USDA Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies to learn about opportunities are available for their respective institutions and their students. Kika De La Garza Fellowships have recognized highly accomplished staff and faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Hispanic-Serving School Districts. Participants meet directly with U.S.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JULY 9, 2023

Just agricultural science: The green revolution, biotechnologies, and marginalized farmers in Africa. Questioning the role of “opinion leaders” in agricultural programs. Likely decline in the number of farms globally by the middle of the century. Wait, you have to model this, you can’t figure it out from space?

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NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

agriculture community appreciates the administration’s focus on advancing American interests through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). food and agricultural sector has historically been a net exporter, a situation that has benefited American workers and expanded opportunities. agricultural exports.

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Agric4profits

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Viruses are microscopic entities that can only replicate inside the living cells of other organisms. They are different from bacteria and other microorganisms i

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NASDA

APRIL 24, 2024

food and agriculture community, we urge your enhanced engagement on trade policies to bolster our global competitive standing around the world. agriculture is foundational to the American economy – reaching far beyond farms and rural communities to support more than 48 million jobs across the country. agriculture. agriculture.

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NASDA

MAY 21, 2024

Codex Office (USCO) in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Agriculture-Food and Drug Administration Appropriations bill. Director, Public Policy (571) 447-5324 RJ.Karney@nasda.org Sender: Agricultural Coalition Subject: FY25 funding for the U.S. As a representative of the U.S.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 17, 2023

IFAD says we need diverse crops. KAUST says we need coloured rice. I hope it will go into Saudi Arabia’s new genebank. Genebank scientists says we need more collaboration. Goa thinks they need a new mango genebank. The USA already has an apple genebank.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Letter Dear Chairmen Wyden and Smith, Ranking Members Crapo and Neal: The undersigned American agricultural and food organizations write to urge you to promptly advance legislation to reauthorize the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program and restore certainty amongst key trading partners of the United States. market access.

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Agric4profits

JULY 28, 2024

You may ask the question, “Why are transgenics needed?” ” Transgenic crops are satisfying needs which crop varieties produced by conventional

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Agwired

JUNE 26, 2024

Rice has enjoyed a long career in sales and marketing in the crop protection, seed genetics, biotechnology and application technology sectors. He holds a B.S.

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NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

The rule as finalized will suppress access to agricultural innovations greatly needed to reduce inputs, adapt to a changing climate and, respond to increased pest and disease challenges while maintaining a safe, reliable, and affordable food system for a growing global population. Apple Association U.S.

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NASDA

MARCH 8, 2024

We note that while the Agricultural Marketing Service solicits these comments, the SCCI is an overarching assemblage of programs and activities involving multiple USDA mission areas and agencies. About NASDA NASDA represents the Commissioners, Secretaries, and Directors of the state departments of agriculture in all fifty states and four U.S.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Walter (Wally) Falcon, a global leader on food security and the economics of agriculture recently passed away in Marion, Iowa at the age of 86. We certainly did not see eye to eye on topics such as organic farming, the use of biotechnology, and corporate influence over the food system. I immediately sought him out.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Big IUCN report says that biodiversity and agriculture are in conflict, they don’t really need to be, but it’s really complicated for them not to be. If only we incorporated more sustainable agriculture in education , for example, eh? So that’s us all told. If only annual crops were perennial , for example, eh?

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Agritecture Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

biotechnology and biomanufacturing innovation, the White House emphasized a coming focus on climate-centric agriculture. Absent any revolutionary changes in dietary patterns or agricultural production practices, global food production and consumption is projected to contribute an additional 0.7 In its March 2023 report on U.S.

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NASDA

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As part of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s recent campaign to highlight careers in agriculture, Washington State Veterinarian Amber Itle recently shared more about her role’s impact for her community and state and why she loves working for her state’s agriculture department. “I territories.

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Farming First

JANUARY 3, 2024

Emily Rees, CropLife International, engaged in a conversation on the critical connection between climate change and agriculture. The post Climate Change, Agriculture and Innovative Solutions: Emily Rees Speaks at COP28 appeared first on Farming First.

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The Farmers Daughter USA

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Department of Agriculture through its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Continue reading … The post How a Federal Court Pushed Agriculture Biotech Back Decades appeared first on The Farmer's Daughter USA. But our ability to bring these transformative crops to market was just dealt a major blow.

