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Finstad defends GOP farm bill priority

House Agriculture Committee Republicans want to use the farm bill to improve the operation of programs such as the Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program, the chairman of the the Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture subcommittee says.


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Europe poised to enter world of gene editing

The European Union appears ready to facilitate approval of gene-edited crops and usher in a new era on the continent, one where plants created using “new genomic techniques” (NGTs) are no longer substantially barred from production.


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House Ag Democrats lay out farm bill demands

The House Agriculture Committee’s Democratic minority on Wednesday released a set of farm bill priorities that make clear they are united in opposing any cuts in projected nutrition assistance or Inflation Reduction Act funding to pay for boosting commodity programs or addressing other parts of the farm bill.
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