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USDA, FDA, EPA launch website for biotechnology regulation

Date：Jan. 10, 2020 Category：Products

Today, in recognition of January 2020 as National Biotechnology Month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and th...

Researchers fortify alfalfa, the "Queen of the Forages", with disease defense

Date：Dec. 17, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Alfalfa is often called the "Queen of the Forages" due to its high yield, feed quality for ruminant animals, nitrogen fixation and pollinator habitat among othe...

USDA pesticide report: 99% of samples below benchmark levels

Date：Dec. 16, 2019 Category：Regulations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today published the 2018 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary. The summary...

Tags:Pests&Diseases Environment & Health

USDA: Vietnam, Malaysia drive significant growth in SE Asian corn imports

Date：Nov. 11, 2019 Category：Markets

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

World's first true red spinach variety released

Date：Nov. 5, 2019 Category：Products

USDA Red, the world's first true red spinach variety has been developed and released by the Agricultural Research Service.

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

USDA publishes response to National List for organic crops and handling recommendations

Date：Oct. 25, 2019 Category：Regulations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published a final rule in the Federal Register to amend the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (Nati...

The use of genetically engineered dicamba-tolerant soybean seeds has increased quickly, benefiting adopters but damaging crops in some fields

Date：Oct. 14, 2019 Category：Markets

Weeds can cause serious problems for U.S. soybean producers. Left untreated, severe weed infestations can reduce soybean yields by more than 50 percent. Most so...

Tags:GM crop Soybean

USDA invests $11M in research that will support specialty crop farmers

Date：Oct. 4, 2019 Category：Markets

U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Scott Hutchins announced on Oct. 3 that the National Institute of Food and Agriculture has invested $11 mi...

USDA, WASDE Reports Rallies The Soybean Market 29¢.

Date：Sep. 13, 2019 Category：Markets

The U.S. farmers will have a bigger corn crop than the trade expected, according to the USDA.

Tags:Soybean

USDA: 2018 farm act mandates spending of $428 billion over 5 years

Date：Aug. 12, 2019 Category：Markets

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Act) was signed into law December 20, 2018, and will remain in force through the end of fiscal year 2023, alt...

USDA to deregulate BASF’s GM Canola and Verdeca’s GM soybean

Date：Aug. 8, 2019 Category：Regulations

USDA is advising the public of determinations that canola designated as event LBFLFK, which has been genetically engineered to allow for the synthesis of long c...

Tags:GM crop

US census data on cover crop plantings

Date：Jul. 29, 2019 Category：Markets

Cover crops is examined in this article. Cover crops have attracted intense interest as a practice that may reduce negative impacts of farming on the environmen...

USDA: Soybeans accounted for majority of US, Brazil's agricultural exports to China

Date：Jul. 29, 2019 Category：Markets

China is the world’s largest importer of soybeans and represented 65 percent of global soybean imports in 2017.

Tags:Soybean AgriData

Pheromones give nematodes a boost in controlling pests

Date：Jul. 26, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Beneficial nematodes are used as biological control agents to fight a variety of insect pests that severely damage crops. However, in many cases the nematodes d...

USDA issues new report "The growing corn economies of Mexico and US"

Date：Jul. 24, 2019 Category：Markets

A new report from USDA's Economic Research Service explores how the U.S. and Mexican corn sectors have changed since the transition to free-trade under the Nort...

USDA/APHIS seeks suggestions for fiscal year 2020 Plant Protection Act Section 7721 Projects

Date：Jul. 17, 2019 Category：Regulations

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting stakeholders to submit project suggestions for fisca...

USDA/APHIS provides update on detection of genetically engineered wheat

Date：Jul. 15, 2019 Category：Markets

On June 7, 2019, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it was investigating a detection of genetically engineered (GE) wheat...

Japan: Labeling discussion continues for genome-edited foods

Date：Jul. 5, 2019 Category：Regulations

On May 23, 2019, per the request of the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA), the Consumer Committee in the Cabinet Office of Japan held the 54th Food Labeling Committ...

Tags:Gene Editing

USDA: China's increased soybean imports from Brazil and Canada do not fully offset lost US imports

Date：Jul. 4, 2019 Category：Markets

In the first half of the Chinese marketing year for soybeans (October 2018–March 2019), Chinese imports of U.S. soybeans fell by nearly 22 million metric tons,...

USDA Releases Its Annual Technology Transfer Report

Date：Jul. 3, 2019 Category：Markets

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released its annual Technology Transfer Report, which highlights innovations from scientists and researchers tha...

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