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Farm Bill is not one the the Senate's priorities
Farmers file suit against USDA, Challenge Constitutionality of payments based on race and sex
New publication shares insights into AI for crop improvement from Iowa State University researchers
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EU unable to approve new gene-editing plans in current mandate
Avian Flu Infects Man Dairy Worker in Texas
G&S Communications Releases Results of Survey on Consumers' Knowledge of Food System's Sustainability

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Ken Paxton agrees to community service, paying restitution to avoid trial in securities fraud case
US Farmers to Plant 90 Millions Acress of Corn, Down 5%, 86.5 Million Acres of Soybeans
Bird Fle Detected in Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico Dairy Cattle
Did you hear the story about the GMO that nearly destroyed the world?
Bill Proposing Legal Immunity for Pesticide Manufacturers Advances
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Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Stop New Radical Emissions Rule
Corn Growers: EPA's New Tailpipe Standard Will Hurt Family Farms
Rice Tec Opening
Pansies named newest Texas Superstar - Plants add versatility, range of color to landscapes
Access the American Seed Trade Association's updated guide for locating local, professionally produced, environment, conservation, and cover crop seed
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Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden Administration to Stop New Radical Emissions Rule
Corn Growers: EPA's New Tailpipe Standard Will Hurt Family Farms
Rice Tec Opening
Pansies named newest Texas Superstar - Plants add versatility, range of color to landscapes
Access the American Seed Trade Association's updated guide for locating local, professionally produced, environment, conservation, and cover crop seed
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Memorial Scholarship Contribution
ASTA Staff Promotions
Will Europe's Farmer Protests Make Their Way To The U.S.?
Natural tech for ‘dimming’ genes brings transformative potential to agriculture
Iowa Appraiser Reports Increasing Number of "No Sales" in Farmland Auctions
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Texas Wildfire Has Destroyed Ranches, Cattle
WSU Breeders Put Royalties to Work for the Future of Washington Wheat
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USDA Forecasts fewer planted acres in 2024
NCC Survey Suggests US Producers to Plant 9.8 Million Acres of Cotton in 2024
USDA Issued A Record $2.8 Billion in Conservation Grants to 45,000 Landowners
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The Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Membership & Policy Meeting - Pictures and Updates
EPA Issues Existing Stocks Order For Dicamba Products
New Zealand - Royalty fees are about to be enforced on farmers harvesting seed from protected wheat, barley and other crop varieties and saving it for future re-sowing
USA Issued a record $2.8 Billion in Conservation Grants to 45, 000 Landowners
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AG ECONOMISTS FORECAST DOWNTURN IN FARM JOURNAL'S LATEST POLLING
CONSERVATION REMAINS TOP PRIORITY FOR USDA AND CROP INSURERS
FRENCH FARMERS CALL OFF PROTEST FOLLOWING NATION'S AG MINISTER'S CONCESSIONS
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Pioneer to Hold Webinar "Biologicals 101"
USDA Reports Farms' Share of US Food Dollar Dipped Below 15 Cents in 2022
CRISPR takes on a witchy weed
AG ECONOMISTS FORECAST DOWNTURN IN FARM JOURNAL'S LATEST POLLING
New Regulations Rooted In Evidence: Looking Back On How EPA And USDA Updated Engineered Plant Regulations And Labeling In 2023
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Does anyone have a copy of "The Map?"
2024 Texas Elections
US OECD Seed Schemes Program
German Farmers Finding a Sorghum/Corn Combination Planting Beneficial for Dairy Feed
Farmers' Protest Against Increasing Government Regulations Spreading Throughout Europe
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German Farmers Stage National Protest
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2024 Annual Membership & Policy Meeting
American Farmland Trust Releases Manual on Carbon Markets and Climate-Smart Practices for Farmers
AG Economists Compare Cost of Corn Production in the US and Brazil
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The Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Membership Policy Meeting Scheduled for February 11-13, 2024. Registration and Hotel Reservations are Live
Nat'l Ag Law Center Lists Top 10 2023 Issues In Ag And Environmental Law
Genetically Engineered Crops Dominate U.S. Soybean, Cotton and Corn Acres
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Growout Update

The Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Membership & Policy Meeting Scheduled for February 11-13, 2024. Registration and Hotel Reservations are Live

The National Corn Growers Association is increasing pressure on U.S. officials to reopen the recently closed Eagle Pass and El Paso rail crossings into Mexico

Genetics of host plants determine what microorganisms they attract

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Growout Update Growouts were planted last week in Costa Rica and are being planted this week in Puerto Rico

Call for your input on discussion topics at the Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Meeting in February 2024.

BASF (BASFn.DE) plans to turn its agriculture, battery materials and coatings businesses into autonomous units to try to boost earnings

European Union - Broad support for plant breeding innovation at Council and European Parliament

USDA/APHIS determines that Insignum AgTech's corn plants can be sold and grown without restriction

New research offers insights into the biochemistry that makes grasses flower

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is excited to announce the winners of the 2023 National Corn Yield Contest

FIRST CRISPR GENE-EDITED DRUG APPROVED BY FDA

World Agricultural Output and Productivity Growth Have Slowed

USDA ISSUES 30 YEAR FOOD PRODUCTION FORECASTS

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Membership renewals for 2023-2024 have been mailed

Call for your input on discussion topics at the Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Meeting in February 2024

Scientists thought they understood maize’s origins. They were missing something big 
Genes from a long-lost wild relative may have sparked the invention of agriculture in the Americas

Texas A&M AgriLife Research breeder explores adapting mung beans for Texas - Legume crop could provide valuable protein source, environmental benefits

Winter wheat research educates producers on short-season crop

USDA RELEASE NEW INFORMATION ON WHO RECEIVES WHAT SHARE OF THE FOOD DOLLAR

HERE'S THE LATEST UPDATE ON BAYER'S GLYPHOSATE LAWSUITS

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Membership renewals for 2023-2024 have been mailed

Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023 at our 

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

The first comprehensive book about the most complex plant genome – the Wheat Genome – is now out and available in open access

Loveland Products, Inc., part of the Nutrien family, has acquired a prominent soybean breeding program tailored for the Southern US from BASF

Texas Peanut Production Up This Season

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSN APPLAUDS NEW NATIONAL PLANT GERMPLASM SYSTEM PLAN

Dalan Animal Health, Inc. ("Dalan"), the biotech company specializing in insect health, today announced that it has been included in the 2023 Fast Company Next Big Thing in Tech list

USDA REPORTS THE POPULAR EATING TIMES

RNAi Pesticide Moves Towards Approval by the US EPA

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There will be no Weekly Update next week, on Thanksgiving Day

Membership renewals for 2023-2024 have been mailed

Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

USDA PROPOSES CHANGES IN APPROVAL PROCESS OF GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS

USDA: PRICES FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS HAVE RISEN MUCH FASTER THAN NON-GM SEEDS

USDA: FARM SHARE OF U.S. FOOD DOLLAR DIPPED BELOW 15 CENTS IN 2022

HOW EL NINO IS IMPACTING SOUTH AMERICA'S CROPS

WORLD POPULATION PASSES 8 BILLION MARK, MEDIAN AGE IS 32

CATTLEMEN OBJECT TO BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S PLAN TO INTRODUCE GRIZZLY BEARS

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Membership renewals for 2023-2024

Growout season is close!

Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023 at our 

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

USDA ISSUES UPDATES ON ITS COMPETITION AND INNOVATION IN SEEDS INITIATIVE

Right to Farm and Ranch Yields Overwhelming Support!

NSP: USDA'S EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM HURTS LARGE FAMERS, FAVORS SMALL ONES

U OF ILLINOIS RESEARCHERS: SINGLE GENE CONTROLS WATERHEMP'S RESISTANCE TO SOIL-APPLIED HERBICIDES

Michigan State University plant biologists shed light on 144-year-old seedy mystery

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Growout Season is Close!

Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

Sorghum seed sales profit and empower rural women in Tanzania - In a remote rural area of Tanzania, a group of women farmers has defied the odds and found prosperity through the cultivation of certified sorghum seeds

Major Policy Changes on November 7th Ballot

Welfare payments created a nearly permanent "underclass," where generation after generation lives in poverty.

Wheat Plants and Their Microbiota Respond to Climate Stress in Different Ways, Study Shows

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Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023 at our NEW venue, the Hyatt Regency Orlando

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6 at the Brazos Center in Bryan, Texas

The Western Seed Association annual meeting is now accepting registrations.

Texas Seed Trade Association Provides Public Comment on U.S. EPA Draft Endangered Species Act Herbicide Strategy

Major Policy Changes on November 7th Ballot

Biden admin greenlights plan to reduce western states' vital water supply: 'Equitable future' - Actions will 'bolster water resilience' across West, White House climate czar says

‘Win for science’ as French court dismisses defamation lawsuit by anti-GMO scientist Seralini

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Membership Renewals have been mailed

Growout Season is close!

Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

The Western Seed Association annual meeting is now accepting registrations

Arkansas just became the first state to force a Chinese state-owned company to sell its land and get out

Major Policy Changes on November 7th Ballot

Science wins as Kenyan court dismisses landmark case against GMOs

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- Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci associated with drought tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

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Membership Renewals have been mailed

Growout Season is Close!

Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

The Western Seed Association annual meeting is now accepting registrations

HOUSE NOMINATES SCALISE FOR SPEAKER, THE FARM BILL NEEDS AN EXTENSION

How a heat-tolerant wheat crop offers hope for water-stressed countries
Test project in Morocco described as 'truly revolutionary'

STUDY REPORTS FARMWORKERS MAKE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN ALL WORKERS

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Mississippi River water levels are plummeting to an all-time low

The Global Agricultural Productivity (GAP) Report

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Membership Renewals have been mailed

Growout Season is Close!

Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

The Western Seed Association annual meeting is now accepting registrations

A new wheat variety available for licensing

USDA RELEASES CHART SHOWING MARKET SHARES OF SEED COMPANIES

The Tree of Sex - Important Stuff for Plant Breeders

Kansas Department of Agriculture to conduct a public hearing on Thursday, October 19, 2023, to consider the adoption of proposed regulations that govern the administration of the Kansas Seed Law

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CDC REPORTS RATE OF SUICIDE AMONG FARMERS IS 3.5X HIGHER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION

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Membership Renewals have been mailed

Growout Season is almost here

Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

The Western Seed Association annual meeting is now accepting registrations

A new wheat variety available for licensing

CORTEVA FILES IP THEFT LAWSUIT AGAINST INARI

Exploring new sorghum cultivars’ potential as forage crop for Upper Midwest

NATIONAL POLL SHOWS AMERICANS WANT THEIR FOOD SUPPLY PRODUCED DOMESTICALLY

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The Farm Bill Expires Saturday

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS FOR NEW CROP VARIETIES HAVE INCREASED

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Membership Renewals have been mailed

Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6 at the Brazos Center in Bryan, Texas

A new wheat variety available for licensing

USDA RELEASES CHART SHOWING R&D EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES OF LARGEST SEED COMPANIES

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Ukraine files WTO lawsuit against Poland, Slovakia, Hungary over agri import ban

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New Guestworker Legislation Push by Texas Congressman Tony Gonzalez

Thanks to all who attended the Sod Poodles game last Friday!

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A new wheat variety available for licensing

Protecting the Future of Texas Agriculture

What is the true origin of wheat?

Kansas State University lands $1M to boost grain sorghum research - Project will form network that aims to deliver sorghum seed trait technology for farmers

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Dutch Farmers Gaining Political Power

Ag News from France

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Join your TSTA compatriots next Friday in Amarillo!

Join the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023

The 35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

The Western Seed Association annual meeting is now accepting registrations

A new wheat variety available for licensing

Access an interesting article in Communications Biology entitled "Improved pearl millet genomes representing the global heterotic pool offer a framework for molecular breeding applications"

New long-term experiments at Rothamsted will shed light on potential impacts of regenerative agriculture - Early results show interactions are complex with many possible outcomes

Texas A&M Agrilife researchers integrating new AI tools for plant analysis

PURDUE/CME SURVEY FINDS FARMER SENTIMENT DIPS AMID WEAKER VIEW OF CURRENT CONDITIONS

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Texas Department of Agriculture standing up to the US EPA.

Texas Department of Agriculture standing up to the US EPA.

Brazil surpasses US in corn and soybean exports

USDA TO MAKE AVAILABLE $266 MILLION TO HELP FARMERS AND RANCHERS LOWER ENERGY COSTS

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Your association's public comments - VNS ("Variety Not Stated") Seed

Europe Patent Office: Gene-edited plants will be patented under GMO rules

Crop Testing Data Available

USDA FORECASTS WHEAT EXPORTS TO BE AT RECORD LOW LEVELS

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American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023

35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

A new wheat variety available for licensing.

