Clean Water Protection Rule Unfortunately, the Clean Water Protection Rule is currently blocked nationwide by courts—this action is only temporary. After considering feedback from over 400 public meetings and more than 1,000,000 public comment letters, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers released the Clean Water Protection Rule on May 27, 2015. By clearly…
Read MoreRecent Floodplain Development Proposals
Proposed Ice Rink Development Threatens St. Louis Co. Creve Coeur Park A proposal to construct a hockey complex in St. Louis County’s Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park would convert 40 acres of parkland in the floodplain to a massive hockey complex. See MCE’s public comments on the proposal’s Environmental Assessment and get more details and learn…
Read MoreMissouri River Restoration
Restoration efforts have been ongoing within the Missouri River as well. Since about 2000 the Corps of Engineers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been working on the Missouri River Recovery Program (MRRP), whose mission is to “Implement actions to accomplish Missouri River ecosystem recovery goals in coordination and collaboration with agency partners and…
Read MoreTitle I: Commodities
The programs under Title I provide payments to farmers who produce “covered commodities” or simply, commodity crops or cash crops.“ The term ‘covered commodity’ means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, and other oilseeds.”[1] Base acres as used in this section are commodity-crop-specific acres enrolled…
Read MoreTitle XII: Miscellaneous
The Miscellaneous Title of the Farm Bill is divided into four sections: livestock; socially disadvantaged and limited-resource producers; other miscellaneous, and a fourth section on oilheat efficiency, research, and jobs training.[1] The livestock section of the 2014 Farm Bill’s Title XII includes provisions that address animal health, such as the establishment of an animal health laboratory network and renewals…
Read MoreTitle XI: Crop Insurance
Title XI Crop Insurance states that producers are eligible for crop insurance if there is enough supporting data available to support a claim of losses. It makes available subsidized insurance policies for about 130 commodities and crops, including commodities like corn, soy, wheat, cotton and others additionally covered by the programs under the Commodity Title, and specialty…
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