by Becca Frazier | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
GM-omato: It’s a plum! It’s a grape! It’s neither! Plant scientists at the John Innes Centre in the UK have developed a purple tomato. That’s right, purple (remember the Heinz purple ketchup of the early 2000s?). The goal of the project was to create a tomato high in...
by Becca Frazier | Sep 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
The USDA is handing out dolla dolla bills to 70 lucky applicants to the Partnerships of Climate-Smart Commodities program. Those winners will now go on to increase U.S. ag’s competitive advantage and build wealth in rural America. ICYMI: The USDA originally dedicated...
by Becca Frazier | Sep 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s corn! A big lump with knobs. It has the juice. But we’re talking soybeans and cotton, too. Each month, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) provides the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. Yesterday, they...
by Becca Frazier | Sep 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Beans are getting a big-time boost. Thanks to a recently signed executive order, President Biden has started a new biotech and biomanufacturing initiative that will help create more downstream demand for soybeans. What this means: By improving markets for biobased...
by Becca Frazier | Sep 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
“I hear that train a-comin’. It’s rollin’ ‘round the bend…” And for now, it looks like this train will stay on the tracks. Crisis averted: After a marathon negotiation session between the major U.S. railroads and unions, President Biden...
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