USDA REPORTS PRICES FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS HAVE RISEN MUCH FASTER THAN NON-GM SEEDS

USDA ANNOUNCES FARMER SEED LIAISON INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS AG COMPETITION

RABORESEARCH: GRAIN DEMAND BOOMS IN EASTERN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

U.S. consumers spent an average of 11.3% of their disposable personal income (DPI) on food in 2022

Plant inbreeding secret unlocked, shedding light on Darwinian theory

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This morning Governor Abbott signed the "Right to Farm" bill that will appear on ballots this fall as a proposed Texas Constitutional Amendment

A new wheat variety available for licensing

Gene grants powerful resistance to resurging plant disease

Exclusive: Mexican official says US refuses to cooperate on GM corn studies

USDA REPORTS MORE THAN HALF OF CROPLAND USES SEED VARIETIES WITH AT LEAST ONE GENETICALLY MODIFIED TRAIT

NATIONWIDE STUDY SHOWS POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

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2023 ASTA Management Academy August 15-17, 2023 in West Lafayette, IN

American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023

35th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference will be December 5 & 6

BASF has received key import approvals for its newest cotton innovations

Craig Nelson, has been named Genetics Lab Director at Indiana Crop Improvement Association

THE PASSING OF DR. DANNY KLINEFELTER

University of Maryland researchers sequence genome of einkorn wheat, the world’s first farmed crop - Ancient wheat could safeguard global food supply by boosting drought, disease resistance of modern strains

Gene editing improves grain quality and reduces heat stress in rice

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Amarillo Sod Poodles rain-out last month has been rescheduled

2023 ASTA Management Academy August 15-17, 2023 in West Lafayette, IN

American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023 at our NEW venue, the Hyatt Regency Orlando, for the Field Crop Seed Convention

THE PASSING OF STEVE HAWKINS, FORMER PRESIDENT OF DELTA PINE & LAND AND THE CONTEXT NETWORK

USDA launches new Seed Liaison Initiative

Organic Seed Alliance

CHINA'S NEXT ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN TARGETED AT ITS SEED INDUSTRY

U OF ILLINOIS RESEARCHER REPORTS SOIL MICROBES HELP PLANTS COPE WITH DROUGHT, BUT NOT HOW SCIENTISTS THOUGHT

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Amarillo Sod Poodles rain-out last month has been rescheduled

Free Download of Guidelines for the establishment and management of seed testing laboratories.

American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) this December 5 - 8, 2023 at our NEW venue, the Hyatt Regency Orlando, for the Field Crop Seed Convention

A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors was convened July 13-15, at the Horseshoe Bay Resort

WORLD'S FOOD PRODUCTION HAS INCREASED 4X OVER 1960, HERE'S WHY

Source: Genetic Literary Project

ANTI-MONOPOLY GROUPS ISSUE REPORT CARD ON U.S. FOOD SYSTEM

Source: Open Markets Institute and Farm Action news release

USDA, ATTORNEY GENERALS LAUNCH PARTNERSHIP TO REDUCE ANTICOMPETITIVE BARRIERS IN AG SUPPLY CHAINS

Jul. 20, 2023

Source: USDA news release

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United Sorghum Checkoff news release

2023 ASTA Management Academy August 15-17, 2023 in West Lafayette, IN. 

Thank-you letters from scholarship awardees

A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15, at the Horseshoe Bay Resort

New research looks to pollen for plant heat stress resilience

AIMPOINT RESEARCH STUDY SHOWS IMPACT ON CROP PRODUCTION IF GLYPHOSATE IS BANNED

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USDA TO HOLD WEBINAR "CONCENTRATION AND COMPETITION IN U.S. AGRIBUSINESS"

A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15, at the Horseshoe Bay Resort

Crop Acreage Report

EPA ANNOUNCES NEW REGULATIONS FOR GENE EDITING FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CROPS

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Governor Abbott Announces Second Special Session Agenda

A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15, at the Horseshoe Bay Resort.

“The crop of the future”: Why climate scientists are sweet on sorghum

Leak indicates Commission is about to move forward on excluding genetically edited plants from GMO rules

WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY REPORTS BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE HERBICIDE-RESISTANT WEED MANAGEMENT

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ASTA elects 2023 - 2024 Officers

Update on Texas Legislature "Special" Session

A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15, at the Horseshoe Bay Resort.

A roadmap for gene regulation in plants - A novel approach to synthetic biology could revolutionize how scientists improve plants for bioenergy and agriculture

GLOBAL WHEAT PRODUCTION FORECAST AT A RECORD

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Increase in seed production from Texas A&M AgriLife Foundation Seed to potentially reach farmers in 2024

In Memory of Edward Runge

A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15, at the Horseshoe Bay Resort.

Texas Tech Named Host for Third Global Sorghum Conference

EL NINO ARRIVES, WHAT IT MEANS TO U.S. AGRICULTURE

USDA: FARM SECTOR REAL ESTATE DEBT HITS RECORD HIGH

Warning on seed production in Europe

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In Memory of John Travis (Jacko) Garrett, Jr.
January 26, 1943 – May 30, 2023

Amarillo Golf Tournament and Sod Poodles Game

A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15, at the Horseshoe 

TSTA Legislative Update

EPA decision to tighten oversight of gene-edited crops draws mixed response

U.S. agency will require evidence that introduced traits don't increase health risks before exempting modified plants from regulation

GOV'T OF MEXICO TO DEFEND ITS POSITION ON BIOTECH CROPS

AG SEC'Y VILSACK ISSUES STATEMENT ON DISPUTE WITH MEXICO AND BIOTECH CROPS

HERE ARE THE ISSUES THAT ARE SLOWING DOWN THE FARM BILL

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AGRICAPTURE RECEIVES FIRST CARBON CREDITS IN TEXAS HISTORY FOR GRASSLANDS CONSERVATION

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US EPA Has Regulatory Power Reduced by the US Supreme Court

Drought, quality drive TAMU peanut breeding

A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15

TSTA Legislative Update

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency turns back the clock on innovation

AG ECONOMISTS REVISE CORN AND SOYBEAN BUDGETS, BOTH SHOW LOSSES IN 2023

The grim reality of herbicide resistance

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AG, INDUSTRIAL TRADE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA IS BOOMING

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Clarification of Federal Seed Act Varietal Labeling Requirements

A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15

TSTA Legislative Update

Placing Gregor Mendel back among the Mendelian

Researchers find new mechanism for sodium salt detoxification in plants

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Biden Administration's recent seed competition report 

