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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 ...
German cabinet backs law banning cultivation of GMOs
The German cabinet has approved a draft law banning cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), government sources told ...
Geneticist pleads guilty in plot to steal GMO rice seeds for Chinese
A geneticist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture pleaded guilty on [Oct. 24] to making false statements to the Federal Bureau ...
WHO’s cancer agency claims “transparency”, moves to block glyphosate Freedom of Information requests
The World Health Organization's cancer agency [IARC]--which is facing criticism over how it classifies carcinogens--advised academic experts ... who worked ...
Europe’s neonicotinoid ban contributed to one-third drop in Britain’s rapeseed
Britain's rapeseed harvest fell this year by almost one-third due to poor yields and a prolonged decline in the planted area which ...
Brazil approves import of 3 GMO corn varieties for animal feed
Brazil's biosafety commission CTNBio approved on [Oct. 6] imports of three genetically modified (GM) varieties of corn from the United States ...
Endangered species listing for bumble bee could intensify neonicotinoid debate
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on [Sept. 21] proposed listing the rusty patched bumble bee... for federal protection as an ...
Class action suit against Syngenta over China’s 2014 rejection of GMO corn will proceed
A U.S. district court judge in Kansas... said lawsuits brought by U.S. farmers against seed company Syngenta AG over sales ...
EU authorizes 11 varieties of GMO corn for food and livestock feed but not cultivation
The European Commission said [Sept. 16] it had authorized 11 varieties of genetically modified maize produced by Syngenta... for use as ...
