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China agrees to evaluate 8 GMO crops in trade deal with US, ending long delay
China's promise to evaluate eight varieties of U.S. genetically modified crops by the end of [May 2017] under a trade ...
EU to propose 10-year extension of glyphosate herbicide
The European Commission will propose extending by 10 years its approval for weed-killer glyphosate, used in Monsanto's Roundup, a spokeswoman ...
Global GM crop area rebounded in 2016 — increased 3% to new high of 457 million acres
Plantings of genetically modified (GMO) crops rebounded in 2016 from a decline the prior year, led by increased sowings in ...
China’s ‘consumer backlash’ against GMOs could spell crisis for US soybean farmers
A Chinese consumer backlash against genetically modified (GMO) crops is beginning to dent demand for soy oil, the nation's main ...
EU food safety chief: Critics of glyphosate safety finding are ‘playing politics’, undermining science
Politicians who attack the EU agency that ruled the weedkiller glyphosate probably does not cause cancer are in danger of ...
World’s largest pork producer to market hogs for pig-human organ transplants
Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, has established a separate bioscience unit to expand its role in supplying pig ...
New EU independent herbicide glyphosate study shows no toxic effects or genetic changes
Results of a new animal study into possible health risks of the weedkiller glyphosate will be published in time to ...
DNA ‘rock science’ helps wring more crude oil from shale rock, boosting supply
A small group of U.S. oil producers has been trying to exploit advances in DNA science to wring more crude ...
Dispute between Monsanto, Indian seed company could upend world’s largest cotton-producing market
A little-known cotton seed company has taken on Monsanto, with the aid of a right-wing Hindu group that helped propel ...
Majority of EU countries vote against 2 new GM corn varieties but approval still possible
A majority of EU countries voted on Monday [March 27, 2017] against allowing two new genetically modified crops to be ...
‘Resurrection plants’: Future drought-resistant crops could spring back to life thanks to gene switch
Could harnessing the power of "resurrection plants" - with the ability to survive severe water shortages for years - hold ...
How will China’s decision to import fewer GM crops affect US farmers?
China is approving fewer new biotech crops for import than before, hampering the launch of new products globally and hurting ...
8 ways farmers around the world are fighting drought
As farmers worldwide experience more frequent drought and erratic rainfall linked to climate change, the race to find and improve ...
How GM canola oil engineered with high levels of Omega-3 fatty acids could reduce over-fishing
The surging demand [for Omega 3 fatty acids] has pushed fish oil prices to a record high and presented the ...
Approval of GM crops, beef exports among priorities of Trump’s China ambassador pick
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, whom U.S. President Donald Trump has tipped to become ambassador to China, said ... that he ...
Trump’s threatened ‘trade war’ with Mexico could undermine US GMO corn market
[Editor's note: More than 90% of the US corn market is GMO — a combination of herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant varieties.] ...
Chinese scientist convicted of stealing GMO rice seeds from Kansas research facility
A federal jury on [Feb. 16, 2017] convicted a Chinese scientist in Kansas of conspiring to steal samples of a ...
Shareholders reject proposal to curb antibiotic use at third largest US chicken producer–Sanderson Farms
A Sanderson Farms Inc shareholder proposal requesting the third-largest U.S. poultry producer phase out the use of medically important antibiotics ...
How to stem farmer suicides in India? Help farmers expand farm size
Editor's note: GMO critics, most notably philosopher Vandana Shiva (Read her GLP profile here), have long contended that the introduction of Bt ...
Mexico unlikely to see GMO crops anytime soon after court reaffirms block on test plots over ‘environmental concerns’
A ban on planting genetically modified corn in Mexico is likely to continue for years as a slow-moving legal battle ...
Chemical companies: Reform WHO’s ‘rogue’ IARC cancer-designating agency
Launching what it called a campaign for accuracy in public health research, the American Chemistry Council, which represents U.S. chemical ...
USDA to certify farmland switching from conventional to help increase production of organic food
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on [Jan. 11] took a step toward increasing the production of organic foods — which has not ...
Rusty-patched bumble bee listed as endangered, neonic pesticides pose ‘particular threat’, says USFWS
The rusty patched bumble bee ... was listed on [Jan. 10] as an endangered species, becoming the first wild bee in the ...
Argentina’s soy farmers, seed sellers near agreement on GMO seed royalties
Argentine soy farmers and the companies that sell them genetically modified seeds could be close to a breakthrough in negotiations ...
Chinese biotech firm testing insect resistant, herbicide tolerant GMO corn in US greenhouse
A Chinese biotech seed firm has planted genetically modified corn seeds in the United States at a greenhouse designated by ...
Stine Seed expands pilot program allowing farmers to save, replant GMO soy seeds
Major producers of genetically modified seeds, including Monsanto Co and Bayer AG, have long barred U.S. farmers from saving seeds ...
Chinese crackdown on illegally grown GMO crops still leaves public queasy
China has spent billions on research of biotech crops, but it has not yet approved the planting of any GM ...
US state attorneys join federal antitrust probe of Dow-Dupont merger, increasing scrutiny of deal
U.S. state attorneys general have joined a federal antitrust probe of the planned merger between DuPont and Dow Chemical Co, according ...
