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USDA: Vietnam, Malaysia drive significant growth in SE Asian corn imports
Southeast Asia’s expanding population and increasing incomes, urbanization, and retail sectors are contributing to rising meat consumption and growing imports of feedstuffs.
In addition to soybean meal, corn is a significant ingredient…
USDA reports share of soybean acres planted to dicamba-tolerant seed
Left untreated, severe weed infestations can reduce soybean yields by more than 50 percent.
Glyphosate is a broad-spectrum herbicide that kills most broad-leaf weeds and grasses.
Genetically engineered glyphosate -tolerant soybeans were…
USDA invests $11M in research that will support specialty crop farmers
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Scott Hutchins announced on Oct. 3 that the National Institute of Food and Agriculture has invested $11 million in research that will support specialty crop farmers.
“This collaborative…
USDA issues new report "The growing corn economies of Mexico and US"
A new report from USDA's Economic Research Service explores how the U.S. and Mexican corn sectors have changed since the transition to free-trade under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the extent to which the sectors could…
USDA issues $100 million for agricultural trade promotion program
DTN reports:
USDA awarded $100 million to 48 organizations through the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program, or ATP, in a second round of assistance granted to the groups to expand agriculture trade.
According to a USDA news release…
USDA/APHIS seeks suggestions for fiscal year 2020 Plant Protection Act Section 7721 Projects
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is inviting stakeholders to submit project suggestions for fiscal year (FY) 2020 Plant Protection Act Section 7721 funding to implement the Plant…
USDA CUTS CORN CROP GUESS ON WEATHER WOES
The USDA has slashed it’s 2019 corn production estimate because of widespread planting delays caused by heavy rainfall and flooding in key U.S. growing areas.
As of June 1st, the crop is projected at 13.680 billion bushels, down 1.35 billion…
USDA advancing biotech regulation changes
The Trump administration is trying to do what the George W. Bush and Obama administrations couldn't: Update and streamline USDA's 32-year-old process for genetically engineered crops.
The latest proposal from USDA - and the third since 2008…
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