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Viewpoint: Gene editing could unleash next Green Revolution, but ‘GMO fearmongers’ need to be convinced

John Hart | Southwest Farm Press |
The GMO fearmongers are able to take to Twitter and Facebook now because, like all of us, they have benefited ...
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Viewpoint: GMO rejectionism appeals to catastrophists and conspiracy minded

Opponents to the GMO issue generally believe there is something sinister about how science “dangerously manipulates organisms” for use in ...
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How genetic engineering helped reduce cotton’s environmental footprint

Cotton’s environmental footprint is much less noticeable today than was the case in the early 1960s, thanks largely to science ...
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‘Non-GMO month’: A marketing ploy grounded in misinformation

Ron Smith | Southwest Farm Press |
I was not aware until earlier this week that October is Non-GMO Month, a time apparently set aside to wallow ...

Media gets it wrong: There are no GMO peanuts

Ron Smith | Southwest Farm Press |
OLé peanut, a new Spanish peanut variety released earlier this year by the USDA Agricultural Research Service and the Oklahoma ...
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Are GMOs creating disastrous superweed problem?

Southwest Farm Press |
The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) has issued a new fact sheet to uproot common misconceptions about “superweeds”– a ...

GM technology an aid in the ‘long, hard fight’ against Texas boll weevil

Ron Smith | Southwest Farm Press |
The boll weevil eradication program in Texas, combined with the use of genetically modified cotton varieties, has resulted in a ...