by Braeden Coon | Dec 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Insecticides have been a linchpin of crop production for hundreds of years. But nothing lasts forever, and insects have mutated over time to survive and thrive despite the chemicals. Resistance has forced farmers to increase the types and amounts of chemicals they...
by Braeden Coon | Dec 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Genetically engineering plants just got a little harder. California girls judges, they’re unforgettable: A federal judge in Cali just vacated the USDA’s 2020 rule exempting genetically engineered plants from regulation. Translation: This will likely delay the...
by Braeden Coon | Dec 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
It’s (bird) flu and cold season. And the U.S. is taking it seriously. Cows in quarantine: You may remember when dairy herds were hit with a mysterious disease last spring, confusing farmers, scientists, and consumers. Once it was confirmed as highly pathogenic avian...
by Braeden Coon | Dec 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
You’re used to looking up nutrition information on the back of a product, but a new proposal could change this: those labels might be moving to the front of food packaging. How did we get here? ICYMI, the U.S. isn’t the healthiest of nations, and this new proposal is...
by Braeden Coon | Dec 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
The T-word has almost become a swear word recently. That’s right: tariffs. Tariff tsunami: On day one of re-entering the Oval Office, President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order to impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from Canada and...
by Braeden Coon | Dec 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
Screwworms are screwing up beef imports from Mexico, and it will likely impact feeder cattle prices. After the discovery of a screwworm in Mexico on Friday, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it would pause animal imports from...
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