Government/Policy Archives

July 19, 2023

The IA joined NAW and more than 160 other business groups asking Congress to make permanent a 20% deduction for small businesses.

July 14, 2023

The Department of the Interior is initiating the process to develop future operating guidelines and strategies to protect the Colorado River.

July 7, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency is working to provide an update revising its current Waters of the United States rule.

July 5, 2023

Even though irrigated agriculture occupies only 20% of the world's cultivated land, it yields 40% of the global food supply.

July 1, 2023

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Industry advocates representing a wide range of companies gathered in Washington, D.C., for the 2023 Irrigation Association Fly-In.

June 29, 2023

The IA joined the Manufacturers for Sensible Regulations coalition in expressing concern over several Biden administration regulations.

June 14, 2023

The United States House of Representatives passed H.R.1339, the Precision Agriculture Satellite Connectivity Act, April 25.

June 5, 2023

The national debt limit has been suspended until January 2025 thanks to a bipartisan debt ceiling agreement.

May 25, 2023

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Michael and Chantell Sackett in the case of Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency.

May 19, 2023

The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee proposed a bill cutting USDA funding by more than $9 billion below 2023 levels.