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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 ...
US regulators likely to demand Bayer-Monsanto scale back domination of GMO cotton market
Bayer AG’s plan to acquire Monsanto Co. is likely to spur U.S. regulators to demand the sale of some cottonseed ...
Monsanto reportedly agrees to sweetened Bayer takeover offer
Bayer AG has reached an agreement to acquire Monsanto Co. for about $56 billion to create the world’s biggest maker ...
First Indian GMO food crop, mustard, passes regulatory hurdle
[Genetically-modified mustard] “does not raise any public health or safety concerns on human beings and animals with respect to overall ...
Human inventions may impact and change our genes over time
Of all living things, why do humans alone create advanced technology? A clue comes from a recent paper on a ...
Could African farmers double maize yield by using hybrid, GMO seeds?
DuPont Co.’s Pioneer unit. . . said farmers of the grain on the continent could more than double productivity over the ...
Syngenta expects ChemChina takeover will be approved by U.S. regulators by year end
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Syngenta AG, which has ...
High yielding GMO pigeon pea could help India cut food costs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On a campus in ...
Monsanto rejects Bayer’s increased bid
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. rejected Bayer ...
Bayer increases bid for Monsanto
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bayer AG has raised ...
Gene-edited food already in U.S. market, not labeled as GMO
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Products made possible through ...
President Obama ready to sign GMO labeling bill if passed by House
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The White House plans ...
CRISPR ignites clash between two inventors and their ethics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Every decade or so, ...
Chinese startup plans on using DNA to create digital health avatars
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Chinese start-up company, ...
Argentina, Monsanto finalize agreement on GMO royalties
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. and Argentina ...
Sleuthing bacteria DNA in food
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Personal injury litigation over ...
Monsanto, Argentina reach deal on GMO soybean royalties
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Monsanto Co. and Argentina’s ...
GMO regulations dissuade Brazil’s chicken industry from importing U.S. corn feed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For Brazil’s enormous chicken ...
Democratic legal scholar Cass Sunstein says his party has blind spot when it comes to science of GMOs
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Democrats pride themselves on ...
End of Monsanto? Bayer could change name if deal to buy company is completed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bayer AG’s proposed $62 ...
Chart: Bayer AG proposed takeover of Monsanto could create three crop-chemicals giants
With Monsanto Co. acknowledging it has received an unsolicited takeover bid from Bayer AG, the farm-chemicals business is poised for ...
Lack of approval of GMOs from EU blocking export of Monsanto’s new GM soy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and Bunge ...
