Agricultural Innovation Agenda Must Reflect Environmental and Economic Challenges Facing Farmers

WASHINGTON – As family farmers and ranchers cope with significant economic and environmental uncertainty, innovation will play a critical role in helping them continue to safely, sustainably, and reliably grow our food, fuel, and fiber for generations to come. In comments submitted today, National Farmers Union (NFU) Rob Larew recommended improvements to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Innovation Agenda so that they better reflect the needs of the agricultural community. More specifically, climate change, which Larew…

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K-State teams with Canadian university to apply gene editing technology for improving wheat

Kansas State University and the University of Saskatchewan in Canada will be working together to improve the productivity and nutrition of wheat. (File photo) Groups will cooperate on $650K grant from National Institute of Food and Agriculture MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University officials say a $650,000 grant from the USDA”s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has spurred a partnership with a Canadian university to improve wheat using genome editing technology. Eduard Akhunov, a…

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