Wheat buyers aren’t phased by discovery of rogue GMO wheat Unlike earlier incidents, Asian customers for wheat grown in the U.S. Northwest did not bat an eye at the USDA announcement that GMO wheat was found growing in the wild in Washington State. More changes in store as USDA assesses… Continue reading
Perdue and lawmakers compete in USDA relocation race Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue fired the starting gun for a sprint to move two USDA science agencies to Kansas City before opponents in Congress can stop him. In seven weeks, or possibly sooner, the first of the relocated employees are to report… Continue reading
From Beef Magazine:https://www.beefmagazine.com/crops/7-ag-stories-you-might-have-missed-week-june-14-2019 Perdue announces USDA relocation to Kansas City, GM wheat found in Washington state and ‘modernizing’ biotechnology regulations Missed some ag news this week? Here’s 7 stories to catch you up. 1. Foreign investors control at least 28.3 million acres in the U.S., an area about the size… Continue reading
Time for a deal with China, say farm-state senators Half a dozen farm-state senators urged Trump trade officials on Thursday to speedily resolve the Sino-U.S. trade war that is compounding hard times on the farm. Senate Agriculture chairman Pat Roberts brushed aside assurances of a rosy future when trade deals… Continue reading
Perdue chooses new homes for two USDA research agencies Ten months after he announced the initiative, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue will meet with USDA employees privately Thursday and then announce to the public the new homes for two research agencies now sited in Washington. Forest Service to scale back environmental… Continue reading
As soggy fields prevent planting, U.S. corn production set to drop 5 percent The USDA projected a corn crop that is 5 percent smaller than last year, foiling May predictions of the second-largest crop ever. In one month, the outlook for corn shrank by 1.4 billion bushels. NIFA employees vote… Continue reading
Dutch seed breeder wins the ‘Nobel of agriculture’ Sixth-generation seedsman Simon Groot is the 2019 winner of the $250,000 World Food Prize, sometimes called the Nobel of agriculture, officials announced on Monday. Enviva, a giant in wood pellets, shifts tree-sourcing policy Enviva, the largest industrial wood-pellet manufacturer in the world,… Continue reading
Rogue GE wheat found in U.S. Northwest for fourth time since 2013 The USDA has never approved cultivation of genetically engineered wheat, yet for the fourth time since April 2013 a wheat strain resistant to the weedkiller glyphosate was found growing wild in the northwestern United States. The discovery could… Continue reading
Trump signs disaster bill with $3 billion for agriculture President Trump announced enactment of the $19.1 billion disaster bill that includes $3 billion for agricultural relief on Thursday. Delayed for months by White House efforts to limit aid to Puerto Rico, the package empowers Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to allot… Continue reading
GOP hoots ‘elitist’ as Democrats question USDA’s plan to relocate researchers Hoping to dissuade Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, farm-state Democrats in Congress asked for a cost-benefit analysis that would justify moving two USDA research agencies out of Washington. Two senior Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee ridiculed the opposition to… Continue reading
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