Agri-Pulse
EPA: Gene-edited crops and other ‘green’ pesticide alternatives on the way
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is optimistic that new and greener alternatives are on the way to help farmers to protect ...
Should you worry about pesticides in fruits and vegetables? 96.8% of domestic food below legal residue limits, FDA reports
The vast majority of foods sampled for pesticides in the 2018 fiscal year contained residues within EPA tolerances, the Food ...
EPA may relax rules on some pest-resistant crops to promote ‘science-based’ regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to exempt from its regulation some biotech crops that are genetically engineered to be ...
Viewpoint: California pesticide regulation battle highlights influence of politically connected activist groups
[California] Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for strong regulatory enforcement to “protect children from pesticide exposure” in a new directive ...
US, Kenya free-trade agreement could end run African nation’s ‘entrenched’ anti-GMO interests
Anti-biotech activists and sentiment are entrenched throughout Africa, but U.S. farm groups and businesses are hoping a free-trade agreement with ...
Farm groups join lawsuit to support EPA’s glyphosate weedkiller re-approval
Commodity groups, ag retailers and others are seeking to intervene in a lawsuit filed in the 9th Circuit Court of ...
Viewpoint: Excessive animal biotech rules hinder our efforts to battle coronavirus
To help the U.S. better prepare for the future, we need changes to the U.S. animal biotechnology regulatory system. The ...
Viewpoint: President Trump should end FDA-USDA turf war over animal gene-editing regulation to foster innovation
In more than two decades, only one biotechnology food animal has been approved for production and sale in the United ...
Viewpoint: ‘Archaic’ FDA regulation hinders animal gene-editing innovation
Around the world, countries are experimenting, implementing, and – importantly – properly regulating gene editing in livestock. China has been ...
Trump administration aims to boost farming, medical innovation with streamlined biotech rules
Trump administration officials say they are committed to reducing regulatory barriers to agricultural biotechnology as part of a larger strategy ...
Farmers, anti-glyphosate activists lobby EPA as agency mulls herbicide’s future in US
Pro- and anti-glyphosate companies and organizations lined up to praise — or bash — the active ingredient in the most ...
US soybean and corn farmers fear plant-based burgers and glyphosate lawsuits signal uncertain future
I’m flat busted. My Missouri corn and soybean farm is bankrupt, financially incompetent, a lousy credit risk, upside down--you pick ...
Agricultural industry split over prospects of government not regulating gene editing as part of reform of biotechnology regulations
Crop developers say USDA’s effort to streamline its regulation of biotech crops will still slow the commercialization of many gene-edited ...
Short on time, US regulators scramble to streamline CRISPR-edited plant, animal rules
All three of the federal agencies charged with regulating bioengineered plants and animals are looking at ways of streamlining regulations ...
Glyphosate manufacturers reject alleged weed killer-cancer link in response to federal Roundup report
Glyphosate registrants defended their products as safe to use in comments submitted .... to the Department of Health and Human ...
Food and farm groups combat activist effort to ban glyphosate from oat production
An effort by the Environmental Working Group seeks to eliminate the use of glyphosate in oat production, but farm and ...
USDA proposes regulation ‘overhaul’ to streamline new biotech crop development
Many new genetically engineered crop traits would be exempt from regulation by the Agriculture Department under a sweeping rewrite of ...
New CDC glyphosate report: “Most studies found no association between exposure to glyphosate-based products and risk of cancer”
A new [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] report on glyphosate’s toxicological effects likely will play a role in the ongoing ...
As trade talks progress, China may slow already lengthy approval process for US biotech crops
China may agree to buy more U.S. agriculture commodities and lift onerous trade barriers in the ongoing talks, but unless ...
US farmer groups urge UK to ‘break’ with EU’s biotech crop rules
America’s farmers and ranchers are eager for a U.S. free trade agreement with the U.K., but only if the British ...
USDA releases long-awaited GMO labeling rules
New disclosure requirements finalized by USDA for biotech foods will mandate the use of the term "bioengineered" while providing a key exemption for ...
EU parliament urged to reverse de facto ban on gene-edited crops
The European Union Court of Justice’s (ECJ) recent decision that new gene-editing techniques must go through the same lengthy approval ...
Viewpoint: Dicamba is controversial, but herbicide’s benefits outweigh its costs
.... Palmer Amaranth, Tall Waterhemp, and Giant Ragweed .... they’re among the worst invaders in a farmer’s soybean fields—prolific weeds that ...
Federal judge rules California can’t label glyphosate herbicide as cancer-causing
California cannot require companies to place warning labels on glyphosate products, a federal judge affirmed in a ruling issued Tuesday [June 12] ...
US House committee approves amendment requiring genetically engineered salmon to be labeled
The [House Appropriations Committee] ... approved, over a handful of objections, an amendment that would subject genetically engineered salmon to ...
USDA releases GMO food labeling proposal—suggests using ‘bioengineered’ instead of ‘genetically modified’
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a proposed rule to implement the landmark legislation requiring some form of disclosure of ...
Proposed 2018 Farm Bill includes amendments aimed at streamlining regulation of genetic engineering
The House Agriculture Committee approved a group of 15 Republican amendments to the panel’s farm bill that would modify a ...
USDA has ‘no plans’ to regulate CRISPR gene-edited crops, says agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue ... issued a statement making it clear that USDA does not regulate, or have any plans ...
