A ban on GM ingredients in animal feeds passed Poland’s lower house of parliament and, if passed in the Senate, could disrupt the nation’s animal industries. Elsewhere, meteorologists are lowering La Nina’s impacts on Argentina’s crops. Poland Lower House Votes to Ban GM Ingredients in Animal Feeds in 2019. Poland’s lower house of parliament (Sejm) last week voted to allow the use of GM ingredients in animal feeds only until 1 January, 2019. The government previously proposed to allow GM ingredients for 4 more years. The vote in favor of the 2-year extension had 395 in favor, 15 opposed and six abstentions. The legislation now goes before the Senate for consideration.If the law is approved and implemented it will cause great problems for...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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