Agricultural and commerce groups celebrated a Supreme Court ruling on June 28 reducing the power of the federal agencies in determining legal regulations against producers, businesses and farming operations.

Here a few news items summarized for you to start the third week of May.

EPA has recently released further amendments concerning Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) guidelines that, while a step in the right direction, still leave much to be desired by ag industry stakeholders.

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Public Lands Council launched a grassroots campaign opposing the new BLM conservation rule, as it has the potential to limit access to grazing on public lands and set the doors open for radical environmentalists, against the ranching community, to advance their agendas.

The decision released May 25 and written by Justice Samuel Alito halted the agency’s authority under the CWA to regulate “navigable waters of the U.S.” in a fashion that applies authority and penalties on all wetlands near bodies of water, even those indistinguishable from regular geographic land.

Nervous, guarded and cautiously optimistic is how several dairy producers across Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana described their attitudes coming into 2023.