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Today Agricultural Retailers Association President and CEO Daren Coppock praised an announcement by the U.S. EPA and U.S. Department of the Army repealing the 2015 Waters of the United States rule.

On Sept. 5, U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced a call for public comment on policy options that may promote market-based approaches to water quality improvements.

In a recent episode of the AgPro podcast, Hunter Carpenter, Director of Public Policy at the Ag Retailers Association, shares the latest from our nation’s capital.

With just 39 legislative days remaining in 2019, the ARA is once again calling for congressional leadership in the House and Senate to support the passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

As sustainability director at J.R. Simplot, Brandy Wilson explains how the company is progressing its sustainability goals and putting into practice the company’s motto of Bringing Earth’s Resources to Life.

ARA is encouraging retailers to submit comments by the Oct. 15 deadline.

Field to Market’s Kelly Murray Young shares how the SPARC initiative is going so far and all of the ways retailers can get the conversation started with their farmer customers about sustainability.

The goal is to improve the long-term success of the agency’s Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) requirements. The Agricultural Retailers Association supports these targeted revisions.

“We are excited to have Danielle on board,” said ARA President and CEO Daren Coppock in a news release. “Her experience and relationships in Washington will be an asset to the team and for our members.”

Of the imported formulated products, 1/3 of herbicides, 1/3 of insecticides and about 5% of fungicides are sourced from China. For AIs, all imported glyphosate, 50% of dicamba, and 50% of 2,4-D are sourced from China.