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06/23/2022 SOURCE: www.usda.gov

Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Congressional Deal for Child Nutrition

WASHINGTON, June 22, 2022 – "USDA’s child nutrition programs provide nutritious meals to America’s children. The school and other nutrition professionals who make these meals possible need additional resources and continued flexibilities as they grapple with the ongoing challenges presented by the pandemic. The deal announced yesterday by Chairwoman Stabenow and Ranking Member Boozman and Chairman Scott and Ranking Member Foxx would ease uncertainty and bring a measure of relief to our schools, summer sites and child care feeding programs.

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TOPIC(S): Livestock/Meat, Animal Welfare/Humane Treatment, Antibiotics, Pork/Swine/Pig/Hog, Ag United Kingdom, Animal Health,
TOPIC(S): Agriculture US, Climate Change,
TOPIC(S): Pesticides, Beekeeping, Pollinators,
TOPIC(S): Agriculture Global, GMO's, Ag Europe, Ag Australia/NZ,

06/23/2022 SOURCE: geneticliteracyproject.org

Pressure mounts on EU and NZ to review their strict anti-GMO policies

Two anti-GMO stalwarts — the European Union (EU) and New Zealand — are showing signs of softening their stance toward the technology in the face of climate change impacts and pressure to innovate. Regulators and others in the EU and NZ are advising that existing regulations are out of date and fail to reflect recent advances in the technology, particularly the potential of new tools like gene editing. They say regulatory revisions may be required to reduce carbon emissions and ensure food production remains competitive. Any policy shifts in New Zealand and the EU are expected to have far-reaching effects on farmers, scientists and consumers in both jurisdictions, as well as trading partners and the rest of the world. Gene editing would revolutionize breeding programs in New Zealand, a particularly useful dividend for a country where plant-based commodities account for around half of the export earnings. Genetic engineering has also been fronted as a solution for the increased threat from pests and diseases, such as those afflicting the valuable kiwifruit and forestry industries. The technology could also be used to confer desirable traits on some of the country’s important export plant species.“ Gene editing offers the potential to produce a step change in NZ primary industry productivity, biosecurity and speed of innovation. This is particularly the case for perennial crops with slow or complex breeding cycles that are a feature of NZ’s plant-based exports,” notes a study published in the online journal Frontiers in Plant Science.

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TOPIC(S): Precision AG , AgriBusiness,

06/23/2022 SOURCE: www.stuttgartdailyleader.com

Crop insurance ratings, precision agriculture focus of Arkansas agricultural economist  | Stuttgart Daily Leader

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — With farmers in the national spotlight amid soaring production costs, crop risk mitigation practices like crop insurance and futures options are more important than ever for the nation’s producers of food, fiber and fuel. Agricultural economists with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division […]

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