A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15

TSTA Legislative Update

A brand new screening method to boost plant breeding

PROMINENT ECONOMIST WARNS AG MAY BE HEADED FOR A REPEAT OF THE 1980S

Sorghum seed production companies and commodity group at the forefront of new opportunities in the global sorghum industry

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A US company is trying to trademark the shape of its lettuce – but this is just the tip of the iceberg

U OF ILLINOIS STUDY SHOWS POOR SOILS LOSE CARBON REGARDLESS OF CROP RESIDUE AND NITROGEN INPUTS

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A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15

TSTA Legislative Update

Farming and producing more sustainably is not a scientific problem – it’s a regulatory problem

IN BLOW TO PORK INDUSTRY, SUPREME COURT SUPPORTS CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 12

FOLLOWING RECORD HIGHS IN 2021 AND 2022, USDA FORECASTS FARM INCOME TO FALL 18%

Authorities must keep up the fight against counterfeit seeds

MARKET ANALYST WARNS CHINA IS BUYING AG PRODUCTS FROM OTHERS, NOT THE U.S.

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A meeting of the TSTA Board of Directors is scheduled for July 13-15

Johnston Seed Company Celebrates 130 Years in Business!

TSTA Legislative Update

Second revolution ahead for Green Revolution grains - Newly discovered gene overcomes limitations of earlier dwarf wheat

NAWG PRESIDENT TESTIFIES DURING "PRODUCER PERSPECTIVE ON THE FARM SAFETY NET" HEARING

Have You Tried Chat GPT?

MILLENNIUM RESEARCH: FARMERS HAVE A PHD IN BS DETECTION

CAUSE OF FIRE IN MASSIVE TEXAS DAIRY RELEASED, 18,000 COWS PERISHED

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Upcoming TSTA Board Meeting scheduled

TSTA Legislative Update

METEOROLOGIST EXPLAINS HOW EL NIñO WILL IMPACT CROP YIELDS THIS SUMMER

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Legislative Update

Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- April 2023

The first 3D-printed biodegradable seed robot, able to change shape in response to humidity

HOUSE AG CHAIRMAN'S OPENING STATEMENT ON EPA ADMINISTRATOR REGAN'S HEARING

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Legislative Update

USDA/AMS clarifies varietal labeling requirements of the Federal Seed Act to enhance transparency for growers

Gene-edited Ethiopian ‘teff’ grain with 25% higher yield will not be regulated, USDA determines

Biden Vetoes Congress' WOTUS Rule

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Legislative Update

Ruby Crush tomato named Texas Superstar plant - Top-performing tomato in taste, consistent production

REPORT TRACKS CROP INPUT PRICE INCREASES OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES

PURDUE/CME AG ECONOMY BAROMETER FINDS DROPS, CITES COMMODITY PRICE OUTLOOK AND INTEREST RATE CONCERNS

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Rice gene identified that boosts number of flowers when inactivated

HERE'S A RUNDOWN ON THE WATERS IMPACTED BY THE EXPANDED WOTUS REGULATIONS

IOWA STATE OFFERS FREE WEEK OF SEMINARS ON SEED TECHNOLOGY

USDA REPORTS ON STATES PRODUCING PEANUTS, PLAY BALL!

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Male-sterile sorghum may offer dairy cows needed energy with less water use - Texas A&M AgriLife research indicates water-efficiency and highly digestible fiber is possible

SORGHUM MARKETING TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM LAUNCHES VENTURE CAPITAL PLATFORM

TEXAS JUDGE GRANTS LIMITED INJUNCTION FOR WOTUS CHALLENGE

Farmers in Nigeria urged to buy hybrid seeds to boost food security

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USDA ANNOUNCES INITIATIVES TO CREATE "A FAIRER MARKET" FOR SEEDS AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL INPUTS

NEW STUDY SHOWS RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD HAS SLASHED GHG EMISSIONS BY 1.2 BILLION METRIC TONS SINCE 2008

Blocking gene that inhibits root growth may enhance drought resistance in crops

An internal thermometer tells the seeds when to germinate

USDA: CROPS PRODUCTION GROWS FASTER THAN LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS PRODUCTION FROM 1948 TO 2019

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“ALL OPTIONS” CONSIDERED BY U.S. OVER MEXICO’S CORN IMPORT RESTRICTIONS

FOUR MAIN THEMES FROM NAT'L ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT CROP CONSULTANTS ANNUAL MEETING

USDA ISSUES ITS PLANTED ACREAGE AND PRICE FORECAST

LARGEST FARMS GREW EVEN LARGER IN 2022

USDA REPORTS 89% OF ALL FARMS ARE SMALL AND THEY GENERATED 18% OF TOTAL PRODUCTION VALUE

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What storage conditions affect seed quality? Temperature and relative humidity are two key factors in maintaining good seed quality

The breeding out of wheat resistance to a destructive fungus

USDA UNVEILS MAP SHOWING HOW WHEAT IS TRANSPORTED TO EXPORT PORTS

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2023 Annual Membership Meeting notes

NAT'L COTTON COUNCIL ISSUES INDUSTRY OUTLOOK, FORECASTS 17% LESS PLANTED ACRES IN 2023

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9th annual Texas A&M Plant Breeding Symposium set for February 16 - Student-run event highlights generations of plant breeding

Oatly pioneers carbon impact labels on food. Is this unregulated junk science or useful information?

Better News for Texas Weather Outlook

USDA FORECASTS FARM SECTOR'S PROFITS TO FALL IN 2023 AFTER RECORD HIGHS IN 2022

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Are Solar Power Facilities Making News in Your County?

Sorghum: the unlikely food source for pollinators

USA - Supply of native seeds insufficient to meet the needs of current and future ecological restoration projects, says new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Strengthening sorghum against a worldwide fungal threat - ARS and Purdue University scientists identified a gene that could help sorghum withstand the fungus that causes anthracnose disease.

RACE AND ETHNICITY OF RURAL LABOR FORCE VARY BY INDUSTRY

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Membership renewals

2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

Our Costa Rican Growouts earlier this month

Adapting growing seasons to climate change can boost yields of world’s staple crops - New research estimates impact of farmer adaptation to climate change on maize, wheat, rice, sorghum and soybean

CRISPR gene editing is in clinical trials to treat sickle cell disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS and some rare inherited diseases.

