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2 hearings scheduled to discuss ag biotechnology outreach

Meetings are Nov. 7 in North Carolina and Nov. 14 in California.There will be two public meetings to discuss the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Agricultural Biotechnology Education and Outreach...

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Biological pesticides may pull integrated pest management out of a bog

Biological pesticides can play a role in integrated pest management. IPM is all about ecosystems and a systems-based approach to controlling pests.Biological pesticides can play a key role in a...

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USDA withdraws proposed biotech rule

The National Association of Wheat Growers supports the move.USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced it is withdrawing a proposed rule to revise the agency’s...

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A night at the anti-agriculture movies…

A wide selection of anti-agriculture movies can be found on YouTube, Netflix, and other web-based services.You probably won’t run across them at the local cineplex, amidst the vampire/aliens/comic book...

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Confusion over GMOs must stop, farmers tell a listening FDA

Two farmers told a public hearing sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration that biotechnology allows farmers to increase yields while using less fuel, less chemicals and with less impact on the...

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Mississippi Farm Families media campaign racks up successes

The 2018 TV commercials tackle head-on the issues of GMOs, antibiotics, and trade. The Farm Families of Mississippi promotion campaign, launched in 2010 by the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and...

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Farmers telling why agriculture’s important…

“Whether it’s a huge farm like some of my neighbors, or a small farm like ours, we’re all headed in one direction: to provide a safe and abundant food and fiber source..."The first time I saw the...

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Alternative protein market expected to grow

Products in development are years away from widespread commercial viability.Ready for the next food trend?Protein products derived from plant sources, insects and cultured meats will be among the top...

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Deltapine rolls out big class of new cotton varieties for next year

The Class of 2018 is the 10th class of new, commercial varieties to come out of the Deltapine New Product Evaluator Program.Seven new cotton varieties, including five Bollgard 3 XtendFlex lines, make...

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3 steps to preserve insect protection technologies

Plant required refuge, use multiple IRM strategies and scout fields in season. The corn industry is announcing the expansion of the Take Action program to help farmers fight insect resistance and...

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Cotton diseases and insect control as resistance appears

Growers will have to make some difficult decisions related to foliar diseases and Bt-resistant worm pests.Mid-South cotton growers face several tough decisions for 2018 as they deal with...

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Corn breeders using new ways to better hybrids, vigor

The big challenge today in plant breeding for corn is further improving hybrid vigor.In the 1900s, scientists began to understand the importance of hybridization, learning to take advantage of hybrid...

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Keeping cotton's momentum in the Mid-South

State yields paint a clear picture of what's driving cotton in the Mid-South.Speaking on behalf of the Mid-South Cotton Specialists Working group at the 2018 Southern Cotton Ginners Annual Meeting,...

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USDA doesn't plan to regulate genome-edited plants

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says USDA wants to allow innovation.Updated with comment from American Soybean Association.Under its biotechnology regulations, USDA does not regulate or have any...

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Looking back to see cotton’s bright future

Cotton yields have increased thanks to improved fruit retention. Longer growing seasons mean more nodes on each plant, and today, growing seasons are longer than ever before. Jay Mahaffey, manager of...

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First bacteria-sourced organic ammonium takes big step closer to market

Clemson University's Dr. Brian Ward has received a patent for the first-ever organic ammonium fertilizer.If you want to know the power of persistence, the story of how Dr.  Brian Ward received a patent...

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He's looking for a company to market first-ever organic ammonium

The HAP bacteria break down proteins that bind nitrogen to ammonia significantly faster than any other known bacteria.Brian Ward hopes that organic ammonium fertilizer created from a process he...

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Gene editing: Better crops, fewer regulations?

“Using this science, farmers can continue to meet consumer expectations for healthful, affordable food, produced in a manner that consumes fewer natural resources."—Agriculture Secretary Sonny...

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Gene editing could speed research solutions for farmers

How do gene edited plants differ from so-called GMO plants?Over the last three decades, the biotechnology buzzword phrase for agriculture has been “genetically modified organism” — GMO for short — now...

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USDA, Earth BioGenome partner

Earth BioGenome project could hold solutions for agriculture's future.By Kim KaplanUSDA and the Earth BioGenome Project, biology's version of the moonshot, are partnering in an effort that will yield...

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