Forest Flap & Cross License Agreement
Forest Flap & Cross License Agreement plus Food Forethought. I’m Greg Martin with today’s Northwest Report.
The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held a legislative hearing on the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act. This bill would renew the federal government’s commitment to manage forest resources for the benefit of rural schools and counties by requiring active forest management. Justin Wood, VP of construction for Fish Construction NW in Portland addressed the hearing.
WOOD: One observation that I can share is that my family and neighbors do a good job of following county recommendations and trying to keep their canopy of trees and undergrowth as clean as possible from dead and diseased undergrowth to help reduce the risk of fire. The nearby federal forest land is not managed, however and it is very thick and overgrown with a lot of dead and decayed growth under the canopy.
Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences have obtained new cross-licensing agreements to create the next generation of advanced weed and insect control technology in corn. The agreements build on the competitive standard set by SmartStax and creates the opportunity to bring together three different modes of action for below-ground insect control in a corn product.
Now with today’s Food Forethought, here’s Lacy Gray.
The act of deliberately causing pain to artificially exaggerate the leg motion of a horse's gait is called soring, and is commonly used on Tennessee Walking horses. The unethical practice has been illegal since the 1970’s, but continues to be used by a some horse owners who choose to take a shortcut around traditional training methods so as to achieve an unfair advantage in the show ring. The use of soring is punishable by fines and imprisonment. The USDA has inspectors in place to detect evidence of soring before horses are allowed to compete, but due to budget constraints, these inspectors are spread thin and are not capable of attending every show being held around the country. In 2011 over 600 gaited horse events were held in the U.S. The USDA were only able to attend roughly 62 of those, yet documented 587 violations of the Horse Protection Act. Concerned horse lovers, the American Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Association of Equine Practitioners have all joined together to support the Prevent All Soring Tactics Act, H.R. 1518; a bill that aims to end the abusive practice of soring once and for all.
Thanks Lacy. That’s today’s Northwest Report. I’m Greg Martin on the Ag Information Network.
