The USDA took a step toward Europeanization when it delayed the approval of two crops that will help farmers control weeds and produce more food....More
The suppression of biotech crops in the EU is ideological rather than scientific driven, and done to a large extent by the organic food industry. The final decision for approval of a biotech crop is political rather than scientific....More
Brazil's recent notification to the WTO of agricultural subsidies for the 2009/10 crop year has raised issues about Brazil’s positions on trade-distorting domestic support policies....More
APHIS is delaying its deregulatory decision for crops genetically engineered (GE) to be resistant to the herbicides 2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and Dicamba....More