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Precision Ag News 6/12

Agwired

The two awards recognize biotechnology leaders who are driving cutting-edge breakthroughs in agricultural, environmental, and industrial biotechnology. potato can also reduce the environmental impact of the growing process without as many fertilizers and pesticides needed to maintain the potato during storage.

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Letter Regarding Plant-Incorporated Protectants Rule

NASDA

Thank you, and we stand ready to assist you in cultivating a risk-appropriate, science-based regulatory system for these vital innovations. Apple Association U.S. Canola Association Western Growers Date Sent: July 10, 2023 Sender: Agricultural Coalition Recipient: U.S.

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Elicit Plant’s CEO on the Urgent Need to Address Water Access Challenges

World Agri-Tech

On both sides of the Atlantic, the chronic lack of water for crops is a direct threat to global food security, if we hope to cultivate a future where abundance coexists harmoniously with the preservation of our planet, we must act take urgent action.”, warns Déchant, CEO and Co-Founder of Elicit Plant.

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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

It alleges that Mexico’s decree constitutes a trade violation that infringes on the superseding rights of US farmers and biotechnology companies. Unable to muscle Mexico City into reversing course, the US trade representative, Katherine Tai, last August lodged a formal complaint with the secretariat of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

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Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

Civil Eats

Rich in minerals, kelp grows quickly and doesn’t require fertilizer. The Scientists Who Kickstarted American Kelp Farming The science behind this boom in seaweed cultivation began in New England nearly 50 years ago. Seaweed farming, a longstanding tradition in Asia for more than a hundred years, is now gaining a place on U.S.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Over time, the consolidation and commodification of seeds has eroded the resilience of our food systems, diminishing the agrobiodiversity of crops cultivated in the US at an alarming rate. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers. Source: Philip H.

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