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Upcoming TSTA Board Meeting scheduled

TSTA Legislative Update

METEOROLOGIST EXPLAINS HOW EL NIñO WILL IMPACT CROP YIELDS THIS SUMMER

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Legislative Update

Federal Reserve: Observations on the Ag Economy- April 2023

The first 3D-printed biodegradable seed robot, able to change shape in response to humidity

HOUSE AG CHAIRMAN'S OPENING STATEMENT ON EPA ADMINISTRATOR REGAN'S HEARING

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Legislative Update

USDA/AMS clarifies varietal labeling requirements of the Federal Seed Act to enhance transparency for growers

Gene-edited Ethiopian ‘teff’ grain with 25% higher yield will not be regulated, USDA determines

Biden Vetoes Congress' WOTUS Rule

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Membership renewals

2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

Our Costa Rican Growouts earlier this month

Adapting growing seasons to climate change can boost yields of world’s staple crops - New research estimates impact of farmer adaptation to climate change on maize, wheat, rice, sorghum and soybean

CRISPR gene editing is in clinical trials to treat sickle cell disease, cancer, HIV/AIDS and some rare inherited diseases.

Clemson University receives FFAR grant to promote sorghum health benefits

FARM FUTURES' GROWER SURVEY: PLANTED ACREAGE OF MAJOR CROPS TO INCREASE

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Membership renewals

2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Peas Making Inroads in South Texas

100 years of data shows modern wheat varieties are a productivity and biodiversity win-win

USDA RELEASES REPORT SHOWING PRODUCTION, NET MARGIN, USE OF CROP INSURANCE BY FARM TYPES

USDA RELEASES REPORT SHOWING PRODUCTION, NET MARGIN, USE OF CROP INSURANCE BY FARM TYPES

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2023 Annual Membership Meeting Registration & Hotel Reservations

Participants & Sponsors Meeting Registration

Hotel Room Block: Texas Seed Trade Assoc. Annual Conference 2023

Texas Plant Protection Conference Dec. 6-7 in Bryan
Changing markets, pesticide, fertilizer, weather outlook to be discussed

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Russia moves to end import dependence on seeds

ADAMA'S SORGHUM CROPPING SOLUTION DOUBLE TEAM RECEIVES PRODUCT AWARD

UPL'S ADVANTA SEEDS AND BUNGE TO ACQUIRE STAKE IN BRAZILIAN SOYBEAN GERMPLASM CO. SEEDCORP HO

Corteva Agriscience has won a Crop Science Award in the “Best Industry Collaboration” category together with BASF Agricultural Solutions and M.S. Technologies L.L.C.

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TSTA Annual Conference: Registration will be live tomorrow morning and a special edition will be sent out with the link.

CSS & Seed Expo 2022

Texas Plant Protection Conference Dec. 6-7 in Bryan

Changing markets, pesticide, fertilizer, weather outlook to be discussed

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Seed Buying for ’23 Starts Off Early with Renewed Focus

Breakthrough in CRISPR research may lead to more effective and safer gene editing

U.S. TRADE REP FINALLY DISCUSSES BIOTECH CROP IMPORTS WITH MEXICAN COUNTERPART

AGRONOMY, CROP SCIENCE & SOIL SOCIETIES LAUNCH ONLINE TOOL EVALUATING CARBON PRACTICES AND MARKETS

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Delivering genes into plant mitochondria using polymer-coated carbon nanotubes

ICRISAT offers 7000 plus unique materials for sorghum breeders to choose from

 USDA REPORTS MORE THAN 75% OF SOYBEAN, COTTON AND CORN ACRES ARE GENETICALLY ENGINEERED

Diesel Shortage Looms

USDA ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER 2022 LENDING RATES FOR AG PRODUCERS

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Attention Sorghum, Sunflower, and Millet Seed Producers - It's Growout time again

The annual Texas Seed Trade Association conference

Western Seed Association will convene their annual meeting on Monday October 31

ASTA’s largest event of the year, the CSS & Seed Expo 2022,

Texas Plant Protection Conference Dec. 6-7 in Bryan

Changing markets, pesticide, fertilizer, weather outlook to be discussed

IPSA's 34rd annual conference will be held January 23-24, 2023 in Tucson, AZ.

Turning up the dimmer switch on P450s 

Texas’s Allium/Onion leafminer program recognized by APHIS under the federally recognized State Managed Phytosanitary (FRSMP) Program

The Latest EPA Ban

NAT'L CORN GROWERS ASSN URGES U.S. TRADE REP TO ACT ON TRADE ISSUES WITH MEXICO

What type of grass is best for beef cattle?  Maybe it's Natives.

