INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
October 29, 2015
News

Idaho seminar to address hot-button water issues

BOISE—Several hot-button local, state and federal water issues will be discussed during the Idaho Water Users Association’s annual Fall Water Law and Resource Issues Seminar Nov. 19-20.
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October 28, 2015
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UI partner in $1.2M grant to lead new food safety center

The University of Idaho will lead efforts across Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Alaska through a newly funded $1.2 million food safety center to help small and midsized farms and food processors improve food safety.
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October 28, 2015
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Calif. to see gradual arrival of El Nino-powered winter

For much of northern and central California, the El Nino-powered arrival of winter could be more of a gradual onset than a grand entrance.
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October 28, 2015
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Ag groups push for federal drought bill

A coalition of more than 100 farm-related organizations in the American West is urging the U.S. Senate to merge a number of drought bills into a "single, effective compromise bill."
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October 27, 2015
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Michigan harvest activities push halfway mark

Abnormally dry conditions in Michigan have pushed harvest well ahead of normal.
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October 27, 2015
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Every Michigan grower regulated by WOTUS

A Michigan grower questions his future of farming if the EPA implements its Clean Water Act Rule.
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October 27, 2015
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Budget deal cuts crop insurance

U.S. Ag Leaders are reacting strongly to proposed cuts to crop insurance delivery rates–as part of a federal budget deal that passed Congress Monday night.
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October 26, 2015
News

Partnership to develop new beet technology

KWS SAAT SE and Monsanto Company announced an extension of their partnership that will focus on helping U.S. and Canadian sugarbeet growers manage tough-to-control weeds.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue

Betaseed Sponsors Charter School

Betaseed Inc. announced its second annual sponsorship of the Academy for Sciences & Agriculture (AFSA) High School in Vadnais Heights, Minn., a community in greater Minneapolis/St. Paul.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue

Brandt Begins Marketing Pest Control

Brandt, a leading manufacturer of specialty products for the turf and agriculture markets, announced that Dr. Mohammed Rachadi joined Brandt’s specialty formulations team as PCO business manager.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue
Allen Thayer

Consumers and Trade Top Issues for Sugar Industry: Global market remains oversupplied

The Land of Enchantment served as the location for the 32nd International Sweetener Symposium on Aug. 3-5 in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue
Allen Thayer

Enchanting Time

Issues impacting the sugar industry never stop.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue

Holland FR Forage Cruiser

The 2016 New Holland FR Forage Cruiser self-propelled forage harvesters deliver consistently high forage quality and industry-leading crop processing efficiency.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue

Kuhn Krause Landsaver 4810 Coulter Chisel

The new Landsaver 4810 Coulter Chisel provides superior primary tillage performance.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue

LemnaTec Gets Research Grant for Ag Innovation

Global plant phenotyping specialist LemnaTec Corporation, has secured the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Award for Advanced Field Phenotyping System, which will enable the company to build and install the largest and most sophisticated
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue

Novo 2Wire Converter

The Underhill Novo 2Wire Converter is a practical new solution for expanding or renovating multi-wire irrigation systems.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue
Luther Markwart | Executive Vice President

Suspension Agreements Help Growers: Canadian election agenda will impact TPP

It is no secret that we have a huge beet crop for harvest this year.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue
Phillip Hayes, ASA

Thank You, Sugarbeet Growers

Wow! What a tremendous turnout from sugarbeet country at the 32nd International Sweetener Symposium recently held in New Mexico.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue

Toro Upgrades AquaFlow Software

Toro announced another upgrade to its popular AquaFlow drip irrigation design software.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue

Valley Revolution Airless Tire

Growers tired of getting flat tires on their center pivots now have a new option: the Valley Revolution airless tire.
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October 25, 2015| Published in the October 2015 issue

Vibrance Seed Treatment Fungicide

Syngenta announced Vibrance seed treatment fungicide is registered by the EPA for use in sugarbeets and will be available beginning this fall for 2016 planting.
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October 23, 2015
News

NE Montana sugar crop hit record numbers

Sugarbeet growers in northeastern Montana are seeing a record sugar crop this year.
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October 23, 2015
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Audit: USDA disregards GMO field trial problems

USDA’s biotechnology regulators don’t take past non-compliance problems into account when approving new field trials for regulated genetically engineered crops, according to an internal audit.
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October 23, 2015
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Retired prof warns growers about GMOs

