H.R. 3798, introduced by Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), would set a dangerous precedent by establishing federally mandated egg production practices and banning a number of other proven science-based egg production methods. The bill would result in mandated animal care standards based largely on the political goals of an animal rights group that seeks to eventually shut down animal agriculture by government mandate....More

After the U.S. District for the Eastern District of California rejected a request to lift a stay on low carbon fuel standards (LCFS) in California, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has shifted to a new court in the 9th Circuit in hopes of a new decision....More

Biotechnology applications have increased manifold in recent years. Presently agriculture, food, health, medical and environmental sciences are the major end-use sectors. The global biotech industry is led by the U.S., followed by advanced European countries such as the UK, France, Spain and Germany. Developing countries, especially India and China, are emerging as major agricultural and industrial biotechnology markets....More

Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill denied the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) motion to stay the decision he issued on Dec. 29, 2011 that had halted the enforcement of California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation because that regulation is unconstitutional....More