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Canadian grain industry welcomes ruling against Mexico’s restrictions on GM corn

Real Agriculture

The national umbrella organization representing Canadas grain, oilseed, pulse and special crop industries is welcoming the North American trade dispute panel ruling against Mexicos restrictions on genetically-modified (GM) corn.

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Canadian canola sector paying close attention to U.S. challenge of Mexico’s biotech restrictions

Real Agriculture

Update, June 9: The Canadian government has decided to sign on as a third party in the United States’ request for dispute settlement consultations regarding Mexico’s restrictions on biotechnology in agriculture.

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Brainfood: Nutrition edition

Agricultural Biodiversity

Which is just as well because… Historical shifting in grain mineral density of landmark rice and wheat cultivars released over the past 50 years in India. Exploiting Indian landraces to develop biofortified grain sorghum with high protein and minerals. …breeding hasn’t been good for nutritional content in staples.

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How Should Gene-Edited Seeds be Regulated?

Modern Farmer

Ian Affleck is vice president of biotechnology for CropLife Canada , a trade association representing developers and distributors of plant science innovations and plant biotechnology. But genome-edited (GE) breeding falls somewhere in the middle, depending on how you look at it. This includes GE-derived products.

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Letter regarding the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework

NASDA

In your pursuit of a worker-centric trade policy, enormous untapped opportunity exists through opening new markets to provide for everyone, from farmers and food manufacturing workers to truck drivers, port workers and grain elevator operators. Grains Council Washington State Potato Commission cc: Secretary Tom Vilsack, U.S.

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Brainfood: Ag research ROI, CGIAR & climate change, Crop species diversity, Training plant breeders, AI & plant breeding, Wheat breeding review, Wheat landraces, CIMMYT wheat breeding, Wheat D genome, Forages pre-breeding, Impact of new varieties, Two long-term barley experiment, High protein peas, Watermelon super-pangenome, Resynthesizing mustard, Consumer preference and breeding

Agricultural Biodiversity

Enhanced radiation use efficiency and grain filling rate as the main drivers of grain yield genetic gains in the CIMMYT elite spring wheat yield trial. Great advances have been made (even without AI) by wheat breeders, but there’s still a lot of untapped diversity out there. Harnessing landrace diversity empowers wheat breeding.

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Coalition Letter to Reauthorize the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program

NASDA

Further, as countries continue to develop and middle classes grow, consumers desire more protein sources which increases demand for livestock and in turn, grain to feed those livestock populations. food and agricultural goods, including grains, oilseeds, feed, meat and dairy products, produce, and other specialty crops. market access.

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