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UC defends CRISPR patent rights in Court of Appeals
UC Berkeley | Posted onMay 1, 2018 in Agriculture NewsThe University of California will argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to overturn the February 2017 ruling of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and reinstate the interference regarding the patent rights for CRISPR-Cas9.A research team led by UC Berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna and former University of Vienna professor Emmanuelle Charpentier was the first to invent methods for using CRISPR-Cas9 outside its natural environment.
Listeria problems with soft cheeses increasing in the U.S.
Food Safety News | Posted onApril 30, 2018 in Newsisteriosis outbreaks associated with soft cheeses have been trending up in the United States since 2006, with high percentages of pregnant women and Hispanic people among those sickened. The risk for infection increases up to 160-fold when such cheeses are made from unpasteurized, raw milk.
‘Now We Are More Scared’: Migrant Workers, and Dairy Farms, Feel Threat of Immigration Policy
The Middlebury Campus | Posted onApril 30, 2018 in Agriculture NewsIn the late 1980s and into the 1990s, dairying in New England was in crisis. Small farms were faced with a lack of demand for agricultural labor, according to Vermont Representative Peter Conlon, 53. Conlon, who was born and raised in Vermont, worked as a dairy labor specialist for ten years with Agri-Placement, a company that offers employee placement and support services for dairy farms. “Americans have, by and large, walked away from doing this kind of job,” Conlon said.
Vermont lawmakers draft rescue package for dairy farmers
My NBC | Posted onApril 30, 2018 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsThe Senate Appropriations Committee has added an emergency rescue package to help struggling dairy farmers get through a very difficult year so far in 2018. Wholesale milk prices remain below the cost of production for many northeast dairy operations. "Help is on the way," said Sen.
Americans care more about animal welfare than children's hunger
Ag Web | Posted onApril 30, 2018 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsAmericans say they care more about animal welfare than children’s education and hunger. That’s according to the findings of the “Causes Americans Care About,” a new study that gathered responses from 1,000 adults, 41% of which chose animal welfare number one. Children’s education ranked second with 38% of respondents, followed by hunger, chosen by 33% of respondents. The top five causes Americans care about in 2018 is rounded out by disease research (No. 4) and disaster relief (No. 5), which bumped the environment out of the top five to the No. 6 position this year.
Tyson works to 'stop food waste, save money'
Meat + Poultry | Posted onApril 30, 2018 in Agriculture NewsToronto-based Flashfood and Tyson Innovation Lab have partnered up to “stop food waste and save money.” The two companies’ new initiative to offer food boxes, called flashfoodbox, to the Detroit metro market was launched on April 22, Earth Day.
E-Verify Immigrant Job Screening Is a Game of Chicken, Politics and State Laws
Pew Charitable Trust | Posted onApril 30, 2018 in Agriculture, SARL Members and Alumni NewsAmid the Trump administration’s vocal efforts to crack down on the hiring of undocumented immigrants, little attention has been paid to a federal program that, if used uniformly, could go a long way toward stopping the practice. E-Verify — which is run by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and matches job applicants and federal immigration data — has been touted as a solution to helping employers determine whether a potential hire is legally entitled to work in the United States.
NY governor acts to block some ICE raids
Meatingplace (free registration required) | Posted onApril 30, 2018 in SARL Members and Alumni NewsNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has demanded that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stop its “reckless” and “serious disregard for the rule of law” in the agency’s efforts to find illegal immigrants.
Increasing Meat Production Likely to Push Cattle Prices Lower
Farm Doc Daily | Posted onApril 30, 2018 in NewsMeat production in the U.S. during the January-March quarter was up over 2% compared to a year earlier. The increase in meat production took place virtually across the board as all major meat production sectors, except turkey, posted year-over-year production increases. The largest increases, in percentage terms, were in pork production (+3.7%) and beef production (+2.6%), followed by chicken production (+1.4%). Despite the relatively large meat production increase, fed cattle and feeder cattle prices were stronger than one year earlier.
Financial aid for ‘dreamers’ becomes a reality in Connecticut
Thye Connecticut Mirror | Posted onApril 30, 2018 in Rural NewsThe Connecticut House of Representatives gave final passage Wednesday night to legislation that opens financial aid in the state to “dreamers,” the undocumented immigrants brought here as children, only to find themselves priced out of higher education as they come of age. The legislation, passed on a 91-59 vote, makes undocumented immigrants eligible to apply for help from the $150 million pool of financial aid awarded annually to students at the state’s public colleges and universities.