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It's Growout time again - Attention Sorghum, Sunflower, and Millet Seed Producers

Reserve the dates!  The annual Texas Seed Trade Association conference

Texas Plant Protection Conference Dec. 6-7 in Bryan - Changing markets, pesticide, fertilizer, weather outlook to be discussed

Texas Seed Trade Association Hosts Timpson ISD FFA Team

Europe’s first gene-edited wheat trials see breakthrough

EPA punts glyphosate decision

LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO GO PLANT-BASED IN ENDORSING PLANT BASED TREATY

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Reserve the dates!  The annual Texas Seed Trade Association conference

An insect pest acquires multiple plant genes

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ANNOUNCES FINAL RULE TO IMPROVE H-2A VISA PROGRAM

RAILROAD UNION VOTES DOWN LABOR CONTRACT AGREEMENT, STRIKE LOOMS

NAT'L PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL ISSUES STATEMENT ON U.S. SUPREME COURT CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 12 ARGUMENTS

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It's Growout Time for sorghum and millet seed producers

Texas Tech University taking the lead in $1.6M sorghum project

EPA takes welcomed action on pesticide-coated seeds

AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSN RELEASES UPDATED COVER CROP SEED GUIDE

STUDY SHOWS MEXICO'S BAN ON GM CORN WOULD COST U.S. PRODUCERS $3.56 BILLION

Genetic analysis of Sorghum bicolor affect the human gut microbiome

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NAT'L CORN GROWERS ASSN CALLS ON FARMERS TO CONTACT EPA REGARDING ATRAZINE

Independent Professional Seed Association (IPSA)

Time Ticking on EPA Decision on Treated Seed

EPA WITHDRAWS ITS GLYPHOSATE INTERIM DECISION, DETERMINES NO HUMAN HEALTH RISKS OF CONCERN

Danforth Plant Science Center collaborates with the National Sorghum Producers on a $65 million USDA partnerships for climate-smart commodities project

USDA "EQUITY COMMISSION" TARGETS ITS FARM SERVICE AGENCY COUNTY COMMITTEE SYSTEM

World Farmers’ Organisation allies with International Seed Federation on climate action

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AG REPUBLICANS: WHITE HOUSE' HUNGER CONFERENCE IS A POLITICAL STUNT

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Seed trade crucial to curb global food insecurity

Genome editing successfully used to induce chicory plants to accumulate important medical compound

Texas A&M AgriLife to lead historic investment in Texas’ efforts to become ‘climate-smart’ - Texas A&M AgriLife Research receives largest competitive grant in its history

DEPT OF ENERGY PROVIDES U OF ILLINOIS RESEARCHERS $1.85M GRANT TO STUDY SORGHUM PHOTOSYNTHESIS 

ENVIRONMENTALISTS, ACTIVISTS BLAST USDA'S CLIMATE SMART PROGRAMS

Government Roundups 

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GO Seed, the Leader in Turf, Forage, and Cover Crop Seeds, Hires Dr. Trent Tate as Plant Breeder

Environmental activist irony: Anti-chemical campaigners end up promoting higher food prices with few farming or health benefits

FARMERS REPORT CARBON PAYMENTS THEY ARE RECEIVING IN PURDUE/CME AG ECONOMY BAROMETER

After deliberating less than an hour, Missouri county jury concludes glyphosate weedkiller did not cause plaintiff’s cancer, delivering Bayer/Monsanto 5th court victory in a row

Chemists make N₂ into NH₃ in most efficient electrochemical reaction ever
Electrochemical reaction with Li has higher yield and uses less energy than conventional methods 

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Texas A&M AgriLife offers wheat ‘Picks’ as planting time arrives - Tough 2022 resulting in short wheat seed supplies

RiceTec hosted nearly 220 growers, vendors, and staff for its Arkansas Field Day event on August 11 where the company introduced new Global CEO, Karsten Neuffer,

ASTA’s largest event of the year

Canada is urging farmers to reduce fertilizer emissions to curb greenhouse gases, triggering a backlash.

INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF RESEARCHERS IMPROVE SOYBEAN'S PHOTOSYNTHESIS PROCESS, INCREASES YIELDS BY 20%

Multi-scale research uncovers microbes that affect sorghum drought response

USDA ANNOUNCES $300 MILLION IN NEW ORGANIC TRANSITION INITIATIVE

SURVEY OF CONSUMERS GRADE U.S. FOOD SYSTEM, HIGHEST TRUST IS WITH FARMERS

They Say Misery Loves Company

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AG SEC'Y VILSACK LISTS FUNDING PRIORITIES FROM NEW INFLATION REDUCTION ACT

Oklahoma Water Resources Center at Oklahoma State University aims to conserve water through cover crops

