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Nigeria’s maize import ban could boost adoption of GM varieties
Though a ban on maize imports could accelerate Nigeria’s adoption of genetically modified (GM) TELA maize, it may be two ...
Podcast: Monsanto v Percy Schmeiser; Experts spread misinformation, too; Fasting a fad diet?
Just-released courtroom drama 'Percy' tells the David vs. Goliath story of a Canadian farmer's battle against Monsanto. Did the film ...
Viewpoint: There’s nothing wrong with organic farming, but it’s not the ‘pinnacle of sustainability’
Organic food sales in the United States reached $50.1 billion in 2019, up 4.6% from the previous year, according to ...
Bayer faces fast-approaching deadline to settle glyphosate-cancer litigation before new trials begin
Bayer AG is up against a fast-approaching deadline to settle remaining lawsuits over its Roundup weedkiller or face the prospect ...
GMO insect-resistant Bt cotton ‘as safe as’ conventional counterpart, study finds
Genetically engineered crops expressing insecticidal and herbicide-tolerant traits offer a new strategy for crop protection and enhanced production; however, at ...
Viewpoint: International anti-GMO groups wage PR war to get gene-edited crops out of Latin America
Imagine for a moment that you're a farmer. Genetically modified crops that could help you protect your yields from voracious ...
Bolivian court dismisses legal challenge to GMO rules, a victory over ‘ridiculous’ arguments, farm group says
After almost 10 hours of hearings, arguments, and counterarguments, the First Constitutional Chamber denied the appeal of Popular Action brought ...
Viewpoint: There’s no such thing as a ‘GMO,’ and the history of potatoes illustrates why the term is ‘nonsensical’
The expression “genetically modified organisms” (“GMOs”) is not only void of scientific value, but has negative effects on agricultural progress ...
Viewpoint: GMOs don’t boost crop yields? Yes, they do. Here’s the evidence
[A]doption of GMOs does, in fact, increase ultimate crop yield. The myth that they don’t is mostly due to the ...
Judge dismisses activist lawsuit to block GMO crop, pesticide use in wildlife refuges
Conservation groups failed to show they would be harmed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s reversal of a previous ...
Novel resistant genes for late blight, disease behind 1840s Irish Potato Famine, discovered
Late blight, the most important and most destructive pathogen of potato, was caused by the microorganism Phytophthora infestans. Late blight is ...
GMO and gene-edited biofortified crops weaken case for organic agriculture
A new lineup of GMO and gene-edited crops with nutrient content organic growers simply can't replicate ...
Viewpoint: ‘GMOs change your DNA’ and 7 other anti-biotech myths debunked
There are quite a bit of misconceptions and myths surrounding that term and what GMOs actually are. But it’s important ...
Self-limiting ‘Friendly’ technology offers hope for controlling fall armyworm without pesticides
Oxitec, the Oxford University spinoff company that produces environmentally-friendly insect control solutions, [September 24] announced a collaboration with the life ...
Viewpoint: Organic industry’s fear-based case against CRISPR undermines sustainable farming
Welcome to the GMO Debate, part 2 ...
Frustrated by delayed GMO approvals, Indian farmers press forward with illegal insect-resistant eggplant cultivation
The second decade of the 21st century, 2011 to 2020, has turned out to be the lost decade for India, ...
‘Why use dangerous pesticides when GM maize can help us fight fall armyworm?’ Ugandan farmers ask government
Upon learning that one of the ways they could effectively deal with the challenge of the fall armyworm was using ...
Viewpoint: Anti-Monsanto film ‘Percy’ promotes public confusion about crop biotech
Percy Schmeiser, a farmer from [Saskatchewan, Canada], has the real-life role of David in the movie adaptation of a reality ...
Burkina Faso renews commitment to GM crops with Bt cowpea
Burkina Faso scientists and farmers say their country has not abandoned crop biotechnology, despite challenges that prompted it to shelve ...
Growing GMO crops in national wildlife refuges a boon for the environment, biologists say
The path has been cleared for genetically engineered crops, called GECs, to be used again on national wildlife refuges in ...
Viewpoint: 5 reasons you should be eating GMOs
Impossible Burger is a household name best recognized for its successful introduction of a plant-based burger that “bleeds” and has no ...
Viewpoint: Mexican government undermining science and agriculture
Over the last two years, the Mexican government led by Andrés Manuel López Obrador (who goes by his initials, AMLO) ...
Will India approve more GMO crops? ‘Ideological’ regulators could halt progress
The apex regulator of genetically-modified (GM) crops has permitted a Jalna, Maharashtra-based seed company to do confined bio-safety trials on ...
Viewpoint: Why grow GMOs? To prevent cancer, pesticide poisoning and farmer suicides
Activists who desperately cling to lies about the risks of GM crops are now the ones who look 'very stupid.' ...
Trump v Biden: Where do the candidates stand on GMOs and other key food issues?
For the past 40 years, Farm Bureau has asked every presidential candidate to provide responses to issues likely to impact ...
Non-GMO pest-resistant sunflower field destroyed by French anti-biotech ‘Volunteer Reapers’
Two hectares of experimental sunflower crops were destroyed not far from Rodez by about sixty voluntary mowers, an anti-GMO movement ...
GMO misinformation proliferates on social media. What happens when it’s shared by experts?
Picture it. You are a respected, established advocate for agriculture and food production. You might even have a well-recognized brand ...
