Clever EU GMO Wording Never underestimate the wordsmithing capacity of Brussels. The new proposed procedure for member states to opt out of the planting of otherwise EU-approved biotech events would tie up a litigant for years and likely cause them to fail. The language no longer calls it a "ban" but rather a decision to "restrict," and the criteria include:
Negative impact on the local environment by a change in agricultural practices; Ecosystem sustainability and maintenance of ecosystem services; Maintenance of local or regional biodiversity; Lack of adequate data on the impact on the local or regional environment; and, Negative socio-economic impacts such as the high cost of co-existence measures.
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What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
Key Takeaways: Brazil’s growing role in global agriculture is accompanied by a major vulnerability: the country imports approximately 88 percent of its fertilizer needs. High natural gas costs and development challenges have limited domestic nitrogen and potash production despite Brazil&...
