Bill Tomson
Mexican argument that corn ban does no harm meets US opposition
The Mexican government continues to minimize U.S. concerns over President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's restriction on genetically modified white corn, ...
‘The supply just isn’t there’: Brazil, Argentina and US push back on Mexico’s looming GMO corn ban
The U.S. corn sector has been adamant that it cannot easily or quickly shift to producing non-GMO corn to comply ...
USDA moves ahead with ‘sweeping reforms’ to biotech animal regulations
USDA is moving ahead with making sweeping reforms to how biotech animals are regulated, according to the first regulatory agenda ...
EPA: Gene-edited crops and other ‘green’ pesticide alternatives on the way
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is optimistic that new and greener alternatives are on the way to help farmers to protect ...
US, Kenya free-trade agreement could end run African nation’s ‘entrenched’ anti-GMO interests
Anti-biotech activists and sentiment are entrenched throughout Africa, but U.S. farm groups and businesses are hoping a free-trade agreement with ...
As trade talks progress, China may slow already lengthy approval process for US biotech crops
China may agree to buy more U.S. agriculture commodities and lift onerous trade barriers in the ongoing talks, but unless ...
US farmer groups urge UK to ‘break’ with EU’s biotech crop rules
America’s farmers and ranchers are eager for a U.S. free trade agreement with the U.K., but only if the British ...
China’s resistance to reform biotech import approval process irks trade partners
An annual U.S.-China trade conference ended [Nov. 23] with little headway in getting China to reform the way it approves new ...
US wheat exporters expect little disruption in sales after GMO wheat found in WA state
The U.S. Wheat Associates is hopeful there will be no business lost and only minor trade delays after a Washington ...
USDA allows more cane sugar imports as demand for non-GMO sugar increases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. USDA announced [May 17] that it ...
China may approve seven GMO crops, including corn, cotton, soy
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Myron Brilliant, an executive ...
