08/20/2021 SOURCE: www.nytimes.com
The agency will reverse a Trump-era decision to keep chlorpyrifos, one of the most common pesticides, in use.
E.P.A. to Block Pesticide Tied to Neurological Harm in Children
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08/19/2021 SOURCE: www.foodpolitics.com
In my view, one of the strongest reasons for public distrust of GMOs is the behavior of the GMO industry, with the secretive, aggressive, corporate behavior of Monsanto as the most glaring example. I saw this myself. In the late 1990s, I was at a meeting of food industry executives, among them the CEOs or […]
Who is responsible for public distrust of GMOs? Monsanto, anyone? - Food Politics by Marion Nestle
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08/12/2021 SOURCE: apnews.com
With the price of chicken soaring, the third-largest poultry producer in the U.S. is being bought for $4.53 billion. Cargill and Continental Grain have formed a joint venture to acquire Sanderson Farms, paying $203 per share in cash for a company that last year processed more than 4.8 billion pounds of meat.
With chicken prices soaring, Sanderson Farms sold for $4.5B
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Topics: Livestock/Meat, Poultry, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, AgriBusiness, Coronavirus/COVID,
Tyson Foods to mandate vaccine for all frontline workers and corporate employees
In the last year, at least 132 meatpacking workers who belonged to the United Food and Commercial Workers have died after contracting Covid-19.
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08/02/2021 SOURCE: www.agweek.com
Joe Ikley, NDSU Extension Service weed specialist, says it appears off-target crop damage from dicamba applications in 2021 is widespread. He said victims’ soybean crops have sometimes recover with timely August rains, but lose productive growth.
Off-target dicamba damage in 2021 may be the worst year yet in the Upper Midwest | Agweek
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Topics: Herbicides, Pesticides, AgriBusiness,
Glyphosate ‘is not carcinogenic,’ concludes major study
When glyphosate was banned, producers of popular weed-killers had to reformulate, resulting in weak and often ineffective eco-friendly options. Now, there's a chance the old formulas could return.
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07/10/2021 SOURCE: www.pbs.org
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, announced the program Friday in addition to another $150 million to be used for existing small processing facilities to help them with unexpected costs the coronavirus pandemic caused and to compete in the marketplace.
USDA unveils $500 million plan to help build more, smaller meat processing plants
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07/09/2021 SOURCE: www.agrinews-pubs.com
AgriGold is continuing to develop specialty products for farmers who want to diversify their crops. The four main specialty corn products are waxy, hard endosperm/yellow food grade, white hybrid and conventional yellow dent.
AgriGold continues research, development of specialty products
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Topics: Regenerative Agriculture, Agronomy, AgriBusiness,
Farmers in Tanzania are encouraged to invest in growing crops that produce oil like sunflower because about 55% of oil for home use is imported from other countries hence insisted on improving sunflower production by using improved or hybrid sunflower seeds. Investors are invited to invest in sunflower production in our country. For more info call +255752406406
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06/01/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com
GREELEY, Colo., May 31, 2021 -- On Sunday, May 30, JBS USA determined that it was the target of an organized cybersecurity attack, affecting some of the servers supporting its North American and Australian IT systems. The company took immediate action, suspending all affected systems, notifying authorities, and activating the company’s global network of IT professionals and third-party experts to resolve the situation. The company’s backup servers were not affected, and it is actively working with an Incident Response firm to restore its systems as soon as possible.
JBS statement on cyber attack
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