Agri-Pulse staff

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) announced today that their industry-led agreement to address the transition of commercial biotechnology events as they go off patent is open for signature.

As the governments of the United States and the European Union (EU) explore ways to enhance trade, including through a potential free trade agreement (FTA), the American Soybean Association (ASA) has provided its views to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., committed to holding a vote on the 2012 Farm Bill following the Nov. 6 election today during a campaign stop in Boise, Idaho for Rep. Paul Labrador, R-Idaho.

While global investments in agricultural research increased overall in the past decade, spending in low-income countries grew only by 2 percent per year from 2000 to 2008 or stagnated or declined, according to the ASTI Global Assessment of Agricultural R&D Spending report.

Cuba announced a decree to allow farmers to lease more state-owned fallow land

The November 9 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report will include changes to the WASDE soybean and products table.

If consumers voted on the way their food is produced, half the women would be undecided while 40 percent of men would favor the status quo.

National FFA Organization members from all 50 states will rally for three days this week in an effort to create one million meals.

The Western United Dairymen board of directors voted Friday to advance a bill in the California legislature that would adjust whey value in California in coordination with other states.