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New online system available to report unsolicited seed packages from China

The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries on Tuesday said it is continuing to collect reports from Alabamians who received unsolicited packages from China containing seeds. ADAI has established an online reporting system for residents who received suspicious seeds they did not order. The department provided the following guidance: Do not plant the mystery seeds. … Continued

July 29, 2020

What will Trump decide about proposed super merger of Bayer and Monsanto?

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The President of the United States is the most powerful position in the world and that is doubly true when we are talking about approving the mergers of mega corporations. Monopolies including Standard Oil, the Northern Securities Company, IBM, and AT&T have all been broken up by federal regulators. … Continued

January 25, 2018

State Rep. Jim Carns concerned about Monsanto-Bayer merger

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter State Rep. Jim Carns, R-Vestavia Hills, is asking the Anti-Trust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice to take a serious look at a proposed merger between agrochemical giants Bayer AG and the Monsanto Company. According to Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant, the merger would create a global integrated agricultural … Continued

January 3, 2018

New poll shows that voters oppose Monsanto/Bayer Ag merger

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, December 18, Farmers and Families First, Inc. today released a comprehensive nationwide survey of voters who supported President Donald Trump in 2016, finding substantial opposition to the mega-merger between Bayer AG and Monsanto. According to the poll, 54 percent of voters oppose the pending $66 billion merger over … Continued

December 20, 2017

Fears arise that proposed merger of Bayer, Monsanto will result in higher cost of agricultural inputs

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Humans don’t really need cell phones, movies, TV, automobiles, insurance, even banking, and electricity. These products make our lives better; but there is one industry that every person is a consumer of and is essential to human life — agriculture. We all eat food. Only 3.2 million Americans actually … Continued

December 11, 2017

McMillan Said Cutting Budget Would Severely Impact Alabama Farmers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, September 2 Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Commissioner John McMillan (R) held a press conference in Montgomery to announce that cuts to the Agriculture Department budget would severely Impact Alabama’s $70+ billion farm, and agribusiness economy Com. McMillan warned that Alabama’s economy will suffer and the state’s … Continued

September 3, 2015