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Scotts reports ‘significant progress’ in eliminating GE bentgrass that escaped Oregon field trails
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. is reporting significant progress in eliminating genetically engineered creeping bentgrass plants from Malheur and Jefferson counties in ...
Oregon considers new restrictions, labels for neonicotinoid insecticides over bee health concerns
Neonicotinoid pesticides, which critics blame for death and illness among pollinators, would be subject to new restrictions and labeling rules ...
Washington state judge fines activists on both sides of 2013 GMO law debate
A Washington state judge has ordered the Grocery Manufacturers Association on Wednesday to pay nearly $1.1 million in legal fees, ...
‘Oregon prohibition on local GMO restrictions should remain’
[Editor's note: The following is an editorial by Capital Press, an independent news website that covers the agriculture industry in and ...
First genetically modified non-browning apples in Midwest stores by February
A small amount of Arctic brand sliced and packaged Golden Delicious, produced by Okanagan Specialty Fruits of Summerland, B.C., will ...
Why farmers have been slow to adopt GMO alfalfa
Adoption of genetically engineered alfalfa among farmers has lagged behind other biotech crops, with the vast majority of U.S. acreage ...
Food Democracy Now fined by Washington state for failing to disclose donors to anti-labeling initiative
An anti-GMO activist group was fined $319,281 by a Washington state judge [Nov. 21] for violating the same disclosure law that ...
GMO crops not ‘contaminating’ nearby organic farms, USDA data suggest
In 2015, Oregon lawmakers passed House Bill 2509, which created mediation protocols for growers who believe nearby farming practices are ...
Calyxt’s bruise-resistant, non-browning GMO potato cleared for sale
The [USDA] has advised the potato’s developer, Calyxt, the cultivar is not a “regulated article” under federal law because it doesn’t ...
How will Bayer-Monsanto merger affect future of GMO crops in EU vs. US?
Monsanto has agreed to a $57 billion cash offer from Bayer... If shareholders and regulators approve, the merger will form ...
Judge strikes down GMO ban in Josephine County, Oregon
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The prohibition against genetically ...
Organic farming groups at odds over compost contaminated with pesticides
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A rift has developed ...
Judge rules Food Democracy Now guilty of concealing donor names in 2013 GMO labeling campaign
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An anti-GMO organization violated ...
After escape from field trials, Oregon wants USDA to keep a lid on GMO bentgrass
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Although we generally support ...
WA Attorney General sues Grocery Manufacturers Association over state GMO labeling campaign
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Washington Attorney General’s ...
USAID to support development of Simplot blight resistant potato for Asia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. J.R. Simplot Co., in ...
Audit: USDA regulators don’t consider past non-compliance when approving biotech field trials
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. USDA’s biotechnology regulators don’t ...
Court rules biotech firms may be responsible if GMO crops disrupt export market
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Biotech developers may have ...
Voters overwhelmingly reject GMO ban in Oregon county
A proposed ban on biotech crops in Oregon’s Benton County has failed by a strong margin. Nearly 73 percent of ...
Proponents, critics of GMOs agree on how to mediate co-existence conflicts in Oregon farming
Disputes over genetically modified crops would be mediated by Oregon farm regulators under legislation that has won support from biotech ...
Ag industry fears foreign countries hold ‘veto’ over US-approved GMOs
The barrage of farmer lawsuits against a biotech developer could give foreign buyers more influence over genetically modified crops grown ...
County ballot measure in Oregon would limit university GMO research in crops, cancer, bioenergy
Shawn Mehlenbacher, the Oregon State University hazelnut breeder who developed varieties resistant to deadly Eastern Filbert Blight, says a Benton ...
Is there gap in federal regulation of newer GMOs?
Critics say a loophole in federal regulations for genetically engineered crops will backfire against biotech companies. Under current rules, USDA ...
USDA lacks authority to regulate GM pine
The genetically modified variety of pine developed by Arborgen cannot be restricted by USDA, the agency has determined. A pine ...
Oregon governor seeks authority to establish ‘control areas’ for GMO crops
A bill proposed by Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber seeks to expand the authority of state farm regulators over genetically engineered ...
Scotts’ GMO turfgrass approved as USDA concludes no risk review necessary for ‘gene gun’ modifications
A new GMO variety of tall fescue turfgrass that's resistant to glyphosate herbicides has been cleared for cultivation by USDA without ...
Apple commission worries about GMOs and export market as Greenpeace promises fight
Genetically-modified apples will be a “Pandora’s box” in marketing U.S. apples overseas, foreign representatives of the Washington Apple Commission say ...
Oral arguments over Vermont GMO label law challenge set for December
A federal judge will hear oral arguments over Vermont's genetically modified organism labeling law in mid-December. The plaintiffs have asked ...
