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France Approves Emergency Farm Law Allowing Limited Return of Banned Pesticides

The move gives regulators power to grant short, crop-specific permits, risking legal challenges and deep political fallout.

U.S. Lawmakers Seek Trade Probe as Ontario Stands Firm on U.S. Alcohol Ban

USDA Report Sends 41 States Toward New SNAP Cost Burden Under One Big Beautiful Bill

Peru Honors Campesinos on Día del Campesino With Calls for Better Rural Support

Senate Draft Farm Bill Leaves Out House’s Most Contentious Measures

Argentina Revokes 2015 Biotechnology Patenting Rule

European Parliament Approves Limited Use of Genome-Edited Crops

European Parliament Bans Species and Cut Names for Plant‑Based Foods

Senate Set to Vote on Bill That Would Tap Pré‑Sal Social Fund to Renegotiate Farm Debt

Assembly Adopts Fast Timetable to Cut Cadmium in Fertilisers in First Reading

Argentina Advances Bill Raising Ethanol to 15% and Biodiesel to 10%

Assembly Passes Emergency Agricultural Bill in First Reading

Argentina Declares Agricultural Emergencies in Chubut, Santa Cruz and Mendoza

French Parliament Adopts Ban on Imports Treated With Pesticides Prohibited in France

French Parliament Begins Fraught Review of Emergency Agricultural Bill

House Passes Bill to Allow Year-Round E15 Gasoline Sales

Bayer Enters Decisive Weeks as Roundup Settlement Vote and Supreme Court Ruling Near

Argentina Bill Seeks to End Farm Export Taxes and Rein In Decrees

House Passes Five-Year Farm Bill After Vote Strips Pesticide Shield

Opecst Deadlocks on Acetamiprid Risk Note, Halting Publication