USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has chosen sides in the biotech labeling debate, and it is with the mandatory approach of his political compatriots in the Senate.
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has chosen sides in the biotech labeling debate, and it is with the mandatory approach of his political compatriots in the Senate. He says he prefers the industry’s proposed SmartLabel approach that utilizes QR codes and the Internet, but he calculates that only a mandatory approach supported by GM opponents and the party in the minority on Capitol Hill is passable? Secretary Vilsack met with both sides in the fight to implausibly try and find a compromise. Unfortunately, he never took the one step that could have worked – federal preemption. F...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
As fall begins, wild migratory birds are starting their seasonal migration. That has the industry and government officials worried about the potential spread, again, of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Some members of Congress have called for the United States to be prepared for a pote...
