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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
A Brazilian court has given the country's health agency 30 days to finish reviewing the safety of three agrochemicals, including glyphosate, before their use would be suspended.
J.R. Simplot Company has executed a joint intellectual property licensing agreement with Corteva Agriscience and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for foundational CRISPR-Cas9 and related gene editing tools.
A federal jury has awarded $473.5 million in damages to six North Carolinians, agreeing with them that odors from a Pender County hog farm were bad enough that they interfered with their right to enjoy their property.
Ethanol advocates applauded a Trump administration proposal released today that would freeze fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks through model year 2026.
EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s Wednesday appearance before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was heavy on biofuel talk as senators looked to pin him down on how the agency will approach a number of contentious topics.
When USDA officials announced last week that they were planning to help farmers hard hit by trade disputes with up to $12 billion in assistance, the news was largely welcomed in farm country as a way to provide short-term relief. But new concerns are emerging.
A Trump administration effort to change the way pesticides are reviewed under the Endangered Species Act turned six months old Tuesday with little to show for its brief existence.
Bayer is appealing a European Union court ruling that upheld EU member countries' decision to prohibit the use of three neonicotinoid insecticides as seed or soil treatment for most major crops.