Viewpoint: Why Mexico’s ban on GM corn threatens job security and will spark outflux of immigrants

Viewpoint: Why Mexico’s ban on GM corn threatens job security and will spark outflux of immigrants

Victoria Myers | Progressive Farmer | 
Mexico may soon join a growing list of countries that ban the importation of genetically modified (GM) corn, potentially affecting ...
EPA reaffirms conclusion that herbicide glyphosate is safe for humans and environment but pledges updated review by 2026

EPA reaffirms conclusion that herbicide glyphosate is safe for humans and environment but pledges updated review by 2026

Todd Neeley | Progressive Farmer | 
EPA walked away from a legal battle on its interim determination that glyphosate is likely not carcinogenic to people, telling ...
Wind-proof corn? New hybrid variety withstands 100 mile per hour winds, helping crops survive unpredictable and extreme weather

Wind-proof corn? New hybrid variety withstands 100 mile per hour winds, helping crops survive unpredictable and extreme weather

Matthew Wilde | Progressive Farmer | 
Only one corn-breeding line out of about 150 remained standing after a derecho slammed into Beck's Superior Hybrids nursery, near ...
Roundup regulation revision? Biden EPA asks federal court to allow it to reassess glyphosate, weighing ‘ecological risks and benefits’

Roundup regulation revision? Biden EPA asks federal court to allow it to reassess glyphosate, weighing ‘ecological risks and benefits’

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
The Biden EPA has asked a federal court for a chance to review and possibly revise parts of the agency's ...
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Facing EPA skepticism and a slew of suits targeting Xtend cropping system, Corteva ends development of their dicamba-choline weedkiller

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
[Corteva Agriscience] opted to end the EPA registration process underway for a novel dicamba herbicide containing a dicamba choline salt ...
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25 years of GMOs: 4 farmers weigh in on the costs and benefits of biotech crops

Des Keller | Progressive Farmer | 
[29-year-old Lewis] Stearns is part of a generation of farmers that has grown up with GM technology, which now is ...
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EPA blocks state-level attempts to ease restrictions on drift-prone dicamba weedkiller

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
EPA said it intends to deny an attempt by North Carolina to extend the cutoff dates for dicamba to accommodate ...
‘Green’ politics and consumer uncertainty keep GM crops outlawed in Europe. Will gene editing change the legal landscape?

‘Green’ politics and consumer uncertainty keep GM crops outlawed in Europe. Will gene editing change the legal landscape?

Des Keller | Progressive Farmer | 
Agronomy grad student Frederik Vilhelm Larsen, at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, wants to explore all the science that ...
Gene gun: The tool that revolutionized plant breeding and brought GMOs into agriculture

Gene gun: The tool that revolutionized plant breeding and brought GMOs into agriculture

Matthew Wilde | Progressive Farmer | 
A plywood-mounted transformer, a voltmeter-equipped wand and a pair of bulbous vacuum tubes might appear to be just a random ...
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25 years of GM crops: Biotechnology a blessing to many farmers, but not without costs

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
Brent Rendel, who started farming in the early 1990s, easily remembers how magical Roundup Ready crops seemed and the awe ...
Streamlining animal biotech rules unlikely as FDA rejects USDA proposal to take over regulation, citing ‘potential health repercussions’

Streamlining animal biotech rules unlikely as FDA rejects USDA proposal to take over regulation, citing ‘potential health repercussions’

Jerry Hagstrom | Progressive Farmer | 
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn has told the Health and Human Services Department that he would refuse to ...
Cell-cultured 'chicken bites': Cruelty-free meat produced in a lab without slaughtering an animal approved for sale for first time, in Singapore

Cell-cultured ‘chicken bites’: Cruelty-free meat produced in a lab without slaughtering an animal approved for sale for first time, in Singapore

Progressive Farmer | 
[C]ultured meat, produced in bioreactors without the slaughter of an animal, has been approved for sale by a regulatory authority ...
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EPA pitches new rules to limit risks linked to chlopyrifos insecticide exposure

Todd Neeley | Progressive Farmer | 
EPA announced a proposal on [Dec. 4] to improve the safety of using the insecticide chlorpyrifos. The proposal follows a ...
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Ninth Circuit Court refuses to reexamine lawsuit alleging Enlist Duo herbicide approval violated federal law

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
Enlist Duo’s registration has survived another legal challenge, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to ...
EU defends pro-organic Farm-to-Fork plan against USDA criticism that it will boost global food prices

EU defends pro-organic Farm-to-Fork plan against USDA criticism that it will boost global food prices

Chris Clayton | Progressive Farmer | 
The EU Farm to Fork Strategy potentially sets up a long-term battle between the U.S. and Europe over farm practices, ...
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Viewpoint: Federal court banned dicamba weedkiller at worst possible time for farmers

Bob Wieland | Progressive Farmer | 
As a farmer whose family has raised soybeans, corn, and pumpkins for the last 50 years, I know first-hand how ...
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Federal court upholds dicamba weedkiller ban, opening door to possible Supreme Court challenge

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
On [August 17], three dicamba registrants lost one of their last remaining legal options to overturn a federal court's mandate ...
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Bayer, BASF, Corteva urge federal court to review dicamba weedkiller ban, calling it ‘unconstitutional’

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
Bayer, BASF and Corteva Agriscience continue the fight to preserve postemergent dicamba use. The companies are contesting the results of ...
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EPA defends decision allowing farmers to use banned dicamba herbicides until July 31

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
EPA defended its decision to allow farmers to continue to use three vacated dicamba herbicides -- XtendiMax, FeXapan and Engenia ...
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Court that revoked EPA dicamba weedkiller approval could also ban Enlist Duo herbicide

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
The agricultural industry was rocked by a federal appeals court ruling that vacated the registrations of three dicamba herbicides [in ...
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Farmers scramble to find herbicide alternatives after court overturns EPA dicamba weedkiller approval

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision [June 3] vacating the registrations of three dicamba ...
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States want tighter EPA restrictions on dicamba weedkillers after another year of ‘skyrocketing’ crop damage

On April 28, the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) sent EPA a letter asking that the agency consider ...
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Activist-led lawsuit alleges EPA glyphosate weedkiller approval violated Endangered Species Act

Todd Neeley | Progressive Farmer | 
EPA's interim registration approval of glyphosate in January now faces its first court challenge, as a number of food safety, ...
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EPA watchdog to determine if agency followed ‘scientifically sound principles’ in approving dicamba herbicides

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
The inspector general of the EPA is planning to look into whether EPA acted properly when it registered dicamba in ...
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New ‘super weed’ crisis emerging? Dicamba herbicide failing to stop growth of Palmer amaranth pigweed in greenhouses experiments

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
University of Tennessee weed scientist Larry Steckel has spent the past two months coaxing Palmer amaranth weeds to grow from ...
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EPA reaffirms glyphosate herbicide poses no human health risk, says additional review slated for fall 2020

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
EPA has finalized its interim registration decision on glyphosate, once again stating the herbicide poses no risk to human health ...
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EPA re-approves controversial weed killer atrazine, arguing benefits outweigh potential ecological risks

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
Atrazine is widely used in agriculture across a range of crops, primarily corn but also sugarcane and sorghum, as well ...
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‘Dicamba fatigue’: State regulators anticipate more off-target damage from Bayer’s controversial herbicide in 2020

Emily Unglesbee | Progressive Farmer | 
Three consecutive years of off-target dicamba injury is taking its toll on the agricultural industry. Leo Reed even has a ...
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