CATTLE PRODUCERS TO BUILD NEW BEEF PROCESSING PLANT IN AMARILLO, TX

FDA RELEASES ITS ANNUAL PESTICIDE RESIDUE IN FOODS REPORT, 97% ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH EPA'S STANDARDS

MEMBERSHIP IN NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION REACHES ALL-TIME HIGH

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International partnership aims to improve sorghum breeding

RESEARCH SHOWS 90% OF FARMERS WON'T JOIN CARBON MARKETS WITHOUT CHANGES

PURDUE AG ECONOMIST COMPARES CONVENTIONAL AND ORGANIC ENTERPRISE NET RETURNS

Speeding up evolution at genome-level by alternative chromosome configuration

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ASTA's CSS & Seed Expo 2022

24th annual Wheatheart Wheat Conference

Lessons and Parallels; Regulation of Food Production to Achieve Political Agendas - Hold the Science

New chromosomal section effective against diseases in oats discovered​​​

TOP BANK EXECUTIVES OVERWHELMINGLY BELIEVE RECESSION IS INEVITABLE

Designing roots to reach new depths could help carbon storage in soil

TRIAZINE NETWORK REPORTS ALARMING SURPRISES IN EPA'S ATRAZINE PROPOSAL

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U.S. Environment Protection Agency publishes consent decree regarding treated seed

Informative Background on the EPA Consent Decree on Treated Seed

SORGHUM ANNOUNCED AS NEWEST ADDITION TO USDA FOOD BUYING GUIDE

A history of rye: How early farmers made plants genetically less flexible

Seed Law: the Government (Argentina) analyzes that producers pay a canon for soybean and wheat sowing

USDA: CHINA IS LARGEST GLOBAL FUNDER OF AGRICULTURAL R&D

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Weed zapping - Do electrocution treatments have a place in weed control?

Research Reveals Lack of Consumer Awareness about the Contributions of Science in Food and Agriculture

Proof that Mendel discovered the laws of inheritance decades ahead of his time

USDA: AGRICULTURE ACCOUNTED FOR 11.2% OF U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN 2020

USDA EXPANDS INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR DOUBLE CROPPING

REPUBLICAN HOUSE AGRICULTURE LEADERS CALL ON EPA TO CEASE POLITICIZATION OF CROP PROTECTION TOOLS

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What to do when science conflicts with political agendas - an Editorial

US EPA determines neonicotinoids likely to harm most endangered species

NEW PIG VACCINE BEING DEVELOPED TO BE FED VIA CORN

Artificial Photosynthesis Produces Food without Sunshine

The Truth About Organic Farming

Field trial for GM sorghum in Australia now approved

MORE ON THE FIVE CHANGES EPA IS PROPOSING ON THE USE OF ATRAZINE

TRIAZINE NETWORK: EPA RESURRECTS RADICAL ATRAZINE PROPOSAL, THREATENS KEY SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected another Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) bid to dismiss litigation alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer 

GRO ALLIANCE'S JIM SCHWEIGERT ELECTED CHAIR OF AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSN, OTHER OFFICERS NAMED

FDA APPROVES BIOTECH WHEAT WHICH IS DROUGHT RESISTANT, GOES TO USDA AND EPA

STUDY REPORTS HOW CONSUMERS WOULD INVEST USDA'S BUDGET, MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE REALITY

Raquel Chan: Discovering the gene behind GM wheat

Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely — what does the future hold?

FARM BUREAU: EPA MAKING A MOCKERY OUT OF WOTUS ROUNDTABLES

Supreme Court deals Biden climate agenda serious blow with EPA decision

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Bayer won a Roundup case recently and is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling - Update

Gene hunting leads researchers to solve mystery of inhibition of awn elongation in sorghum

Altered gene helps plants absorb more carbon dioxide, produce more useful compounds

Viewpoint: ‘Arrogance of affluence and ignorance of ideologues’: EU’s failing agroecology Farm-to-Fork strategy — and what can be done to ensure sustainable farming and food

ASTA RELEASES TOOL TO LOCATE PROFESSIONALLY-PRODUCED ENVIRONMENTAL, CONSERVATION AND COVER CROP SEED

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Corteva, Inc. released its 2021 Sustainability and ESG Report

Discovery paves the way for more sustainable crop cultivation methods

World’s first GM lager: Could beer made from genetically modified wheat usher in a new era of GMO crop acceptance?

