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Oregon State University’s “Grow This Oregon Garden Challenge” returns for another year.  Professor Lauren Tobey said teachers get whole classrooms involved, but anyone living in the state can also request free seeds.   “For the household...

Bellingham, Washington brewery has created a logger with a new type of grain that could revolutionize the industry.

Doug McKalip, the new agriculture trade boss in the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office, has given Mexico until Tuesday, February 14th, to explain the science behind the country’s planned ban on GMO corn imports.  Market Screener said the response will help the agency decide the next steps to resolve the long-running disagreement over Mexico’s biotechnology policies when it comes to agriculture.  T

Last week, a large coalition of agriculture groups wrote to the EPA asking the agency postpone revocation of chlorpyrifos until it can consider their formal objections to the rule. Allison Crittenden, American Farm Bureau Federation Congressional Relations Director, said the August 30th rule goes against EPA science ...