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Bayer launches new website to promote transparency
Feedstuffs | Posted onDecember 12, 2017 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni Newsayer recently announced that it has launched a new website that focuses on transparency by enabling access to scientific data needed for the evaluation of plant protection products. In launching the website, https://cropscience-transparency.bayer.com, Bayer said it is taking a leadership role in driving transparency while safeguarding the company’s confidential product composition and manufacturing process data.
Farming startup Indigo raises $203 million with help from Dubai fund
Reuters | Posted onDecember 12, 2017 in Agriculture NewsFarming technology startup Indigo has raised more than $200 million from investors to fund its efforts to reform how crops including wheat, soybeans, cotton and corn are grown around the world.The Boston-based company announced on Wednesday an additional $47 million investment led by the Investment Corporation of Dubai, a state-owned sovereign wealth fund, bringing its latest financing round to $203 million. Indigo is valued after the latest round at $1.4 billion. The financing is one of the largest single investments into a private agriculture-technology company.
Iowa Farm Bureau leader: Farmers must fight misinformation that threatens ag gains
Des Moines Register | Posted onDecember 12, 2017 in Agriculture NewsMisinformation about food and farming that gets shared on Facebook, Twitter and other social media channels threatens gains in agriculture, the leader of Iowa's largest ag group said Wednesday.
Food Stamp Fight Looms In Congress After Tax Code Overhaul
Huffington Post | Posted onDecember 12, 2017 in Agriculture, Federal, Food NewsDemocrats have warned that after passing a tax bill that adds to the national debt, Republicans will say it’s all the more urgent to cut Social Security and Medicare.While overhauling those popular programs is a long-term Republican goal, in the near-term conservative lawmakers are more eager to cut food stamps.Rep.
Animal Drugs at FDA Phase 3 Implementation
FDA | Posted onDecember 12, 2017 in Federal NewsIn our continued effort to improve transparency and public access to information about approved animal drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine is launching Phase III of the redesigned Animaldrugs@fda website.
Coal CEO: Senate tax plan 'wipes us out'
Northwest Arkansas News | Posted onDecember 12, 2017 in Energy NewsCoal CEO Robert Murray warns that if the Senate version of tax reform is enacted by President Donald Trump, he'll be destroying thousands of coal mining jobs in the process. "We won't have enough cash flow to exist.
Tyson terminates contract with Atlantic Farm in response to undercover video
Meat + Poultry | Posted onDecember 12, 2017 in Agriculture, Food NewsTyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Arkansas, terminated its contract with Atlantic Farm, a poultry production operation, after undercover video footage depicting animal cruelty was released by an animal rights group on Dec. 6. A representative from Compassion Over Killing posing as an employee recorded undercover video footage of what Tyson officials referred to as “egregious, inexcusable” actions by workers at the facility over the course of several weeks.
Post-Harvest Slump in Ag Producer Sentiment
Purdue | Posted onDecember 12, 2017 in Agriculture NewsThe Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer dropped 7 points in November, signaling a slump in U.S. agricultural producers’ confidence compared to a month earlier. At a reading of 128, the measure of producer optimism in November was the second weakest observed during 2017 and stood just 4 points above the 2017 low of 124, set in March (Figure 1).
Antibiotic confusion
Pig Progress | Posted onDecember 12, 2017 in Agriculture, Food NewsThere appears to be lightyears of interpretation differences between the supporters and critics of antibiotic reduction. It’s clear that reducing antibiotics usage in one country or on one farm is not the same as reducing them in another. Depending on many factors, think of e.g. levels of biosecurity, legislation, farm size, professionalism of nutrition, to name a few, the way to interpret ‘reducing antibiotics’ is a different issue from place to place.
Why are America's farmers killing themselves in record numbers?
The Guardian | Posted onDecember 12, 2017 in Agriculture, Rural NewsThe suicide rate for farmers is more than double that of veterans. Former farmer Debbie Weingarten gives an insider’s perspective on farm life – and how to help. “Farming has always been a stressful occupation because many of the factors that affect agricultural production are largely beyond the control of the producers,” wrote Rosmann in the journal Behavioral Healthcare.