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Vietnam and Malaysia drive significant growth in Southeast Asia corn imports

Date：Apr. 10, 2019 Category：Markets

Southeast Asia’s expanding population and increasing incomes, urbanization, and retail sectors are contributing to rising meat consumption and growing imports ...

Egypt planting seeds sector overview – A growing opportunity for U.S. seeds

Date：Mar. 25, 2019 Category：Markets

Egypt’s agricultural sector is a dynamic, fundamental component of the economy. Agriculture accounts for 11.7 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) (201...

USDA Issues "Agricultural Projections to 2028" Outlook Report

Date：Mar. 22, 2019 Category：Markets

USDA's 10-year projections for the food and agriculture sector cover major agricultural commodities, agricultural trade, and aggregate indicators of the U.S. fa...

Egypt planting seeds sector overview – A growing opportunity for US seeds

Date：Mar. 22, 2019 Category：Markets

Egypt’s agricultural sector is a dynamic, fundamental component of the economy. Agriculture accounts for 11.7 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) (2017...

Drought-tolerant corn in the United States: Research, commercialization, and related crop production practices

Date：Mar. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Droughts are among the most frequent causes of crop yield losses, failures, and subsequent crop revenue losses across the world.

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USDA/APHIS proposes to allow public comment on protocols for deregulating fields previously infested with pale cyst nematode

Date：Mar. 4, 2019 Category：Regulations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to allow public review and comment on the protocols for de...

USDA: herbicide-tolerant seed use increased quickly, has plateaued recently

Date：Mar. 4, 2019 Category：Markets

A genetically engineered (GE) plant has had DNA inserted into its genome using laboratory techniques.

Starship Nematode: one tiny step for a nematode, one big step toward sustainable agriculture in space

Date：Feb. 21, 2019 Category：Products

An exciting collaboration between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Pheronym (Alachua, FL), will send nematod...

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.

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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

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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...

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