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Industry Ag News 9/22

Agwired

Department of Agriculture, in a number of roles, including Branch Chief of APHIS Biotechnology Regulatory Services. Northern Soy Marketing (NSM) recently held its inaugural Midwest Crop Tour in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska for group of Southeast Asian buyers. Martha joins ASTA after 10 years at the U.S.

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The American Chestnut Tree is Coming Back. Who is It For?

Modern Farmer

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. White Appalachian communities came to rely on chestnuts as free feed for their hogs and other livestock, and as a cash crop. (Transgenic organisms contain DNA from other species.)