EPA has finalized guidance intended to reduce the amount of animal testing required to register pesticides for domestic use, releasing a document instructing companies on how and when they can ask to waive mandates that require traditional animal toxicology tests for acute dermal toxicity of pesticide formulations.
In the war for the online grocery cart, it is robots against humans. A flurry of deals among supermarket chains reveal radically different approaches to selling food online. The basic question: Should companies automate the task of picking groceries off the shelf, or rely on human pickers? Read more
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U.S. Crop Production – U.S. farmers are expected to “… produce a record-high soybean crop this year …” according to a report issued by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) which found that, “… up 2 percent from 2016, soybean production is forecast at 4.38 billion bushels, while corn[…]
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