The European Commission once again failed to achieve agreement by a qualified majority to provide a temporary extension for the approved use of glyphosate. Opposition is based on politics and not science War on America The European Commission once again failed to achieve agreement by a qualified majority to provide a temporary extension for the approved use of glyphosate. Opposition is based on politics and not science. Opponents cite the “probably carcinogenic” characterization of the herbicide by the UN’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). However, that stance is discredited because:
No other major science-based regulatory body has found evidence to support such a conclusion. No other UN organization agrees with the...
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...
