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Syngenta settles corn growers' lawsuits

09/26/17 6:34 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2017 - As many as 350,000 corn growers nationwide are likely to get a payment as the result of a settlement of lawsuits alleging Syngenta’s premature commercialization of a genetically engineered trait caused China to reject U.S. corn imports in 2013.

US rice mills want China to hurry up and seal the deal

09/06/17 6:45 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6, 2017 - China finally signed off on the sanitary and phytosanitary protocols to open its market to U.S. rice in July, but now America's farmers, millers and shippers are again waiting on the Chinese to finish the bureaucratic process that will allow exports to begin flowing.

Split opinions on Chinese chicken imports

08/15/17 4:40 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2017 - Groups for and against USDA’s proposal to allow China to export cooked chicken to the U.S. are weighing in with their opinions as the comment deadline ends today.

U.S. poultry counting on South Korea, China to open markets soon

08/09/17 6:45 AM By Bill Tomson

SOUTH KOREA, August 9, 2017 - South Korea is expected to lift its ban on U.S. poultry as early as Friday and China may do the same not too long afterwards,...

Time for a regional approach to deal with bird flu outbreaks?

08/09/17 6:40 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, August 9, 2017 - Getting the South Korea ban lifted is the high-priority short-term goal for U.S. industry and government officials, but after that the goal is to get the Asian country to overhaul the way it bans poultry.

US dairy ramps up fight against EU food name protection

08/02/17 6:40 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2017 - The U.S. dairy sector is fighting harder than ever on several fronts to halt the European Union’s global efforts to block cheese producers in other countries from using names like Roquefort, Asiago and Gorgonzola on the products they export.

China gives final approval to allow in U.S. rice

07/20/17 2:00 PM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2017 - China has signed off on the sanitary and phytosanitary protocols that will open up its market to U.S. rice, USDA announced today.

Chinese chicken may be on the way, despite legislative roadblock

07/19/17 6:30 AM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2017 - USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service continues to move forward on lifting the U.S. ban on Chinese chicken, undaunted by legislation that some say is a threat to the efforts that have been wrapped into the U.S.-China Comprehensive Dialogue that concludes today.

China OKs two GMO products for import

07/17/17 2:45 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2017 - China has approved two more genetically modified products for import, which should leave four products awaiting decisions from the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). But Dow AgroSciences said today that the ministry is now saying that Enlist soybeans are not covered by a 100-day economic action plan initiated by the U.S. and Chinese governments in April.

China delegation agrees to massive purchase of US soybeans

07/13/17 5:08 PM By Anna Hastert

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 13, 2017 – A Chinese delegation was in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday where they signed an agreement to buy 12.53 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans.

Open Mic: Duane Highley, CEO, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association

This week’s Open Mic guest is Duane Highley, CEO of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. This western cooperative is embracing the growing need for electric power among its one million customers and 200,000 square miles of challenging terrain with an “all of the above” approach to power generation. Highley says the cooperative is utilizing advanced battery technology to add wind and solar generation to the base load capacity of the system. At the state and federal level, Highley says rural cooperatives need faster permitting, less regulatory red tape, and better access to funds to assist in generating and delivering power to rural America.

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