USDA: PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL R&D SPENDING HAS DECLINED IN RECENT YEARS

REPUBLICAN LEADERS CALL ON WHITE HOUSE TO WITHDRAW BRIEF IN ROUNDUP CASE

A California Appeals Court has ruled that bumblebees are, in fact, fish

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Genome editing is used in 63 different crops

NITROGEN FERTILIZER PRICES FELL 30% LAST WEEK, STILL MORE THAN DOUBLE LAST YEAR

NAT'L ASSN OF WHEAT GROWERS REITERATES CALL TO CONSULT USDA ON SCOTUS GLYPHOSATE CASE REVIEW

REPUBLICAN HOUSE AG COMMITTEE CHAIR REACTS TO USDA'S TONE DEAF "FRAMEWORK" ON AMERICA'S FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN

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Sorghum industry has huge potential space to make progress within China-Pakistan cooperation

Researchers have developed a super wheat for salty soils

Climate change on course to hit U.S. Corn Belt especially hard, study finds - Significant agricultural adaptation will be necessary and inevitable in the Central and Eastern United States

AG GROUPS CALL FOR WITHDRAWAL OF SOLICITOR GENERAL'S SUPREME COURT BRIEF ON GLYPHOSATE

USDA ISSUES REPORT ON THE ADOPTION OF COVER CROPS

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CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE EXPANDS ITS SUNFLOWER SEED PRODUCTION IN ROMANIA

Competition and the Intellectual Property System: Seeds and Other Agricultural Inputs

REPORT SHOWS IT COSTS 3X MORE IN REGULATORY PROCESS TO DISCOVER NEW GM TRAIT

WISCONSIN CORN MILLER DIDION MILLING INC. CHARGED WITH OSHA CRIMES FOR CAUSING WORKER DEATHS

Treated Seed a Hot Topic in State Legislatures

USDA ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS TO HELP LOWER COSTS OF ORGANIC, TRANSITIONING PRODUCERS

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Recertification of Texas Wheat Seed

Nominees for Texas A&M University Vice Chancellor for Agriculture and Life Sciences and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Public Comments due 05/16/2022 for President Biden's Executive Order to Investigate Competition and the Intellectual Property System: Seeds and other Agricultural Inputs

Food Conversations Started as a Result of the Ukraine - Russia Conflict

USDA/NASS forecasts winter wheat production down in 2022

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Recertification of Texas Wheat Seed

Corteva to withdraw from Russia

Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy

Samantha Power: "Never let a crisis go to waste":

BIDEN PROPOSES $500M IN EMERGENCY INCENTIVES TO INCREASE U.S. CROP PRODUCTION

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Recertification of Texas Wheat Seed

TEXAS IS NOW THE THIRD LARGEST DAIRY STATE, PASSES IDAHO

CATTLE INDUSTRY'S OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT MANDATE AMPLIFIED THROUGH SENATE HEARING

OKLAHOMA STATE LIVESTOCK SPECIALIST SAYS SIGNIFICANT HERD LIQUIDATION INEVITABLE THIS YEAR

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The Three Things All Employees Want

The World’s First Genetically Engineered Wheat Is Here

AFIA REPORT EXAMINES IMPACT OF INCREASED USE OF NON-GM FEED ON U.S. ANIMAL FEED INDUSTRY

Whole-genome resequencing of Sorghum bicolor and S. bicolor × S. halepense lines provides new insights for improving plant agroecological characteristics

87% OF AG RETAILERS REPORT PRODUCT SHORTAGES IN FARM JOURNAL POLL

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Australian OGTR - Invitation to comment on a field trial of genetically modified sorghum

For plant geneticists, some genes are double the trouble

RESEARCH AT KANSAS STATE DISCOVERS DESTRESSING BENEFIT FROM FEEDING CATTLE INDUSTRIAL HEMP

Anti-GMO themes losing traction worldwide, suggests new scientific paper

RABORESEARCH RELEASES ANNUAL PRICE OUTLOOK REPORT FOR U.S. CROPS

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French president Emmanuel Macron on Europe’s pro-organic, anti-biotechnology sustainable food strategy: ‘It was based on a pre-Ukraine war world and should be reviewed’

Texas A&M AgriLife-bred wheat varieties top Texas producer choices - Federally conducted wheat survey shows TAM 114 leads planted wheat acreage

EU ANNOUNCES PROGRAM TO INCREASE CROP PLANTINGS, FARM GROUPS URGE USDA TO OPEN UP CRP GROUND

USDA: FARMERS' SHARE OF THE FOOD DOLLAR ROSE ONE CENT IN 2020, LARGEST INCREASE IN NEARLY A DECADE

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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) Celebration of Modern Agriculture on the National Mall

Nuseed and Richardson Seeds International breeding teams advance Nuseed sorghum through marker assisted selection

U.S. agriculture department opens inquiry into fertilizer, seed prices

WHEAT MARKET SETTLES IN MORE NARROW RANGE

USDA ISSUES REPORT SHOWING A DECADE OF CONSERVATION TRENDS

The Four R’s of Media Relations for Small-Shop Ag Communicators