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21 Jan 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- USDA deregulated a new Bt cotton trait, the first of its kind to target plant bugs and thrips, on Jan. 16. The cotton trait, MON 88702, was developed by Monsanto and is now owned by Bayer, which is branding it as ThryvOn cotton. It expresses a new Bt protein, mCry51a2, which targets the following pests: -- Tarnished plant bu...
21 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- In his inauguration speech Wednesday, President Joe Biden placed a heavy emphasis on unity. But in his early work after the celebratory transfer of power, he began by reversing several agenda items from his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. Initial executive actions are often like that, as presidents take immediate action t...
20 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- JBS has reached a settlement in an ongoing class-action lawsuit that alleges JBS, along with several other large meat companies, conspired to raise the price of pork. According to the settlement preliminarily approved by the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota last week, JBS will pay $24 million in monetary relief and a...
20 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- President-elect Joe Biden on Monday nominated Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Jewel Bronaugh as deputy secretary of USDA. Bronaugh, who holds a doctorate in career and technical education from Virginia Tech University, brings to USDA an extensive career working with Extension programs and has ser...
20 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- With President Donald Trump's time in office coming to a close, U.S. farmers will remember a president who spoke to them and for them more often than any other president in modern history. Trump's policies on issues such as trade, energy, the environment and immigration heavily influenced farm prices, leading at times to criticism of...