Clemson University receives FFAR grant to promote sorghum health benefits

FARM FUTURES' GROWER SURVEY: PLANTED ACREAGE OF MAJOR CROPS TO INCREASE

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2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

Germany's BASF SE expects to post a net loss for 2022

Seed Prices Have Soared-Is intellectual Property the Problem?

SEED COMPANIES URGE USDA TO MAKE BIOTECH REGULATIONS MORE EFFICIENT

USDA REPORT SHOWS TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME HAS RISEN FOR COMMERCIAL FARMS

USDA REPORTS AG IMPORTS BY PRODUCT, HORTICULTURE IS BY FAR THE LEADER

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Membership renewals

2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

Let’s welcome the International Year of Millets!

The Philippines - Malusog Rice (Golden Rice) harvested

Molecular mechanism behind nutrient element-induced plant disease resistance discovered​​​

AG SEC'Y VILSACK: U.S. WON'T COMPROMISE WITH MEXICO ON THREATENED CORN IMPORT BAN

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Membership renewals

2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Breakthrough in plant breeding - Grafting and mobile CRISPR for genome editing in plants

Imaging tool rapidly assesses seed quality

EPA AND ARMY FINALIZE RULE ESTABLISHING DEFINITION OF WOTUS

WORLD'S FIRST AGRI-FOCUSED SATELLITE LAUNCHED FROM CAPE CANAVERAL

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2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

 PERCENTAGE OF U.S.'S TOTAL EXPORT VALUE FROM AG PRODUCTS HITS NEW HIGH

 USDA REPORTS THE NUMBER OF H-2A FARM SEASONAL WORKERS

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Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Peas Making Inroads in South Texas

100 years of data shows modern wheat varieties are a productivity and biodiversity win-win

USDA RELEASES REPORT SHOWING PRODUCTION, NET MARGIN, USE OF CROP INSURANCE BY FARM TYPES

USDA RELEASES REPORT SHOWING PRODUCTION, NET MARGIN, USE OF CROP INSURANCE BY FARM TYPES

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Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Researchers identify elusive carbon dioxide sensor in plants that controls water loss

An article of interest on the subject of Intellectual Property.

Texas researchers say they’ll have new hemp varieties ready by 2024

2022 U.S. CORN AND SOYBEAN YIELDS FALL BELOW TREND LINES

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Membership renewals

2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

ASTA’s largest event of the year, the CSS & Seed Expo is wrapping up its last meeting in Chicago today after 76 years!

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

USDA’s PVP System Embraces Transgenic and Gene Edited Plants

Clean seeds, good germination

A report from the Netherlands

USDA EXPANDS ITS COVERAGE FOR GRAIN SORGHUM

RABOBANK FORECASTS FERTILIZER PRICES TO DECREASE IN 2023

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Growout Update

2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

ASTA’s largest event of the year, the CSS & Seed Expo 2022

Texas Plant Protection Conference Dec. 6-7 in Bryan

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Netherlands to buy out and close 3,000 farms to meet climate goals

A way forward for strengthening food systems resilience and autonomy in times of crisis

Genetic ‘hitchhikers’ can be directed using CRISPR

USDA REPORTS FARMERS' SHARE OF FOOD DOLLAR REACHED HISTORIC LOW IN 2021

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2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

Participants & Sponsors Meeting Registration

Hotel Room Block: Texas Seed Trade Assoc. Annual Conference 2023

Texas Plant Protection Conference Dec. 6-7 in Bryan
Changing markets, pesticide, fertilizer, weather outlook to be discussed

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Russia moves to end import dependence on seeds

ADAMA'S SORGHUM CROPPING SOLUTION DOUBLE TEAM RECEIVES PRODUCT AWARD

UPL'S ADVANTA SEEDS AND BUNGE TO ACQUIRE STAKE IN BRAZILIAN SOYBEAN GERMPLASM CO. SEEDCORP HO

Corteva Agriscience has won a Crop Science Award in the “Best Industry Collaboration” category together with BASF Agricultural Solutions and M.S. Technologies L.L.C.

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TSTA Annual Conference: Registration will be live tomorrow morning and a special edition will be sent out with the link.

CSS & Seed Expo 2022

Texas Plant Protection Conference Dec. 6-7 in Bryan

Changing markets, pesticide, fertilizer, weather outlook to be discussed

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Seed Buying for ’23 Starts Off Early with Renewed Focus

Breakthrough in CRISPR research may lead to more effective and safer gene editing

U.S. TRADE REP FINALLY DISCUSSES BIOTECH CROP IMPORTS WITH MEXICAN COUNTERPART

AGRONOMY, CROP SCIENCE & SOIL SOCIETIES LAUNCH ONLINE TOOL EVALUATING CARBON PRACTICES AND MARKETS

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Delivering genes into plant mitochondria using polymer-coated carbon nanotubes

ICRISAT offers 7000 plus unique materials for sorghum breeders to choose from

 USDA REPORTS MORE THAN 75% OF SOYBEAN, COTTON AND CORN ACRES ARE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED

Diesel Shortage Looms

USDA ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER 2022 LENDING RATES FOR AG PRODUCERS

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Attention Sorghum, Sunflower, and Millet Seed Producers - It's Growout time again

The annual Texas Seed Trade Association conference

Western Seed Association will convene their annual meeting on Monday October 31

ASTA’s largest event of the year, the CSS & Seed Expo 2022,

Texas Plant Protection Conference Dec. 6-7 in Bryan

Changing markets, pesticide, fertilizer, weather outlook to be discussed

IPSA's 34rd annual conference will be held January 23-24, 2023 in Tucson, AZ.

Turning up the dimmer switch on P450s 

Texas’s Allium/Onion leafminer program recognized by APHIS under the federally recognized State Managed Phytosanitary (FRSMP) Program

The Latest EPA Ban

NAT'L CORN GROWERS ASSN URGES U.S. TRADE REP TO ACT ON TRADE ISSUES WITH MEXICO

What type of grass is best for beef cattle?  Maybe it's Natives.

