AGP Executive Report
Last update: 23 minutes agoPFAS Watch: A Notre Dame meta-analysis tracking 42 years of PFAS across Great Lakes food webs found PFOS levels dropping in lower lakes after early-2000s industry phaseouts, while Lake Superior and Lake Michigan showed little change. Food Security & Farming Policy: Malaysia’s MPs backed moves to strengthen the padi industry—more cultivation land, faster tech adoption (AI, drones, mechanisation, smart irrigation) and better price mechanisms—to cut reliance on imported rice. US Farm Labor: Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson backed a push to overhaul H-2A visas so year-round agricultural producers can access foreign workers, aiming to ease labor shortages hurting dairy and other sectors. Beverage Ingredients: Del Monte is partnering with Treatt to supply upcycled real fruit extracts (pineapple, watermelon, mango, cantaloupe) for beverage makers seeking cleaner-label options. Cocoa Sustainability: The World Cocoa Foundation launched a new active deforestation risk assessment methodology for supply chains as EUDR compliance deadlines near. Retail Nutrition Rules: A West Virginia SNAP waiver banning sugary, artificially flavored drinks was blocked by a federal judge, and retailers were told to stop implementing the ban.
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