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USDA Announces Intent To Conduct A National Hemp Survey In Partnership With The University Of Kentucky

Elon Musk's Neuralink lab monkeys: Doctors group alleging abuse opens rare window into secretive world

This sick little monkey "readily ate apricots." That bad little monkey got none. An upset little monkey was "holding hands" with her "buddy" in the next-door cage, calmer after having some Valium, but still pulling on her brain-electrode port.

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Bird flu found in backyard flocks in New York, Maine

Bird flu found in backyard flocks in New York, Maine

Highly contagious avian influenza was previously found mostly in commercial poultry; infected birds were killed

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USDA head: US farmers to help if Ukraine exports threatened

The U.S. secretary of agriculture says that a Russian invasion of Ukraine offers American farmers a chance to boost production and prevent supply chain problems

The Independent UK

U.S. will immediately resume Mexican avocado imports, USDA says

The United States on Friday ended a ban on imports of avocados from Mexico's Michoacan state and restarted an agricultural inspection program it had halted out of concern for the safety of U.S. workers.

America Produced $824 Million Of Hemp In 2021, USDA Confirms

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the

Is an avocado shortage looming?

Grab your guacamole while you can

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IG finds a familiar pattern of delay at USDA civil rights office - Roll Call

IG finds a familiar pattern of delay at USDA civil rights office - Roll Call

The inspector general said a USDA office was slow to handle complaints of discrimination during the Trump administration.

U.S. to halt Mexican avocado imports 'as long as necessary' to ensure worker safety

U.S. to halt Mexican avocado imports 'as long as necessary' to ensure worker safety

U.S. imports of new Mexican avocado harvests will stay suspended for "as long as necessary" to ensure the safety of U.S. inspectors who were threatened verbally in Mexico's western Michoacan state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Monday.

USDA draws on critics for equity accountability panels directed by Congress - Roll Call

USDA draws on critics for equity accountability panels directed by Congress - Roll Call

Agriculture Secretary Vilsack named Shirley Sherrod to an equity panel over a decade after dismissing her, and then apologizing for doing so.

Tribal groups want to boost traditional diets in federal food aid

WASHINGTON — Native American groups say food is both identity and power, something they want Washington to understand as they seek more control of their own diets, more traditional foods in aid programs and bigger roles for Indigenous American farmers.

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Tribal groups want to boost traditional diets in federal food aid - Roll Call

Tribal groups want to boost traditional diets in federal food aid - Roll Call

Native American groups say food is both identity and power, something they want Washington to understand as they seek more control of their own diets, more traditional foods in aid programs and bigger roles for Indigenous American farmers. The groups are eyeing not only the Food Distribution Program on Indian…

What is bioengineered food? An agriculture expert explains

What is bioengineered food? An agriculture expert explains

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines bioengineered food as food that “contains detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques that cannot be created through conventional breeding or found in nature.”

The Conversation

Florida orange production is on pace for state’s smallest crop in 77 years. Blame citrus diseases.

Florida orange production is on pace for state’s smallest crop in 77 years. Blame citrus diseases.

If the latest USDA estimate holds true, Florida would produce its fewest number of oranges since 1944-1945, and California would surpass it for the first time in recent years.

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Sugar Prices Tumble on Rain Forecasts for Brazil

March NY world sugar #11 (SBH25 ) today is down -0.52 (-2.26%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ24 ) is down -8.60 (-1.49%). Sugar prices today are sharply lower after rain forecasts for Brazil sparked long liquidation in sugar futures. Forecaster Maxar Technologies said today that substantial showers...

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