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Letter Regarding Plant-Incorporated Protectants Rule

NASDA

This rule will disproportionally stifle innovation by publicly supported federal and academic plant breeders and smaller plant breeding companies, inhibiting their development of new varieties, particularly of specialty and other smaller acreage crops. These characteristics have been sought after by plant breeders for centuries.

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NASDA’s Fiscal Year 2025 testimony submitted to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture

NASDA

State departments of agriculture work in tandem with federal partners through cooperative agreements administered by USDA-APHIS, alongside industry, academia, and other stakeholders, to safeguard our Nation’s crops and forests against the entry, establishment, and spread of economically and environmentally significant pests.

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Letter on on FY24 Ag Appropriation’s Bill Amendments

NASDA

Minor Crop Pest Management Program (IR-4): i. This funding ensures safe and effective agrichemicals and biopesticides are available for small, specialty crop markets. NARMS serves as a source of data for the approval of new animal antibiotics and the post-approval safety monitoring of these compounds. Food Safety Research i.

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