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Monsanto’s MON 87411 was recently deregulated by the USDA. This is the first step in a multi-year process to get the trait approved by regulatory agencies and into the hands of farmers.
A federal investigation has determined that a Colorado livestock hauler repeatedly lied to officials and sent about 1,700 wild horses to slaughterhouses after buying them through a Bureau of Land Management program that is supposed to provide the animals with good homes.
Fast-food chain Chipotle’s own website reveals that its “G-M-Over It” marketing slogan - a smear campaign against conventional food and the farmers who grow it - is nonsense.
The court issued a preliminary injunction, which blocks the agencies from moving forward with their rule, stating it poses “irreparable harm.”
The European Parliament voted for a permanent ban on the cloning of all farm animals, the import of cloned livestock and the sale of food from such animals and their offspring, setting up a potential clash with national governments in Europe.
A federal judge ruled Monday that Idaho’s law banning secret filming of animal abuse at agricultural facilities is unconstitutional, giving animal rights activists across the country hope that the decision will pave the way to overturn similar laws in other states.
A recent survey commissioned by WAFWA shows lesser prairie-chicken numbers climbed 25 percent between 2014 and 2015.
Nothing is constant but change, and USDA’s latest acreage reports served as a not-so-subtle reminder of that. Here are the states that saw the biggest “crop swaps” this year.
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the government can’t force raisin farmers to give up part of their annual crop for less than it’s worth, a victory for conservative groups that hailed the decision as a win for private property rights.
With billions of dollars at stake, the negotiations over Monsanto’s proposed—and so far rejected—merger with Syngenta have moved on to a very visible stage, with both companies speaking directly to shareholders, farmers, and the public.