Articles Tagged with ''APHIS''

Soybean growers in Brazil already have lower production costs than their U.S. counterparts, and Brazil is making some headway in cutting its inland transportation expenses as well, according to a new study by USDA’s Economic Research Service.

The Treasury Department is expected today to release long-awaited rules for the new tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel.

Biotech plant developers are pleased with a proposal from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to create five new regulatory exemptions for genetically modified plants.

USDA's efforts to tighten enforcement of the Horse Protection Act began a new chapter this week with the withdrawal of a previous rulemaking, an action it says was supported by comments on a proposed new rule that could soon take its place.

Jeff Rowe has been elected by Syngenta Group’s Board of Directors as the new CEO and Clean Fuels Alliance America has promoted Jeff Earl to director of state governmental affairs.

Republicans continue trying to close ranks around a new House speaker, even after Steve Scalise won the party’s nomination for the position at a private conference meeting Wednesday.

USDA advanced regulatory approval for a Davis-based company creating a new seed technology that will allow growers to identify plant stress within 48 hours of onset and help pinpoint remedies with potentially fewer pesticides.

The Agriculture Department has awarded 12 organizations and universities more than $3.2 million to create antimicrobial resistance dashboards.

A new study from USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus at the heart of the COVID-19 pandemic, was "transmitted from humans to deer, mutated, and potentially transmitted back to humans."

USDA economists continue to trim their forecast for supermarket prices this year.