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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
President-elect Joe Biden has selected some familiar names to lead key agencies in his new administration, including Tom Vilsack to lead the Department of Agriculture.
With farmers under pressure to cut their environmental footprint, global agribusiness giants as well as small tech startups are rushing to come up with ways to slash farm pollutants and make it possible for producers to cash in on carbon credits and other new forms of income.
An EPA proposal to gradually reduce the use of some Bt corn and cotton products is getting pushback from grower groups and has the crop protection industry concerned about losing products they still consider effective.
Erik Fyrwald, CEO of Syngenta Group, discusses in this opinion piece how COVID-19 has brought attention to food security and the best ways to feed the world sustainably.
The Senate is officially out of action until Oct. 19, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says negotiations on a potential coronavirus relief package will continue today. “We’re having our conversations,” she told reporters on Monday.
California Giant has hired Alan Ediger as the new vice president of sales and Jay Brown as the new CFO and Bobalu Berries has added Jonathan Sparks in the sales department.
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Steve Censky has announced he is returning to the American Soybean Association, and John Lagemann announces retirement from Deere & Co.
The Syngenta Group announced Monday the launch of its Good Growth Plan, a $2 billion effort to fight climate change and biodiversity loss by bringing two technological breakthroughs to market each year.