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It's Growout time again - Attention Sorghum, Sunflower, and Millet Seed Producers

Reserve the dates!  The annual Texas Seed Trade Association conference

Texas Plant Protection Conference Dec. 6-7 in Bryan - Changing markets, pesticide, fertilizer, weather outlook to be discussed

Texas Seed Trade Association Hosts Timpson ISD FFA Team

Europe’s first gene-edited wheat trials see breakthrough

EPA punts glyphosate decision

LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO GO PLANT-BASED IN ENDORSING PLANT BASED TREATY

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Reserve the dates!  The annual Texas Seed Trade Association conference

An insect pest acquires multiple plant genes

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ANNOUNCES FINAL RULE TO IMPROVE H-2A VISA PROGRAM

RAILROAD UNION VOTES DOWN LABOR CONTRACT AGREEMENT, STRIKE LOOMS

NAT'L PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL ISSUES STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 12 ARGUMENTS

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It's Growout Time for sorghum and millet seed producers

Texas Tech University taking the lead in $1.6M sorghum project

EPA takes welcomed action on pesticide-coated seeds

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSN RELEASES UPDATED COVER CROP SEED GUIDE

STUDY SHOWS MEXICO'S BAN ON GM CORN WOULD COST U.S. PRODUCERS $3.56 BILLION

Genetic analysis of Sorghum bicolor affect the human gut microbiome

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NAT'L CORN GROWERS ASSN CALLS ON FARMERS TO CONTACT EPA REGARDING ATRAZINE

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Time Ticking on EPA Decision on Treated Seed

EPA WITHDRAWS ITS GLYPHOSATE INTERIM DECISION, DETERMINES NO HUMAN HEALTH RISKS OF CONCERN

Danforth Plant Science Center collaborates with the National Sorghum Producers on a $65 million USDA partnerships for climate-smart commodities project

USDA "EQUITY COMMISSION" TARGETS ITS FARM SERVICE AGENCY COUNTY COMMITTEE SYSTEM

World Farmers’ Organisation allies with International Seed Federation on climate action

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AG REPUBLICANS: WHITE HOUSE' HUNGER CONFERENCE IS A POLITICAL STUNT

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Seed trade crucial to curb global food insecurity

Genome editing successfully used to induce chicory plants to accumulate important medical compound

Texas A&M AgriLife to lead historic investment in Texas’ efforts to become ‘climate-smart’ - Texas A&M AgriLife Research receives largest competitive grant in its history

DEPT OF ENERGY PROVIDES U OF ILLINOIS RESEARCHERS $1.85M GRANT TO STUDY SORGHUM PHOTOSYNTHESIS 

ENVIRONMENTALISTS, ACTIVISTS BLAST USDA'S CLIMATE SMART PROGRAMS

Government Roundups 

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Corteva Inc announced on Tuesday plans to exit about 35 countries and lay off roughly 5% of its global workforce

DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER RESEARCHER DISCOVERS BREAKTHROUGH IN DROUGHT TOLERANCE

USDA REPORTS ORGANIC TRADE REACHES $3.4 BILLION IN 2021

Overcoming a Major Technical Hurdle for Gene Editing in Growing Produce

Purple Tomato Is First Genetically Engineered Plant To Be Deregulated Through USDA’S New Regulatory Status Review Process

HOUSE AG COMMITTEE LEADER THOMPSON REACTS TO USDA'S UNILATERAL CLIMATE INVESTMENT

HERE ARE THE AG ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING USDA CLIMATE SMART GRANTS

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GO Seed, the Leader in Turf, Forage, and Cover Crop Seeds, Hires Dr. Trent Tate as Plant Breeder

Environmental activist irony: Anti-chemical campaigners end up promoting higher food prices with few farming or health benefits

FARMERS REPORT CARBON PAYMENTS THEY ARE RECEIVING IN PURDUE/CME AG ECONOMY BAROMETER

After deliberating less than an hour, Missouri county jury concludes glyphosate weedkiller did not cause plaintiff’s cancer, delivering Bayer/Monsanto 5th court victory in a row

Chemists make N₂ into NH₃ in most efficient electrochemical reaction ever
Electrochemical reaction with Li has higher yield and uses less energy than conventional methods 

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Seed Dealers More Important Than Ever

Colorado State University offers new clues to how plants retain healthy genomes, avoid mitochondrial disease

Single Species Cover Crops vs. Mixtures: Which Delivers Better Weed Suppression? 

Top 6 Questions (and Answers) Every Agribusiness Should Be Asking About Cyberattacks and Data

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Texas A&M AgriLife offers wheat ‘Picks’ as planting time arrives - Tough 2022 resulting in short wheat seed supplies

RiceTec hosted nearly 220 growers, vendors, and staff for its Arkansas Field Day event on August 11 where the company introduced new Global CEO, Karsten Neuffer,

ASTA’s largest event of the year

Canada is urging farmers to reduce fertilizer emissions to curb greenhouse gases, triggering a backlash.

INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF RESEARCHERS IMPROVE SOYBEAN'S PHOTOSYNTHESIS PROCESS, INCREASES YIELDS BY 20%

Multi-scale research uncovers microbes that affect sorghum drought response

USDA ANNOUNCES $300 MILLION IN NEW ORGANIC TRANSITION INITIATIVE

SURVEY OF CONSUMERS GRADE U.S. FOOD SYSTEM, HIGHEST TRUST IS WITH FARMERS

They Say Misery Loves Company

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AG SEC'Y VILSACK LISTS FUNDING PRIORITIES FROM NEW INFLATION REDUCTION ACT

Oklahoma Water Resources Center at Oklahoma State University aims to conserve water through cover crops

CATTLE PRODUCERS TO BUILD NEW BEEF PROCESSING PLANT IN AMARILLO, TX

FDA RELEASES ITS ANNUAL PESTICIDE RESIDUE IN FOODS REPORT, 97% ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH EPA'S STANDARDS

MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION REACHES ALL-TIME HIGH

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International partnership aims to improve sorghum breeding

RESEARCH SHOWS 90% OF FARMERS WON'T JOIN CARBON MARKETS WITHOUT CHANGES

PURDUE AG ECONOMIST COMPARES CONVENTIONAL AND ORGANIC ENTERPRISE NET RETURNS

Speeding up evolution at genome-level by alternative chromosome configuration

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ASTA's CSS & Seed Expo 2022

24th annual Wheatheart Wheat Conference

Lessons and Parallels; Regulation of Food Production to Achieve Political Agendas - Hold the Science

New chromosomal section effective against diseases in oats discovered​​​

TOP BANK EXECUTIVES OVERWHELMINGLY BELIEVE RECESSION IS INEVITABLE

Designing roots to reach new depths could help carbon storage in soil

TRIAZINE NETWORK REPORTS ALARMING SURPRISES IN EPA'S ATRAZINE PROPOSAL

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U.S. Environment Protection Agency publishes consent decree regarding treated seed

Informative Background on the EPA Consent Decree on Treated Seed

SORGHUM ANNOUNCED AS NEWEST ADDITION TO USDA FOOD BUYING GUIDE

A history of rye: How early farmers made plants genetically less flexible

Seed Law: the Government (Argentina) analyzes that producers pay a canon for soybean and wheat sowing

USDA: CHINA IS LARGEST GLOBAL FUNDER OF AGRICULTURAL R&D

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Weed zapping - Do electrocution treatments have a place in weed control?

