With tens of thousands of farmers using herbicides for weed control over millions of acres of farmland, herbicide resistant weeds are emerging at increasing rates and are becoming a significant problem that threatens farm sustainability.

The updated site-specific risk assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility is a substantial improvement over the original 2010 assessment, but is still inadequate in fully characterizing the risks associated with operating a high biocontainment facility.

This eleventh edition evaluates the most recent scientific literature to provide updated information, including a review of the value of corn and soybean-based byproducts from the biofuel industry as food for swine, and revised and revamped nutrient tables.

Algae holds promise as a source of renewable transportation fuel, but meeting even 5 percent of U.S. consumption is not currently sustainable.

It is imperative that the United States build a large-animal biocontainment laboratory to protect animal and public health.