Agwired

MARCH 11, 2025

Over 300 agricultural and food organizations have signed on to a letter calling for sound science and data to be used by the Make America Healthy Again Commission in upcoming evaluations for products essential to food and agriculture. Pesticides are called out by the signatories as being essential to protect crops and ensure U.S.

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Farmbrite

DECEMBER 12, 2024

To tackle the challenges of changing technology and emerging science, education is crucial. With access to real-time data from sensors, drones, and satellites, farmers will be able to monitor individual plants and apply resources (like water, fertilizers, and pesticides) exactly where and when they are needed.

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NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

EPA’s newly published regulation creating “PIPs created through genetic engineering from a sexually compatible plant” and “loss-of-function PIPs” is not risk-based, science-based and focuses on process of development rather than product. We ask that Congress take the necessary steps to ensure that U.S.

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Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. While the realm of pesticides and fertilizers has been dominated by chemistry for the past eight decades, it seems like biology may soon have its day.

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NASDA

MARCH 8, 2024

Promoting specialty crops must include science-based decision-making regarding the international regulation of SPS. This fundamental objective is under attack, and we must stand together to combat the tactics of those countries who reject science risk-based decision-making, specifically the European Union and its Farm-to-Fork policies.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

It alleges that Mexico’s decree constitutes a trade violation that infringes on the superseding rights of US farmers and biotechnology companies. Much of this section is drawn from a public database of academic research that Mexico’s science agency has maintained since 2020. We’ll return shortly to why that is.)

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Civil Eats

MARCH 27, 2024

If passed, the legislation could prevent individuals who use pesticides from suing manufacturers based on the argument that the manufacturer should have warned them the products could cause cancer or another illness. Especially in agriculture, most people trust the safety of pesticides, locals say, and Roundup is the most common and coveted.

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