Items Tagged with 'andrew lavigne'

Andrew LaVigne, president and CEO of the American Seed Trade Association, discusses how seed companies are working towards securing the food system by making sure farmers, ranchers and gardeners have access to quality seed for the upcoming planting season.

In a move welcomed by farm and biotech groups but met with wariness by food safety and organic advocates, USDA has decided to take another stab at biotech regulations, withdrawing a proposed rule that mostly pleased no one.

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2017 – Witnesses and lawmakers at a House Agriculture Committee hearing today showed broad support for immigration reform and mechanization research to address labor shortages faced by specialty crop producers.