Articles Tagged with ''Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service''

Agri-Pulse Daybreak May 17: McCarthy presses on with work rules * Senators target feral swine

05/17/23 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, Jacqui Fatka, and Noah Wicks

Congressional leaders are sounding some notes of optimism after a second meeting with President Biden over the debt ceiling. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Biden’s decision to appoint administration officials to lead the negotiations from his side. “I think we set the stage to carry on further conversations,” McCarthy said.

New GE corn seed gets second comment period

04/10/23 2:53 PM By Steve Davies

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USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is seeking comments on approval of a corn variety genetically engineered to resist western corn rootworm and glufosinate-ammonium herbicides.

Vilsack: USDA strapped by low staff salaries

03/29/23 2:06 PM By Philip Brasher

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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday that relatively low salaries are making it difficult for USDA to retain employees, including Farm Service Agency field staff.

Experts caution avian flu could be here to stay

03/15/23 6:21 AM By Fran Howard

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The American poultry sector is awaiting a spring spike in detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza, leading industry and government officials to wonder if the disease has pivoted from an occasional concern to a permanent part of raising birds in the United States.

White House pressed for gene-editing regulatory advances

01/18/23 6:22 AM By Steve Davies

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Speakers at a recent White House listening session pleaded with the Biden administration to modernize U.S. regulatory oversight of gene-edited plant products to compete with other countries that have streamlined processes allowing for quicker approval.

APHIS making antimicrobial resistance surveillance program permanent

01/18/23 6:13 AM By Jacqui Fatka

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USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is nearing the completion of a five-year pilot surveillance program to monitor antimicrobial resistance and will establish a permanent surveillance program.

APHIS offers $3M for antimicrobial resistance dashboards

11/23/22 6:09 AM By Jacqui Fatka

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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is making up to $3 million in cooperative agreement funding available to create antimicrobial resistance dashboards.

Daybreak Oct. 4: Study: Mexican ban on GM corn would cause severe harm

10/04/22 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Steve Davies, Noah Wicks, and Philip Brasher

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The economic consequences of Mexico following through on a presidential decree to ban genetically modified corn in 2024 would have severe economic ramifications for the U.S. and Mexican economies, resulting in billions of dollars in losses for U.S. farmers and much higher food prices for Mexican consumers, according to a study by World Perspectives Inc.

USDA funding bill maintains broadband expansion

06/15/22 6:55 AM By Philip Brasher

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The Agriculture Department would get $560 million more for rural broadband expansion, plus increases for research, food aid and combating animal and plant diseases, under a draft House spending bill for fiscal 2023.

Daybreak June 7: Making up ground: Farmers near planting end

06/07/22 10:00 AM By Bill Tomson, Philip Brasher, Steve Davies, and Noah Wicks

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Farmers in North Dakota and Minnesota have made a lot of progress over the past week in getting their crops of wheat and corn in the ground.

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07.03.2026

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Thompson on ag labor bill, USDA Undersecretary Dudley Hoskins on NWS response

House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson introduced the Save Agriculture’s Workforce Act this week. He comes to the studio to discuss how it would significantly expand and modernize the H-2A agricultural guest worker program. Plus, USDA APHIS Undersecretary Dudley Hoskins provides an update on New World screwworm response and the factors being considered to reopen the Southern border to cattle imports.

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