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Are neonicotinoid seed treatments critical for protecting crops—or unnecessary, with potential to harm bees?
Neonicotinoids, the world’s most popular class of insecticides, have been making headlines for the last decade due to concerns that ...
GMO high oleic acid soy doesn’t raise health or environmental concerns, EU Food Safety Authority finds
Following the submission .... from Monsanto Company (hereafter referred to as ‘the applicant’), the Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms of ...
Following restaurant debut, gene-edited, heart-healthy soybean oil now available directly to consumers
Plant-based technology company Calyxt has launched a direct-to-consumer site for its high oleic soybean cooking oil, Calyno, which is claimed ...
Reduced tillage increases long-term corn, soybean yields, study shows
Agriculture degrades over 24 million acres of fertile soil every year, raising concerns about meeting the rising global demand for ...
78% of soybean, 76% of cotton grown globally in 2018 were GMO, as farmers continued adopting biotech crops
The four major biotech crops — soybeans, maize, cotton, and canola — were the most adopted biotech crops by 26 ...
Bolivia expects up to 30% yield increase following 2021 release of new GMO soy
Following government approval of two new transgenic soybean traits, Bolivia's oil sector expects to see approximately 30 percent yield increases, ...
Drought resistance gene could help corn, soy crops survive Argentina’s scorching temperatures
The fertile grasslands of Argentina produce food for hundreds of millions around the world, and they have the potential to ...
Impossible Foods exec: Environmentalist opponents are on ‘wrong side of history’
For more than a year, the nongovernmental organization Friends of the Earth (FOE) has been trying to malign and defame ...
Monsanto’s transgenic soy sowing misery in Latin America
The following is an excerpt. With headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, and multiple locations on all five continents, Monsanto “has ...
Paraguay bets on genetically modified soy and corn
Paraguay will approve Monsanto's genetically modified Roundup Ready 2 soybean seeds before the end of this year along with new ...
GM labeling debate goes to Germany: WWF demands action on GM soy
Although genetically modified food is banned in Germany, nearly all the eggs, chicken and pork produced here is based on ...
Monsanto defends GMO soy royalties in Brazil court
U.S. biotechnology company Monsanto Co is defending its right in Brazil to apply royalties to its patented Roundup Ready soybeans, ...
How Bt corn And Roundup ready soy work – And why they should not scare you
Last week I wrote about the anti-science campaign being waged by opponents of the use of genetically modified organisms in ...
Monsanto may lose GM soya royalties throughout Brazil
The biotechnology giant Monsanto is one step closer to losing billions of dollars in revenues from its genetically-modified (GM) Roundup ...
Battle against GM soy intensifies in Brazil
Illegally smuggled into Brazil 14 years ago, transgenic soy has proved a boon to domestic farmers and now accounts for ...
Opinions on genetic engineering that aren’t worth a bean
Just in time for Earth Day in April, a Stanford Magazine article about the farming of soybeans offered a rich ...
