- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plans to open a new Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection and Port Technology Methods Development Laboratory in South Miami, Fla., later this year. Scientists at this new facility will work to ensure that agriculture imports are free of invasive species.
- Archer Daniels Midland Company and Alianca Da Terra have launched Doing it Right, a program to encourage Brazilian soy growers to adopt sustainable farming practices.
- The FDA announced it will make final the guidance describing a regulatory framework for governing genetically engineered animals. This system will ensure the products made available through this science will go through a rigorous and transparent review process before being approved for the marketplace.
- Accelerated Genetics is pleased to announce a new product line called Essential Solutions. This product line will feature various products for organic fed cattle. The first product that is being released is a Direct Fed Microbial.