Research Reveals Lack of Consumer Awareness about the Contributions of Science in Food and Agriculture

Proof that Mendel discovered the laws of inheritance decades ahead of his time

USDA: AGRICULTURE ACCOUNTED FOR 11.2% OF U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN 2020

USDA EXPANDS INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR DOUBLE CROPPING

REPUBLICAN HOUSE AGRICULTURE LEADERS CALL ON EPA TO CEASE POLITICIZATION OF CROP PROTECTION TOOLS

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What to do when science conflicts with political agendas - an Editorial

US EPA determines neonicotinoids likely to harm most endangered species

NEW PIG VACCINE BEING DEVELOPED TO BE FED VIA CORN

Artificial Photosynthesis Produces Food without Sunshine

The Truth About Organic Farming

Field trial for GM sorghum in Australia now approved

MORE ON THE FIVE CHANGES EPA IS PROPOSING ON THE USE OF ATRAZINE

TRIAZINE NETWORK: EPA RESURRECTS RADICAL ATRAZINE PROPOSAL, THREATENS KEY SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected another Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) bid to dismiss litigation alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer 

GRO ALLIANCE'S JIM SCHWEIGERT ELECTED CHAIR OF AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSN, OTHER OFFICERS NAMED

FDA APPROVES BIOTECH WHEAT WHICH IS DROUGHT RESISTANT, GOES TO USDA AND EPA

STUDY REPORTS HOW CONSUMERS WOULD INVEST USDA'S BUDGET, MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE REALITY

Raquel Chan: Discovering the gene behind GM wheat

Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely — what does the future hold?

FARM BUREAU: EPA MAKING A MOCKERY OUT OF WOTUS ROUNDTABLES

Supreme Court deals Biden climate agenda serious blow with EPA decision

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Bayer won a Roundup case recently and is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling - Update

Gene hunting leads researchers to solve mystery of inhibition of awn elongation in sorghum

Altered gene helps plants absorb more carbon dioxide, produce more useful compounds

Viewpoint: ‘Arrogance of affluence and ignorance of ideologues’: EU’s failing agroecology Farm-to-Fork strategy — and what can be done to ensure sustainable farming and food

ASTA RELEASES TOOL TO LOCATE PROFESSIONALLY-PRODUCED ENVIRONMENTAL, CONSERVATION AND COVER CROP SEED

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Corteva, Inc. released its 2021 Sustainability and ESG Report

Discovery paves the way for more sustainable crop cultivation methods

World’s first GM lager: Could beer made from genetically modified wheat usher in a new era of GMO crop acceptance?

USDA: PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL R&D SPENDING HAS DECLINED IN RECENT YEARS

REPUBLICAN LEADERS CALL ON WHITE HOUSE TO WITHDRAW BRIEF IN ROUNDUP CASE

A California Appeals Court has ruled that bumblebees are, in fact, fish

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Genome editing is used in 63 different crops

NITROGEN FERTILIZER PRICES FELL 30% LAST WEEK, STILL MORE THAN DOUBLE LAST YEAR

NAT'L ASSN OF WHEAT GROWERS REITERATES CALL TO CONSULT USDA ON SCOTUS GLYPHOSATE CASE REVIEW

REPUBLICAN HOUSE AG COMMITTEE CHAIR REACTS TO USDA'S TONE DEAF "FRAMEWORK" ON AMERICA'S FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN

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Sorghum industry has huge potential space to make progress within China-Pakistan cooperation

Researchers have developed a super wheat for salty soils

Climate change on course to hit U.S. Corn Belt especially hard, study finds - Significant agricultural adaptation will be necessary and inevitable in the Central and Eastern United States

AG GROUPS CALL FOR WITHDRAWAL OF SOLICITOR GENERAL'S SUPREME COURT BRIEF ON GLYPHOSATE

USDA ISSUES REPORT ON THE ADOPTION OF COVER CROPS

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CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE EXPANDS ITS SUNFLOWER SEED PRODUCTION IN ROMANIA

Competition and the Intellectual Property System: Seeds and Other Agricultural Inputs

REPORT SHOWS IT COSTS 3X MORE IN REGULATORY PROCESS TO DISCOVER NEW GM TRAIT

WISCONSIN CORN MILLER DIDION MILLING INC. CHARGED WITH OSHA CRIMES FOR CAUSING WORKER DEATHS

Treated Seed a Hot Topic in State Legislatures

USDA ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS TO HELP LOWER COSTS OF ORGANIC, TRANSITIONING PRODUCERS

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Recertification of Texas Wheat Seed

Nominees for Texas A&M University Vice Chancellor for Agriculture and Life Sciences and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Public Comments due 05/16/2022 for President Biden's Executive Order to Investigate Competition and the Intellectual Property System: Seeds and other Agricultural Inputs

Food Conversations Started as a Result of the Ukraine - Russia Conflict

USDA/NASS forecasts winter wheat production down in 2022

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Recertification of Texas Wheat Seed

Corteva to withdraw from Russia

Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy

Samantha Power: "Never let a crisis go to waste":

BIDEN PROPOSES $500M IN EMERGENCY INCENTIVES TO INCREASE U.S. CROP PRODUCTION

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Recertification of Texas Wheat Seed

TEXAS IS NOW THE THIRD LARGEST DAIRY STATE, PASSES IDAHO

CATTLE INDUSTRY'S OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT MANDATE AMPLIFIED THROUGH SENATE HEARING

OKLAHOMA STATE LIVESTOCK SPECIALIST SAYS SIGNIFICANT HERD LIQUIDATION INEVITABLE THIS YEAR

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HOW ANTIQUATED REAL ESTATE LAWS ARE STOPPING FARMERS FROM FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE

Frontier Hybrids the Subject of an AgVenture Spotlight

New watermelon seeds adapted to semi dryland farming

Estimating Plant-Available Nitrogen Release From Cover Crops

UNION PACIFIC CURTAILS CF INDUSTRIES' FERTILIZER SHIPMENTS, WILL NOT ACCEPT NEW ORDERS

PLANTING UPDATE FROM UKRAINE FARMER IN THE WAR ZONE

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Pumpkin production can benefit from conservation practices

