b'I N D U S T R Y N E W S Delivering the news you need to know. Submissions welcomeemail us at news@seedworldgroup.com. UT Arlington biologists, working with underserved farmers in South Texas, have harvested their first crop of climate-smart soybeans. This harvest is part of a four-and-a-half-year, $5 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to test whether climate-smart agricultural practices can reduce emis-sions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) responsible for climate changeincluding carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxidewhile simultaneously increasing crop production.The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service The USDAs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Servicereports that, U.S. farmers planted the smallest sun-(APHIS) has reviewed and approved four new GM plants,flower acreage on record, nearly 50% less than last including pennycress, clementines, peas and potatoes,year.The largest decrease occurred in acreage dedi-determining they pose no greater plant pest risk thancated to oil-type sunflowers, primarily used for oil pro-conventional crops. After thorough review, APHIS determinedduction and bird feed.these genetically modified plants do not pose increased plantA new analysis of U.S. Census of Agriculture data pest risks compared to existing cultivated varieties. Whileshows that farmland in the U.S. has decreased by 75 they are exempt from regulation under 7 CFR part 340, theymillion acres (8%) from 1997 to 2022, primarily due to may still require compliance with APHIS Plant Protection anda decline in pastureland, which accounted for 88% of Quarantine (PPQ) permits or quarantine protocols. the loss (65 million acres). SWOur solutions include:Defoamers, dispersing agents, thickeners, micronized waxes, PVOH resins, pigments, talc, kaolin clay, mica, organosilanes and more.Contact us for more information.(800) 228-734754/ SEEDWORLD.COMJANUARY 2025'