WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following transcript of a joint news conference on July 29, 2023, by Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong following the Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations: * * * DEFENCE MINISTER RICHARD MARLES: Well, welcome everyone this afternoon. The 2023 AUSMIN has been conducted with heavy hea  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Aug. 3, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken after the United Nations Security Council open debate on famine and conflict-induced global food security: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. We're here today and using our presidency of the Security Council this month to focus in on the rising challenge of global food insecurity. We've seen an almost perfect storm emerge in recent years, a combinatio  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Aug. 3, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a United Nations Security Council open debate on famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: I thank Ms. Salem for her briefing. Indeed, I thank all three of our briefers for their compelling and important contributions to our discussion this morning. Thank you. I would like to draw the attention of speakers to Paragraph 22 of Note 507,  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Aug. 3, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a roundtable held at the Rockefeller Foundation about food security and the vision for adapted crops and soils: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, first of all, hello and thank you, thank you, thank you all for being here. And more important, thank you for what you're doing every day to quite literally feed the world. We - and everyone at this table knows this better than   more

PULLMAN, Washington, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a Washington State University (WSU) alum, attended the groundbreaking for a brand-new Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Plant Sciences Building on WSU's campus--Senator Murray led the fight to secure $125 million in federal funding for the building through the appropriations process over man  more

MANKATO, Minnesota, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance issued the following news on Aug. 1, 2023: While the grains may be ancient, the market for them is growing and evolving. That was the message shared during the second annual Ancient Grains Conference at the Oliver Kelley Farm in Elk River, Minn. SSGA Manager of Strategic Programs Shane Frederick attended the conference, which was hosted by the Northern Crops Institute (NCI) and aimed to provide an educational and prom  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 2 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of an interview by Secretary Antony J. Blinken with George Stephanopoulos of ABC Good Morning America: * * * QUESTION: And I am here, Robin, with the Secretary of State Antony Blinken. He's in New York today to chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council - at the top of the agenda Russia's war on Ukraine, the impact on the world food supply. Welcome, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thanks, George. QUES  more

PULLMAN, Washington, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Plant Sciences Building that will house scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Washington State University (WSU). ARS and WSU hosted the ceremony for the new building that will be located o  more

PULLMAN, Washington, Aug. 2 (TNSres) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2023: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Plant Sciences Building that will house scientists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Washington State University (WSU). ARS and WSU hosted the ceremony for the new building that will be located on the campus of WSU. Research con  more