…information sharing and other trade rules among the three nations related to agricultural biotechnology and gene editing. Source: American Farm Bureau Federation NPPC Applauds Senate Committee Approval of USMCA (NPPC)…
Groups Respond to Passage of USMCA
…Canadian border by allowing U.S. varieties registered in Canada to receive reciprocal grading treatment. Other measures that benefit the wheat industry include the Agreement’s language around agricultural biotechnology which…
USMCA Vote Moves Deal Closer to Ratification
…strong guide for addressing continuing issues. We urge the Senate to quickly approve the USMCA.” The agreement specifically addresses agricultural biotechnology and will expand market opportunities for dairy products, chicken,…
Groups Stress Swift Passage Needed for USMCA
…a wide variety of dairy products. Canada agreed to eliminate the unfair Class 6 and 7 milk pricing programs that allowed their farmers to undersell U.S. producers. Key Provision: Biotechnology…
New Plants-3D Program Develops Next Generation of Ag Innovators
…as stipends made possible through the grant funding in order to facilitate traveling to professional conferences. There are significant opportunities in the field of agricultural biotechnology that will require innovative…
Preventing Horn Growth in Dairy Cows Through Genome Editing
…six of the offspring that were produced by that bull also didn’t grow horns.” The research was published in the journal Nature Biotechnology and all the data has been shared…
Former Agriculture Secretaries Announce Support for USMCA
…to undersell U.S. producers. Key Provision: Biotechnology For the first time, the agreement specifically addresses agricultural biotechnology – including new technologies such as gene editing – to support innovation and reduce…
Ag Groups Celebrate Trade Agreement with Japan
…and continue to support the completion of a comprehensive agreement that will include the enhanced sanitary and phytosanitary, good regulatory practices and precedent-setting biotechnology provisions strengthened under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade…
Gene Editing in Organic Production?
…expressed to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research that it may be time to reevaluate some of the standards for organic production. “We’ve seen new technology evolve that includes…
Pima Preference in California Cotton Acreage Increase
…of biotechnology varieties that have been planted this year are 89 percent, compared to 81 percent in 2018. Of that total, ten percent are insect resistant, 38 percent are herbicide…
Industry Concerned with FDA Oversight of Animal Genomics
…is proposing to regulate editing as a drug,” said Alison Van Eenennaam, Animal Genomics and Biotechnology Specialist at the University of California, Davis. “It’s just kind of outlying with what’s…
Biotech Executive Order Vital for U.S. Agriculture-Industry Reaction
American Farm Bureau Federation The following statement regarding the Administration’s efforts to facilitate the innovation of agricultural biotechnology can be attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall: “Having…
Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Biotech EO
…future – if we do not put these safe biotechnology advances to work here at home, our competitors in other nations will,” said Secretary Perdue. “Science-based advances in biotechnology have…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 06-07-19
…about updates to USDA biotechnology regulations. In this week’s Almond Update, Hillman talks to Tim Birmingham from the Almond Board of California about the 21st Annual Food Quality & Safety Symposium…