A retired Purdue University professor who has warned Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about the possible dangers of genetically modified crops has urged Ada County Farm Bureau board members to help change the state organization’s policy on labeling food
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October 23, 2015
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Malheur County growers want to be part of Idaho

A recent effort to create a forum where people can discuss the idea of eastern Oregon and Washington counties joining Idaho was welcomed by farmers in Oregon’s Malheur County.
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October 20, 2015
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Role model wins Syngenta Drive to Thrive contest

Syngenta announced today that Krista Lottinville, a grower from Sheldon, Ill., and account manager for Burrus Seed Company, is the grand prizewinner of its Drive to Thrive contest.
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October 20, 2015
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Senninger’s Quick Connect Coupling

Senninger Irrigation Inc., a global leader in agricultural irrigation manufacturing, announces the release of the Quick Connect Coupling, a lightweight connector that easily joins small diameter PVC pipes.
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October 20, 2015
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U.S. government rules against Mexican sugar industry

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) agreed today by a 6 to 0 vote that Mexico’s sugar industry harmed American producers by dumping subsidized sugar onto the U.S. market.
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October 19, 2015
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Annual beet harvest underway in SE Wyo.

The annual sugarbeet harvest has gotten underway in southeast Wyoming.
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October 18, 2015
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Red River Valley beet harvest winds down

The 2015 sugarbeet harvest is winding down in the Red River Valley and will be one of the largest yields on record.
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October 17, 2015
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Michigan Sugar begins annual production

Sugarbeet season kicks into high gear today as Michigan Sugar opens its long-term storage facilities for area growers.
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October 17, 2015
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Governors urge action on Cuba

The governors of Washington, Idaho and California are among a bipartisan group of state chief executives asking Congress to end trade sanctions against Cuba to “maintain the tremendous momentum of U.S. agricultural exports.”
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October 16, 2015
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Challenge to feed world grows

The Global Harvest Initiative (GHI) says in its latest report that global demand for food, fuel and fiber will nearly double by the year 2050.
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October 15, 2015
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Panel says WOTUS lawsuits won’t be combined

A federal judicial panel has refused to consolidate the lawsuits against the definition of Waters of the U.S. in the EPA’s Clean Water rule.
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October 15, 2015
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Vilsack: Growers to like trade pact, when they see it

The Trans-Pacific Partnership will benefit U.S. growers by prying open foreign markets and putting “immense pressure” on China to match America’s high standards, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Tuesday at a forum hosted by Washington State Universi
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October 14, 2015
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Sugar prices have bottomed, says Morgan Stanley

Sugar prices have finally found their bottom, as the market uncouples from the ever-weakening Brazilian real, Morgan Stanley said.
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October 13, 2015
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Record yields in Michigan

Michigan growers are expecting to harvest record yields in sugarbeets, corn and soybeans this year.
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October 13, 2015
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GMO Answers celebrates International Skeptics Day

For International Skeptics Day on Oct. 13, GMO Answers recognizes the 1.3 million consumers who have engaged in the online dialogue at GMOAnswers.com, and thanks the community of volunteer experts who have answered more than 1,000 questions about GMOs and
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October 13, 2015
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Sugar trade deal not so sweet for Australia

Sugar is shaping up as the most controversial commodity in the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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October 12, 2015
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Sugar's value to rise in 2015-16

The 2015/16 season is set to mark a turnaround in global sugar prices, with fundamentals pointing to an improvement in prices—albeit slow and gradual.
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October 11, 2015
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In sugar versus syrup fight, both sweeteners face bitter reality

Big Sugar and Big Syrup are heading for a showdown.
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October 10, 2015
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Sources: TPP wouldn’t hurt no-cost U.S. sugar program

An organization representing U.S. sugar producers believs the recently proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement strikes a good balance between allowing more sugar imports into the U.S. without imperiling a national sugar program that usually run
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October 09, 2015
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Monsanto announces layoffs

Seed companies are making adjustments as the crop price outlook continues to look bleak.
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October 09, 2015
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Crashes involving farm trucks put focus on road safety during harvest

A pair of crashes involving farm trucks in nearby Minnesota counties left two men dead and two men injured, putting a tragic spotlight on the dangers of driving during harvest season.
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October 08, 2015
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Sugar economy improves for Montana farmers

There’s a spoonful of the good news for farmers facing low prices: Crop quality is pretty sweet.
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October 07, 2015
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Man injured in sugarbeet truck wreck

