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USDA releases annual Pesticide Data Program summary

Date：Dec. 19, 2018 Category：Markets

More than 99% of samples tested in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Pesticide Data Program had residue levels well below levels established by the Environm...

US: Trends in the adoption of genetically engineered corn, cotton, and soybeans

Date：Dec. 14, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

A genetically engineered (GE) plant has had DNA inserted into its genome using laboratory techniques. Some of the first GE crops were created by inserting genes...

Tags:GM crop Cotton Soybean Maize

Report outlines USDA technology innovations

Date：Dec. 11, 2018 Category：Science&Research

Research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) generated 166 new inventions and 68 patent applications in the 2017 fiscal year, according to a report iss...

Poland poised to postpone GE feed ban for more two years

Date：Dec. 4, 2018 Category：Regulations

The Government of Poland is poised to postpone the impending ban on GE livestock feed and GE-derived feed ingredients through December 31, 2020.

Tags:GM crop

USDA: the value of US agricultural exports to Asia is expected to decline in 2019

Date：Sep. 21, 2018 Category：Markets

The latest quarterly USDA Outlook for Agricultural Trade provided its first agricultural export forecasts for fiscal 2019 (October 2018 – September 2019).

USDA announces $102.7 mn investment to expand markets for specialty crop

Date：Sep. 20, 2018 Category：Markets

Under Secretary Greg Ibach announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $102.7 million to increase opportunities for farmers, ranchers ...

Transferring sorghum’s weed-killing power to rice

Date：Sep. 6, 2018 Category：Science&Research

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have transferred a biochemical pathway found in sorghum, which produces a weed-killing compound, into rice plants...

USDA announces deregulation of Nuseed Americas’ GM canola with altered oil profile

Date：Aug. 27, 2018 Category：Regulations

Nuseed

On August 24, 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced the deregulation of Nuseed America...

Tags:GM crop Oilseed Rape

USDA/APHIS and partners sponsor annual honey bee survey directed at monitoring bee health

Date：Aug. 20, 2018 Category：Markets

About one mouthful in three in our diets directly or indirectly benefits from honey bee pollination. That makes bees critically valuable to humans’ existence. ...

Japan discusses genome editing technology

Date：Aug. 16, 2018 Category：Regulations

On August 7, 2018, Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) committee met for the first time to discuss handling of genome editing technology under the Cartagena ...

Tags:Gene Editing

USDA announced further reorganization

Date：Aug. 13, 2018 Category：Markets

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced further reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), intended to improve customer service, ...

Innovative approach to breeding could mean higher yields and better crops

Date：Aug. 8, 2018 Category：Science&Research

Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Albany, California, have found a way to streamline the process that scientists use to insert multiple genes in...

Tags:Seed breeding

USDA releases 2017 pesticide use data on fruits

Date：Jul. 31, 2018 Category：Markets

The 2017 Agricultural Chemical Use Survey of fruit producers collected data (see data here) about pesticide use and pest management practices on acres planted t...

USDA announces deregulation of herbicide-resistant GE cotton from Bayer CropScience

Date：Jul. 25, 2018 Category：Regulations

Bayer CropScience U.S.

July 24, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announces the deregulation of Bayer CropScience’s cott...

Tags:GM crop Cotton

USDA: Most U.S. corn and cotton acreage in 2018 used GE seeds with stacked traits

Date：Jul. 24, 2018 Category：Markets

Currently, over 90 percent of corn, cotton, and soybean acreage in the United States is planted with genetically engineered (GE) seeds.

Tags:GM crop

USDA reports soybean, corn acreage down

Date：Jul. 2, 2018 Category：Markets

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated 89.6 million acres of soybeans planted in the United States for ...

US citrus production expected to fall further in 2017/18

Date：Apr. 20, 2018 Category：Markets

U.S. citrus production continues to decline. At the current forecast of 6.16 million tons for the 2017/18 marketing year, ERS expects the U.S. citrus crop to dr...

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture invests in research to develop genetic control of waterhemp

Date：Apr. 2, 2018 Category：Science&Research

The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has announced a $500,000 grant to University of Illinois researchers in the Department of Crop Sciences. ...

USDA to deregulate GE canola for altered oil profile from BASF Plant Science L.P.

Date：Mar. 30, 2018 Category：Regulations

BASF Crop Protection USA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting public comment on a petition from BASF Plant Science...