Category: American Farm Bureau Federation

Americans Will Pay 17 Percent More for July 4 Cookout: Farm Bureau

U.S. consumers can expect to pay 17 percent more to eat on Independence Day in 2022, according to a new report from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). The annual study confirmed that the average cost of a summer cookout for 10 people would total $69.68, up $10 from 2021. The authors of the study…


Former Trump EPA Official Questions Court Order Striking Down Key Water Rule

On Aug. 30, Judge Rosemary Márquez of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, an Obama administration appointee, remanded and vacated the Trump administration’s 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR), drawing criticism from a former Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official and Senate Republicans. The NWPR had replaced the Obama administration’s 2015 Clean…