The Philippines - Golden rice up for deployment

ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL COULD EXPAND WHEAT PRODUCTION DUE TO THE WAR IN UKRAINE

EPA ANNOUNCES PLAN TO PROTECT ENDANGERED SPECIES AND SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

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The Three Things All Employees Want

The World’s First Genetically Engineered Wheat Is Here

AFIA REPORT EXAMINES IMPACT OF INCREASED USE OF NON-GM FEED ON U.S. ANIMAL FEED INDUSTRY

Whole-genome resequencing of Sorghum bicolor and S. bicolor × S. halepense lines provides new insights for improving plant agroecological characteristics

87% OF AG RETAILERS REPORT PRODUCT SHORTAGES IN FARM JOURNAL POLL

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Australian OGTR - Invitation to comment on a field trial of genetically modified sorghum

For plant geneticists, some genes are double the trouble

RESEARCH AT KANSAS STATE DISCOVERS DESTRESSING BENEFIT FROM FEEDING CATTLE INDUSTRIAL HEMP

Anti-GMO themes losing traction worldwide, suggests new scientific paper

RABORESEARCH RELEASES ANNUAL PRICE OUTLOOK REPORT FOR U.S. CROPS

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French president Emmanuel Macron on Europe’s pro-organic, anti-biotechnology sustainable food strategy: ‘It was based on a pre-Ukraine war world and should be reviewed’

Texas A&M AgriLife-bred wheat varieties top Texas producer choices - Federally conducted wheat survey shows TAM 114 leads planted wheat acreage

EU ANNOUNCES PROGRAM TO INCREASE CROP PLANTINGS, FARM GROUPS URGE USDA TO OPEN UP CRP GROUND

USDA: FARMERS' SHARE OF THE FOOD DOLLAR ROSE ONE CENT IN 2020, LARGEST INCREASE IN NEARLY A DECADE

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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) Celebration of Modern Agriculture on the National Mall

Nuseed and Richardson Seeds International breeding teams advance Nuseed sorghum through marker assisted selection

U.S. agriculture department opens inquiry into fertilizer, seed prices

WHEAT MARKET SETTLES IN MORE NARROW RANGE

USDA ISSUES REPORT SHOWING A DECADE OF CONSERVATION TRENDS

The Four R’s of Media Relations for Small-Shop Ag Communicators

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Registration Opens for ASTA's Leadership Summit

Corteva Agriscience today announced the opening of a new seed research station in Navasota, Texas.

Advanta and Alta Seeds

Kansas State University researchers uncover new clues for improving wheat - Study capitalizes on gene copies inherited from wild ancestors thousands of years ago

Tweaking carotenoids proves fruitful

Grass seed company owner charged in scheme to defraud the J.R. Simplot Company

GLOBAL FOOD PRICES HIT RECORD, RUSSIAN INVASION INTENSIFIES SUPPLY RISKS

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DLF ACQUIRES OREGRO SEEDS

USDA looking into business practices of retailers, seed companies

Benefits of cover crops extend to dry areas - A new study shows cover crops can improve ecosystem services in water-limited environments

PROMINENT AG ECONOMIST: RUSSIA'S INVASION IS LARGEST DISRUPTER OF GRAIN PRICES, SUPPLY IN OUR LIFETIME

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Level of stakeholder interest in advancing and supporting accessibility of evapotranspiration (ET) data in Texas survey

The primary elections - VOTE!

DEPT OF JUSTICE STARTING NEW INITIATIVES TO MONITOR PRICE COLLUSION

Researchers discover when pollen comes of age - Finding has major implications for plant breeding process

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Texas Seed Trade Association Annual & Membership Meeting was an outstanding success

The Primary Elections - VOTE!

A Letter and a Warning About Losing Our Identity

Update - USDA/APHIS will no longer accept unoriginal electronic phytosanitary certificates and forms after September 30, 2022

STATE AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS ANNOUNCE THEIR PRIORITIES FOR THE 2023 FARM BILL

There Is Nothing 'Green' About Ethanol

RFA: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMES OF THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD

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Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Meeting / Membership Meeting

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Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Meeting / Membership Meeting

The upcoming primary elections

UC Davis team identifies wheat gene that increases yield - The findings could help growers produce more wheat without expanding operations

GM versions of fall armyworm can effectively control the insect pest, study confirms

Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Are the Latest Genetic Engineering Breakthrough

USDA, DOJ LAUNCH TOOL ALLOWING FARMERS, RANCHERS TO REPORT ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES

National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) reports:

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Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Meeting / Membership Meeting

Supreme Court Will Hear Waters of the U.S. Case

Under the hood: How environment and genomes interact in plant development

China to allow gene-edited crops in push for food security

TFI, ARA, CROPLIFE AMERICA CEOS COMMENT ON INPUT SHORTAGES

As a follow-up to our report on the Biden administration implementing procedures for reducing meat prices they feel are the result of too little competition at the wholesale distribution level...

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Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Meeting / Membership Meeting

The Southern Seed Association Annual Meeting in Austin

Groups pressure US EPA to act on pesticide-coated seeds

USDA: PER ACRE WATER USE IN IRRIGATED FARMLAND SHOWS A DECLINING TREND

In 2022, USDA will continue to prioritize the following objectives:

Political aide to Texas agriculture commissioner indicted

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• Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Meeting / Membership Meeting
• Southern Seed Association Annual Meeting
• Study Challenges Evolutionary Theory That DNA Mutations Are Random - Findings Could Lead to Advances in Plant Breeding, Human Genetics
• Purdue Scientists are One Gene Closer to a Sorghum Superman
• KC Fed Reports Ag Loan Volume Dropped 13% Last Year - Lowest Leven since 2012
• SORGHUM EXPORTS CLOSE 2021 WITH MARKETING-YEAR HIGH COMMITMENTS AND SHIPMENT
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• Texas Seed Trade Association Annual Meeting / Membership Meeting
• Southern Seed Association Annual Meeting
• Bioenergy Sorghum's Roots Can Replenish Carbon in Soil - A New Texas A&M AgriLife Study Shows the Annual Crop Can Sequester Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
• Biden Administration Announces Plan for a Fairer, More Competitive, More Resilient Meat and Poultry Supply Chain
• USDA: The Distribution of Irrigated Acreage Has Shifted Eastward
• Australian OGTR: Receipt of License Application from The University of Greenland for a Field Trial of Genetically Modified Sorghum
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