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China approves five biotech traits

01/09/19 5:14 AM By Spencer Chase

China has approved five biotech traits for import, backing new products for the first time in about 18 months.

USDA issues GMO disclosure rules

12/20/18 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher and Spencer Chase

New disclosure requirements finalized by USDA for biotech foods will exempt products with inadvertent amounts of genetically ingredients as well as vegetable oils, sugar and other foods where the DNA of genetically engineered crops can’t be detected.

Washington Week Ahead: Biotech, SNAP rules expected amid shutdown threat

12/16/18 9:00 AM By Philip Brasher

USDA, EPA and the Interior Department could all shut down at the end of this week unless lawmakers can reach a deal on President Trump’s funding demands for the border wall.

US now armed with data on harm from China’s biotech blocks

05/30/18 7:05 AM By Bill Tomson

China’s opaque and deliberately slow biotech approval process is costing U.S. farmers, exporters, seed companies and others billions of dollars in lost sales, according to a new analysis being released today by Informa’s Agribusiness Consulting.

International session for farmers pleads for biotech remedies worldwide

05/30/18 6:45 AM By Ed Maixner

A Cornell University-sponsored training week in Illinois helps a worldwide gathering of farmers pump up to fight for better science in the lab and the field.

Food labeling rule advances, but may be delayed

04/25/18 6:50 AM By Spencer Chase

Under the landmark biotech labeling law passed in 2016, the Department of Agriculture is supposed to have a final rule published by July 29. It doesn’t look like that’s going to happen.

Perdue presses China on poultry, rice and biotech approvals

06/30/17 5:00 PM By Bill Tomson

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2017 – USDA chief Sonny Perdue is in China primarily to celebrate the resumption of beef trade, but he’s also using the occasion to press officials there on the country’s need to reform its biotech approval process and to lift its bans on U.S. rice and poultry.

Syngenta aims to strengthen seeds, help ag ‘bridge’ to China

06/27/17 7:40 PM By Sara Wyant

BASEL, SWITZERLAND, June 27 – Now that the acquisition is complete, leaders of both Syngenta and its new parent company, ChemChina, have a plan to make important changes as they advance their joint strategies. But they’ll also work on keeping quite a few things the same.

FDA’s tough new task: Explain biotech’s safety, benefits

05/31/17 12:02 PM By Philip Brasher

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 - The Food and Drug Administration has a tough job ahead of it, convince the public that biotech crops are safe...

Wave of new biotech products may swamp regulators, report warns

03/09/17 2:00 PM By Steve Davies

WASHINGTON, March 9, 2017 – Federal agencies that regulate biotechnology may not have the staffing and expertise to handle the plethora of new products expected over the next five to 10 years, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Opinion: What do poor balance sheets, trade wars, Impossible Burgers and trial lawyers have in common?

I’m flat busted. My Missouri corn and soybean farm is bankrupt, financially incompetent, a lousy credit risk, upside down--you pick the financial euphemism for a balance sheet that is downright ugly. I’m still paying my bills on time and eating good, due to some profitable years in the recent past, but any honest appraisal of my farm’s future income and liabilities is dark indeed. Of course, if there is any comfort to be found in shared misery, every other producer of corn and soybeans in the U.S. is in the same position.