A Hawley man was injured Friday morning when the sugarbeet truck he was driving left the highway and went airborne in Wilkin County.
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October 07, 2015
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Neb. sugarbeet harvest improves over 2014

Last year’s unseasonable heat in late summer disrupted the Panhandle’s sugarbeet harvest, to the dismay of local beet producers.
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October 07, 2015
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Western Sugar worker who died at facility identified

Authorities have identified the worker found dead at the Western Sugar beet-processing plant in Billings.
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October 07, 2015
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TPP could rejuvenate Canadian sugarbeet industry, grower says

Canada's sugarbeet industry is heralding the newly-signed Trans-Pacific Partnership as a chance for the country to retake control of its sugar supply.
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October 07, 2015
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Halloween sugar rush

Halloween is an annual Category 5 sugar storm followed by an upsurge of confectionery consumption associated with Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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October 06, 2015
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Obama says for farmers, TPP is "really a big deal"

President Obama said the Trans-Pacific Partnership will remove trade barriers among the dozen participating countries.
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October 06, 2015
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Two killed in pickup-sugarbeet truck collision near Felton, Minn.

Two people were killed late Monday night when a pickup truck collided head-on with a semi hauling sugar beets near Felton, Minn.
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October 06, 2015
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Eastern Oregon farmers adapt to deal with years of drought

Growers along the Oregon-Idaho border who depend on water from the Owyhee Reservoir to irrigate their crops have had to change the way they farm.
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October 05, 2015
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U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim nations reach deal on massive trade accord

After more than six years of stalled progress and political wrangling, negotiators from the U.S. and 11 trading partners across the Pacific Rim announced a deal Monday on a landmark trade accord linking 40% of the global economy.
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October 05, 2015
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In Pacific trade deal, Australia gets bigger allocation of sugar to U.S.

Australia will be allowed to export an additional 65,000 tonnes of sugar per year to the Unites States under the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal agreed on Monday, an Australian official familiar with the talks said.
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October 05, 2015
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Water quality improvements see results in Lake Erie Basin

The director of Michigan’s Department of Agriculture said conversation practices are making an impact in the Western Lake Erie Basin.
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October 05, 2015
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Agreement reached on Trans-Pacific Partnership

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement following the successful conclusion of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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October 05, 2015
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AgFuse launches for farmers

AgFuse is a free social media tool created specifically to connect farmers and the agricultural community with one another.
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October 04, 2015
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Free online irrigation courses available

Choosing the right irrigation solution is essential to maximizing farm revenue, but it can be difficult to find reliable ag irrigation information.
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October 03, 2015
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In the West, women farmers carry economic clout

The percentage of Pacific Northwest and California farmers who are women easily tops the national average, according to statistics released by the USDA.
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October 02, 2015
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Beet harvest begins for Wyoming Sugar Co.

It was bright and early when the first trucks loaded with sugarbeets began arriving at Wyoming Sugar Company’s two local receiving stations, at Midvale and at the Riverton station midway between Riverton and Shoshoni.
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October 02, 2015
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Beet growers hope for cooler October

The weather this fall has been like an ill-fated attempt at homemade beef jerky—hot and dry.
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October 02, 2015
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Despite El Nino promises, October to be dry in California

El Nino may be bringing a wet winter, but October is gearing up to be mostly dry throughout California’s Central Valley.
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October 02, 2015
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Students flex weed science muscles

Would you be able to identify 130 species of weeds and their seeds on sight?
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October 01, 2015
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Future of Canadian sugar industry dependent on outcome of TPP negotiations

Canadian sugar industry representatives are in Atlanta this week as countries seeking a 21st century Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement try to wrap up negotiations.
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October 01, 2015
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Warm weather not a good thing for beet harvest

The recent warm weather in the panhandle may put the area`s sugarbeet harvest at risk.
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October 01, 2015
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Betaseed celebrates 6th Annual Progressive Ag Safety Day

Betaseed Inc. coordinated and participated in its sixth annual Progressive Agriculture Safety Day event Sept. 17 in Wahpeton, N.D.
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October 01, 2015
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EPA finalizes rule to modernize Clean Water Act reporting

The U.S. EPA finalized a rule to modernize Clean Water Act reporting for municipalities, industries, and other facilities.
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October 01, 2015
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USDA opens public comment period on GE wheat field trials

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available for a 30-day public comment period its proposed plan to strengthen oversight of genetically engineered (GE) wheat field trials.
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