The House and its conservative majority are coming under pressure to act after the Senate passed a landmark immigration bill opening the door to U.S. citizenship to millions while pouring billions of dollars into securing the border with Mexico.
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Experts say it seems unlikely eco-terrorists would have purposely sown restricted biotech wheat in an Oregon field, discounting Monsanto's claim that the release was an act of sabotage.
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The USDA has approved a label that verifies the absence of genetically modified products in some foods. The Non-GMO Project, a nationwide organization based in Bellingham, Wash., has sought the approval for the past year.
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The Idaho Crop Improvement Association has chosen Alan Westra as the new southeast area manager who will oversee seed potato certification for the state. He replaces Gary Smith, who retires July 1 after a year in the position.
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The dim outlook for the irrigation supply this season has brightened somewhat. But many farmers in the Pacific Northwest will still have to get by on a lot less and the tight situation has already altered many planting decisions.
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Taiwanese wheat buyers purchased 85,550 metric tons of wheat from the U.S. this week and did not exclude wheat from the Pacific Northwest.
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Global sugar consumption is projected to increase from 166 million tons to 203 million tons in the next seven years, according to a report released this week by Rabobank's food and agribusiness research and advisor team.
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USDA officials expect temporary incentives to help move a glut of domestic sugar will save taxpayers $282 million in prevented government farm loan forfeitures.
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Department of Agriculture officials said that investigators have found no evidence that the discovery of unauthorized genetically modified wheat in an Oregon field was anything but an isolated incident in a single field.
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Idaho dry bean growers are concerned that non-inspected soybean seed entering the state could negatively impact their industry and have asked state officials to address the issue.
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USDA investigators have taken samples from more than one seed dealer as part of a probe to discover the source of unauthorized genetically modified wheat discovered in an Oregon field.
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USDA investigators have taken samples from a Washington wheat seed supplier and some of its customers in the ongoing probe into the source of unauthorized genetically modified wheat found in an Oregon field.
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Two environmental groups have revived a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over pesticides, though the new version has been scaled back.
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The Canadian government on June 7 signaled it may impose retaliatory tariffs on more than three dozen American commodities, including beef, pork, rice, corn, apples, cherries and wine, as a result of the U.S.' mandatory country-of-origin labeling law.
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The federal government was justified in refusing to expand Endangered Species Act protections for the pygmy rabbit, according to a federal judge.
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The Monsanto Co. says extensive tests of wheat varieties grown in the Northwest have uncovered no contamination from a biotech variety of the crop recently found in an Oregon field.
A Kansas wheat farmer has filed a legal complaint against the Monsanto Co. over an unauthorized release of biotech wheat, claiming it was negligent in developing the crop. Plaintiff Ernest Barnes of Morton County, Kan., seeks damages of more than $100,000 from the biotech developer, claiming he and other growers "have been injured significantly ... as the price for their wheat drops and markets close previously open doors."
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Farmer litigation against Monsanto will hinge on whether the unauthorized release of the company's biotech wheat depresses prices for the crop, legal experts say. So far, though, the price reaction has been muted because little is known about the extent of the problem.
American beef industry representatives hope a world body's upgrade of the United States' risk status for bovine spongiform encephalopathy to "negligible" will expand existing markets while removing barriers in places such as China.
