Sarah Gonzalez

In the wake of controversy surrounding China’s rejection of Syngenta’s genetically modified corn trait, Syngenta can strengthen grain supply management in North America “in a way it’s never been done before,” Chuck Lee, the head of Syngenta’s North America operations, said at the company’s media su

Food Policy Action, a group that formed in 2012 “to hold legislators accountable on votes that have an effect on food and farming,” has released its latest scorecard for members of the 113th Congress.

The Natural Resources Defense Council has filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency to block the use of a dual herbicide produced by Dow AgroSciences known as Enlist Duo.

While the agricultural industry is grateful for the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of Dow AgroSciences’ dual herbicide known as Enlist Duo, consumer and environmental groups are promising to file legal challenges against the decision, citing health and environmental concerns.

While a combine operator harvests feed corn at Clear Meadow Farm in northern Maryland, he explains that if a problem arises with his equipment, he can make a call directly from his data monitor and grant access to the farm owner or equipment dealer who can then remotely view the combine data system

The latest round of Trans-Atlantic Trade and Partnership talks concluded near Washington last week with the chief negotiator for the U.S. calling for regulations based on science and his counterpart from the European Union reiterating that the trading bloc is not going to change its position on pro

Several agriculture groups reiterated their priorities for removing trade barriers to U.S. goods in the European Union during the seventh round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) negotiations at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2014 – National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) members came to Capitol Hill this week to deliver their policy priorities to Congress, including immigration reform, resisting patchwork state labeling laws for products made with genetically modified organisms and relief fr

Agricultural business leaders made their case to Congress to pass immigration Tuesday on Capitol Hill, but after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was defeated in his Virginia GOP primary Tuesday night, all bets are off about whether House Republican leaders will even attempt to address such a “hot

USDAPs Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) is using a new process to speed up product reviews for biotech traits and recently presented a timeline for expected decisions to several farm and industry groups.