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Agwired

JUNE 12, 2024

The two awards recognize biotechnology leaders who are driving cutting-edge breakthroughs in agricultural, environmental, and industrial biotechnology. The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) opened registration with a rejuvenated schedule for its annual Conference & Expo, to be held Dec. 3-5 in Houston, Texas.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

AUGUST 21, 2024

China has inventoried its agricultural germplasm. A new project is testing RNA integrity number (RIN) as a metric of seed aging for a bunch of rare wild plants. One day maybe community seed banks will be using it. Will it be applying RIN next? The French are using bandes dessinées to teach about cryopreservation of animal genetic resources.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Leading industrial biotechnology company, MicroHarvest on 16 November launched its state-of-the-art pilot plant in Lisbon, Portugal

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Agricultural Biodiversity

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

How the private sector can help with a more nutrition-sensitive agriculture. I’d love to see the potatoes. Want to see the earliest known site of domestication of teosinte ? UK builds first crop biome cryobank. Should it want to. You can grow kiwi in Michigan. Should you want to.

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NASDA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Given the enormous challenges facing production agriculture – including a farm economy that has taken a downward spiral – it is imperative Congress act before year’s end to strengthen farm policy for America’s farmers. agriculture is projected to be down $55.61 Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA forecasts the U.S.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Biotechnology business FOLIUM Science, will be launching it’s latest range of innovative products at the AgriTechE REAP Conference taking place on 8 November in Cambridge, UK

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Far Eastern Agriculture

JANUARY 16, 2024

Biotechnology company, UniFAHS recently announced that it has raised more than US$1.4mn in its seed funding round, propelling the company forward in its mission of growth and transforming food production using environmentally friendly and sustainable approaches

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Agricultural Biodiversity

JANUARY 28, 2024

Which is bad because… Diversified agriculture leads to diversified diets: panel data evidence from Bangladesh. Which crop biodiversity is used by the food industry throughout the world? A first evidence for legume species. Mainly soy, alas.

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Agwired

OCTOBER 23, 2024

billion for 92 partner-driven conservation projects through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), a partner-driven approach to conservation that funds solutions to natural resource challenges on agricultural land. chair of the 2024 Annual Conference for the American Society of Agricultural Consultants.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Biotechnology company, Qi Biodesign recently announced the completion of its million dollar Series A funding round to pioneer next-gen genome editing technologies The company has raised a total of US$75mn across its Seed, Series Pre-A , and Series A stages.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The term data-driven decisions is becoming increasingly common in agriculture, but how committed are farmers to using data in their everyday practices? Are they truly allowing data to influence their operations, or is it just a catchphrase thrown around by people who aren't in the agricultural industry?

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Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The chair of the House of Commons’ agriculture committee has introduced a private member’s bill aimed at speeding up regulatory approvals of new seed genetics, feed products, and crop protection products for Canadian farmers. Kody Blois, Liberal MP from Nova Scotia, tabled Bill C-359 — An Act to amend the Feeds Act, the Seeds Act.

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Agricultural Biodiversity

AUGUST 8, 2024

The FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture would like to hear from you. The latest Devex newsletter has lots of stuff on food prices and prizes and seed vaults. Do you use any of the above for research and development?

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NASDA

JULY 25, 2024

Sincerely, AgCountry Farm Credit Services AgCredit, ACA AgGeorgia Farm Credit AgriBank, FCB AgriBusiness Association of Kentucky Agribusiness Council of Indiana Agricultural Leaders of Michigan Agricultural Retailers Association Agriculture Energy Coalition Agri-Mark, Inc.

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Agwired

JUNE 5, 2024

With nearly three decades of excellence in biotechnology and algae innovation, LaMont will oversee algae and lab operations, leading a diverse team of scientists and engineering staff on the Operations team. Soil health company MyLand announces that Mike LaMont has joined the company as Senior Director, Algae Operations & Innovation.

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Agwired

MAY 10, 2024

In response to President Biden’s Executive Order 14081, “Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a plan to update, streamline, and clarify their regulations and oversight mechanisms for products of biotechnology.

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Agwired

MAY 16, 2024

In response to President Biden’s Executive Order 14081, “Advancing Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Innovation for a Sustainable, Safe, and Secure American Bioeconomy,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have developed a plan to update, streamline, and clarify their regulations and oversight mechanisms for products of biotechnology.

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World Agri-Tech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

“The team of talented biotechnology experts at Switch have assembled from around the world to develop an innovative approach that dramatically improves the performance and cost-effectiveness of biofertilizers, tackling a significant climate challenge.”

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Far Eastern Agriculture

MARCH 20, 2024

German pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, Bayer recently announced the launch of an expert GenAI system to benefit farmers and up-level agronomists in their daily work By utilising proprietary agronomic data, the company has been able to train a large language model (LLM).

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