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The Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act will Screw Farmers and Ranchers (Part 1) Over the last few weeks we’ve been writing about the Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act ​(H.R. 4288) and [...]

Global Ag Subsidies Under Pressure from Investors In a first-of-its-kind intervention, a group global of investors managing around $7.3 trillion in assets have called on the Group of 20 nations [...]

USDA Partners With State Attorney Generals for Ag Competition The United States Department of Agriculture recently created the Agricultural Competition Partnership, a new partnership with State [...]

EPA Launches Pesticide Incident Database The Environmental Protection Agency recently launched an online database of pesticide incidents reported to the agency over the last 10 years. The Agency [...]

China Plans to Secure Domestic Seed Supplies China’s quest for food security is making its seed industry a top policy priority, and President Xi Jinping has ordered the country’s top [...]

Bill to Give Complete Immunity for Pesticides ​Federal legislation providing pesticide producers with complete immunity for pesticides was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Dusty [...]

Supreme Court Confirms Power of State Courts Over Corporate Defendants This week the Supreme Court ruled that companies can be hailed into court in states where the companies have registered to [...]

New Lawsuit Challenges Registrations for Enlist One and Enlist Duo Environmental groups continued their fight against EPA’s registration of Enlist and Enlist Duo herbicides by filing a new [...]

EPA’s New Final Rule for Traited Crops Looks Much Like the Old Rule The EPA recently released its final rule for new regulations on Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs) which are commonly [...]

Treated Seed Exemption Under Fire (Again) A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit against EPA in a running legal fight to eliminate treated seed from an exemption under the [...]