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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, December 23, 2024
Farm equipment manufacturer John Deere on Thursday revealed two of its latest projects: a new fertilizer-saving technology called ExactShot and an electric excavator.
The seed industry is stressing the need for more public funding to augment resources from the private sector, not just for research but for aging infrastructure at land-grant universities, as Congress prepares to start work on the farm bill next year.
Deere and Co. saw its earnings soar by 75% in the latest quarter, driven by strong demand for combines and other large farm machinery, and the company sees continued strong performance over the next year.
The Agriculture Department mailed survey codes to all of the nation’s farmers and ranchers on Tuesday with an invitation to participate in the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
The outbreak of avian flu that drove poultry and egg prices sky high this year has carried into the fall as the virus continues to spread through wild birds, a sharp contrast to what happened during the last major attack seven years ago.
Fresh from his annual meeting, Western Growers President and CEO Dave Puglia shares his perspectives on some of the highlights, plus challenges ahead for the specialty crop industry.
Starting with a design concept and experiments in their office kitchen, Nutjobs was the big winner at the 2022 AgSharks Pitch Competition during the Western Growers annual meeting last week.
Steven Solomon, director of the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, plans to retire at the end of this year, according to an agency email obtained by Agri-Pulse.
EPA has decided against regulating the use of pesticide-treated seeds under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, but the agency is looking into whether the seeds are being sold and used in ways that violate existing restrictions.
University researchers are opposing an effort to lower pharmaceutical prices through use of a law that has spurred the commercialization of agricultural technology as well as lifesaving drugs.
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