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Sunday, January 19, 2025
The Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) led an appeal of their dismissed case against Monsanto in Washington, DC today, in which they ask that the seed company guarantee protection from patent infringement for non-GMO farmers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2013 – A bill to require labeling of all “genetically modified food product†for human and animal consumption has been pre-filed in the New Mexico State Senate.
Organizations representing a variety of agricultural employers today announced the formation of the Agriculture Workforce Coalition (AWC), which developed an alternative framework to current agricultural worker programs.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2013 – Leaders of eight federal departments and agencies today announced that they have signed an agreement setting up a national council to guide
A new report out of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirms what many American farmers may have known instinctually: 2012 was the hottest year on record for the contiguous United States.
The agricultural biotechnology company NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc. announced this week $7 million in financing from investors to commercialize a naturally occurring species of beneficial bacteria shown to increase crop yield.
A new report issued by the National Rural Housing Coalition focuses on validating the successes of the Section 502 Direct Loan program and the Section 523 Mutual Self-Help Housing program, two homeownership programs administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Rural Housin
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today designated 597 counties in 14 states as primary natural disaster areas due to drought and heat, making all qualified farm operators in the areas eligible for low-interest emergency loans. These are the first disaster designations made by the U.S. Department o
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2013 - Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced her resignation today, leaving behind the controversy her department sparked last year when it was planning a rule to limit what types of work minors can perform on a farm.
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