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House Democrats push for neonicotinoid insecticide ban in next farm bill
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) wants to include a ban on pesticides linked to declining bee health in next year’s farm ...
India’s GM mustard approval on hold pending outcome of anti-GMO lawsuit
India’s top court ... put the commercial release of a genetically-modified mustard variety on hold until it decides on a case ...
Monsanto’s hidden influence? Glyphosate’s future in hands of EPA and the courts
Roundup has revolutionized farming. Now, human health and Bayer’s $66 billion deal for Monsanto depend on an honest appraisal of ...
Syngenta settles with Nebraska farmer for ‘rushing’ GMO corn to market before Chinese approval
Syngenta AG reached a confidential settlement with a Nebraska farmer who claimed the company mishandled marketing of its genetically modified seed, ...
Better tasting cantaloupe: Wal-Mart teams with Bayer to breed hardier fruit
Wal-Mart says it typically sells 10 times more cantaloupes in June, when it can buy from U.S. farms, than it ...
Syngenta faces 7,000 Kansas farmers in court over claim of losses due to premature release of GM corn
Farmers have to deal with threats to their crops from nature all the time. Thousands of Kansans, though, argue that ...
Ag Secretary Perdue: Mandatory GMO labels ‘will probably’ be electronic QR codes
Upcoming labeling rules for foods made with genetically modified organisms will likely have an electronic component such as a QR ...
Kenya faces hunger, but refuses to import GMO corn from South Africa’s record harvest
Africa’s corn harvest this year is a tale of two extremes as worries about overflowing silos and rotting crops in ...
China lobbies public on GMOs as ChemChina’s takeover of Syngenta nears approval
China will carry out a nationwide poll [June 2017] to test the public’s acceptance of genetically-modified food, a technology the ...
To feed 1.4 billion people China technologizing its agriculture sector–Will it be enough?
China’s 1.4 billion people are building up an appetite that is changing the way the world grows and sells food ...
‘Unstoppable’: How corn took over America’s farmland
Farmers who had long rotated plantings among a diverse group of grains are increasingly turning to a single one. Corn ...
How Trump’s ‘get-tough’ immigration policy is impacting agricultural technology innovation
President Donald Trump's get-tough attitude on immigration is spurring a surge of high-tech investment in America's heartland, where farmers are ...
Dow Chemical tripled lobbying since 2008, outstripping other agricultural and biotech firms
Dow Chemical has poured money into lobbying efforts over the last decade as other corporate giants have remained steady or ...
Wrong message? Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen ‘pesticide-soaked’ fruits, vegetables to avoid may make us less healthy
Regardless of whether you’re a parent, an environmentalist, or just a plain old shopper, chances are you’ve gazed out over the supermarket ...
Kenya puts the breaks on GMO corn field trial
Kenya is withholding approval for field trials of genetically-modified corn because some officials argue that a ban on GMO imports ...
US corn farmers switching to more-profitable soybeans to meet rising demand in China
Planting decisions for U.S. corn and soybean farmers are a bit of a no-brainer this year. After confronting the prospects ...
Bayer takeover of Monsanto delayed as US, European regulators seek more information on deal
The German drugmaker will only seek approval for the transaction in the European Union next quarter after regulators there requested ...
Chile’s curious double standard: Produce GMO seeds for export but not for local planting
For years, Chile has had a curious double standard when it comes to genetically modified organisms. The country is a ...
How Israeli software improves crop yields through genetic analysis
NRGene is working with Syngenta Ag and Monsanto Co. to detect plant traits that can produce higher-yielding crops, and with ...
How will CRISPR be deployed in the battle against weeds?
[Editor's Note: Weeds are one of the biggest threats to crops. Farmers use more weed killer than any other kind ...
Farmers angry after Dow’s new pest-resistant modified corn fails to control western bean cutworm
A type of corn marketed by Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. is failing to live up to promises that ...
Farm groups call Dannon’s move towards GMO-free ingredients ‘marketing flimflam’
Several major U.S. farm organizations said they are “troubled” by The Dannon Co.’s shift to using fewer genetically-modified ingredients, a ...
Monsanto, Syngenta consolidation provides opportunity for smaller seed companies to flourish
Farmers might be worried about the multibillion-dollar deals transforming the agriculture industry, but independent seed companies see the consolidation as ...
FDA obstructing approval of DNA based ‘germ tests’ that swiftly diagnose infections
The standard diagnostic technology for identifying microbes, decades old, is simply too slow and imprecise to help most patients. The ...
Conspiracy theories and food safety crises feed GMO opposition in China
...In 1992, China became the first country to introduce a GMO crop into commercial production... virus-resistant tobacco... Since then, the government has ...
Bayer-Monsanto merger faces backlash in Germany
German lawmakers called on regulators to curb Bayer AG’s $66-billion (U.S.) takeover of U.S. seed giant Monsanto Co. in a ...
Bayer considering dropping Monsanto brand name
With Bayer's proposed $66 billion purchase of Monsanto Co., the company that invented aspirin is poised to take on one of ...
Burkina Faso’s switch from GMO to conventional cotton increases pesticide use, cuts yield
[F]armer Elie Gnoumou scanned his cotton field in the south of Burkina Faso... with visible relief. ...“I’ve had to do ...
