Agri-Pulse
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Viewpoint: California pesticide regulation battle highlights influence of politically connected activist groups
[California] Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for strong regulatory enforcement to “protect children from pesticide exposure” in a new directive ...
US, Kenya free-trade agreement could end run African nation’s ‘entrenched’ anti-GMO interests
Anti-biotech activists and sentiment are entrenched throughout Africa, but U.S. farm groups and businesses are hoping a free-trade agreement with ...
Viewpoint: Excessive animal biotech rules hinder our efforts to battle coronavirus
To help the U.S. better prepare for the future, we need changes to the U.S. animal biotechnology regulatory system. The ...
Viewpoint: President Trump should end FDA-USDA turf war over animal gene-editing regulation to foster innovation
In more than two decades, only one biotechnology food animal has been approved for production and sale in the United ...
Farmers, anti-glyphosate activists lobby EPA as agency mulls herbicide’s future in US
Pro- and anti-glyphosate companies and organizations lined up to praise — or bash — the active ingredient in the most ...
Agricultural industry split over prospects of government not regulating gene editing as part of reform of biotechnology regulations
Crop developers say USDA’s effort to streamline its regulation of biotech crops will still slow the commercialization of many gene-edited ...
Food and farm groups combat activist effort to ban glyphosate from oat production
An effort by the Environmental Working Group seeks to eliminate the use of glyphosate in oat production, but farm and ...
USDA proposes regulation ‘overhaul’ to streamline new biotech crop development
Many new genetically engineered crop traits would be exempt from regulation by the Agriculture Department under a sweeping rewrite of ...
As trade talks progress, China may slow already lengthy approval process for US biotech crops
China may agree to buy more U.S. agriculture commodities and lift onerous trade barriers in the ongoing talks, but unless ...
US farmer groups urge UK to ‘break’ with EU’s biotech crop rules
America’s farmers and ranchers are eager for a U.S. free trade agreement with the U.K., but only if the British ...
USDA releases long-awaited GMO labeling rules
New disclosure requirements finalized by USDA for biotech foods will mandate the use of the term "bioengineered" while providing a key exemption for ...
Federal judge rules California can’t label glyphosate herbicide as cancer-causing
California cannot require companies to place warning labels on glyphosate products, a federal judge affirmed in a ruling issued Tuesday [June 12] ...
US House committee approves amendment requiring genetically engineered salmon to be labeled
The [House Appropriations Committee] ... approved, over a handful of objections, an amendment that would subject genetically engineered salmon to ...
USDA releases GMO food labeling proposal—suggests using ‘bioengineered’ instead of ‘genetically modified’
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a proposed rule to implement the landmark legislation requiring some form of disclosure of ...
Proposed 2018 Farm Bill includes amendments aimed at streamlining regulation of genetic engineering
The House Agriculture Committee approved a group of 15 Republican amendments to the panel’s farm bill that would modify a ...
USDA has ‘no plans’ to regulate CRISPR gene-edited crops, says agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue ... issued a statement making it clear that USDA does not regulate, or have any plans ...
Will the noxious public debate over GMOs turn consumers against gene-edited crops?
Americans are easily riled about genetically modifying crops, animals and foods, even though research indicates they know little about how ...
How should the FDA regulate CRISPR gene-edited animals?
Gene editing is touted as a promising new way of altering the DNA of plants or animals to speed their ...
Virus-resistant CRISPR pigs could save pork producers $600 million per year
To pig farmer Thomas Titus, new scientific techniques could bring better disease resistance for his herd, saving baby pigs and potentially ...
Farmers, scientists worry anti-GMO activists could stymie CRISPR and other gene-edited crop research
[N]ew precision breeding tools are creating such a buzz that some activists suggest techniques like CRISPR Cas9 - which involves ...
For sale in Canada, genetically engineered salmon delayed by politics in US
A trivia question for American food shoppers: AquAdvantage, the genetically engineered Atlantic salmon being sold in Canada, is available in ...
Gene editing: How breeders use CRISPR and TALEN to improve crops, livestock
Animal and plant breeders are trying out a set of powerful new tools which have the potential to revolutionize agricultural ...
Public embrace of CRISPR gene editing key to future of agriculture
The process of producing food, protecting the environment, and improving animal health is advancing at a seemingly breakneck pace. These ...
Opinion: Think twice before purchasing products with the ‘fake news’-spreading Non-GMO Project label
[Editor's note: Randy Krotz is CEO of the US Farmers & Ranchers Alliance.] I am increasingly finding items that are labeled ...
USDA approves first release of GE diamondback moths, in New York cabbage fields
A proposal to release genetically engineered diamondback moths in cabbage fields in upstate New York has received a green light ...
Nina Fedoroff: USDA, FDA proposals intended to streamline biotech crop regulations don’t offer needed relief
[Editor's note: Nina Fedoroff is an American molecular biologist. She was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2007 and served ...
Can the FDA convince public that GMOs are safe to eat, good for environment?
The Food and Drug Administration has a tough job ahead of it, a job that the food and agriculture sectors ...
98% of U.S. farmers say GMOs help reduce environmental footprint of farming
A survey of 282 U.S. farmers shows 98 percent of them think GMO seeds - typically bred to be resistant to things ...
