re-route Interstate 90 in 1969. What became known as the Vore Buffalo Jump is a rare archaeological site where people can see artifacts in their original…...

6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (280+ words) DEER LODGE - Believe it or not, this bustling warehouse is part of the Montana State Prison. There’s a program here that lets prisoners use their skills and helps their time go by much more smoothly. Inside the prison workshop keeping…...

12+ hour, 56+ min ago   (129+ words) A former North Dakota State University Extension specialist and professor may have retired, but he hasn’t stopped sharing his knowledge of soil with the state. Two years after his retirement from NDSU Extension, Dave Franzen has compiled over five decades…...

10+ hour, 36+ min ago   (620+ words) Beneath every rice paddy and wheat field lies an intricate economy of organisms, from bacteria and fungi to nematodes, mites, springtails, potworms and earthworms, all connected through chains of consumption and decomposition that determine how nutrients cycle and how fertile…...

14+ hour, 36+ min ago   (150+ words) The White House is considering how it might use the Defense Production Act to expand U.S. oil refining capacity. The proposal came up during a recent meeting between President Donald Trump and a dozen U.S. refiners, where they discussed the ways in…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (621+ words) SIOUX FALLS — A federal judge will decide whether South Dakota’s secretary of state is violating the U.S. Constitution with allegedly misleading letters to voters registered as federal-only, and by allegedly failing to tell them how to change their status....

17+ hour, 14+ min ago   (189+ words) A Notice by the Small Business Administration on 09/14/2026 This PDF is FR Doc. 2026-18758 as it appeared on Public Inspection on 09/11/2026 at 8:45 am. This is notice of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the state…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (430+ words) Voting rights groups challenging Indiana’s citizenship verification statutes as discriminatory have less than a month to refile their complaint after a federal judge dismissed it on Thursday. The plaintiffs – League of Women Voters of Indiana, Common Cause Indiana, Hoosier Asian…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (544+ words) Women in Georgia have had to navigate the state's six week abortion ban for the past few years, but lawyers and advocates say a lawsuit coming out of another Southern state could further restrict access. On Sept. 9 oral arguments began…...