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2024 Annual Membership & Policy Meeting
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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2024 Annual Membership & Policy Meeting
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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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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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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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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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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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

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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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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Membership renewals

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

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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Membership renewals

2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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