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Secretary Perdue Issues USDA Statement on Plant Breeding Innovation

Last Modified: Aug 7, 2018
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(Washington, D.C., March 28, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued a statement providing clarification on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) oversight of plants produced through innovative new breeding techniques which include techniques called genome editing.    Learn More

Details on USDA Plant Breeding Innovations Statement








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