BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 9 -- The European Parliament issued the following news release on April 8, 2024: * * * * Duties and quotas temporarily suspended for Ukraine until June 2025 * Reinforced safeguard measures to protect EU farmers * Emergency break for sensitive products with longer reference period * Talks with Ukraine on permanent trade liberalisation to start soon, with Parliament closely involved * * * On Monday, Parliament and Council reached a new provisional agreement on exten  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: Senator John Hoeven, a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, today introduced the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience (FARMER) Act, legislation to strengthen crop insurance and make higher levels of coverage more affordable for producers. Cosponsors of the bill include Senate Agriculture Committe  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, April 9 -- Plant Physiology, a journal that says it features physiology, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, biophysics and environmental biology of plants from the American Society of Plant Biologists, published research articles on the following topics in its February 2024 edition (Vol. 194, Issue 2): Editorial: * Plant Physiology welcomes 15 new Assistant Features Editors News and Views: * Sense or nonsense? The role of protein acetylation in cya  more

SOUTHAMPTON, England, April 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Southampton issued the following news: A study by the University of Southampton has found that market forces have provided good food price stability over the past half century, despite extreme weather conditions. Research into US wheat commodities by economists at Southampton, in collaboration with UCL, also suggests high uncertainty about the state of future harvests hasn't destabilised the market. Findings are published in the Jou  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 9 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced final revisions to the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) food packages. Nancy Brown, chief executive of the American Heart Association, the world's leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health that is celebrating 100 years of saving lives, issued the following statement: "More than 6 million infants, y  more