Biotech Oranges as a Potential Solution to Citrus Greening
Ten years after citrus greening was discovered in Florida in 2005, the citrus industry is ready to field test a potential solution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved an...
View ArticleTracing Origin of U.S. Beef for the Chinese Market
When a case of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) was discovered in the U.S. cattle herd in December 2003, China along with about a hundred other countries banned imports of U.S. beef. In the...
View ArticleMandatory Meat COOL – Now What?
For the fourth time in the last three years, the WTO has rejected regulations implementing the meat mandatory country of origin law (COOL) passed by the U.S. Congress. The Appellate Body ruled the...
View ArticleAgricultural Exporters Talk Fundamentals for TPP
Negotiators for the twelve countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement have taken a break after meeting in Guam for almost two weeks in late May. They are awaiting the U.S....
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