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Biotech Corn, Soy Laying Foundation For GMO Wheat

By Karl Plume March 5, 2009

“It’s going to take a lot of production to feed the world and we will need biotechnology to feed the world of the future.” – STEVEN MERCER Growing global acceptance of genetically modified, or GMO, crops is laying the foundation for wider acceptance of GMO wheat, but the grain’s direct ties to the human food

News, Oilseeds

GMO Acres Seen Rising Worldwide With Political Will

By Carey Gillam February 26, 2009

Global plantings of genetically modified corn, soybeans and other crops grew 9.4 per cent last year as economic challenges spurred growing political will to adopt biotech crops that help farmers fight weeds, pests and crop diseases, an industry-backed study said Feb. 11. More than 13 million farmers in 25 countries planted 125 million hectares of

News

U. K. funds non-food biofuels

By Michael Kahn February 5, 2009

The British government and 15 businesses including Royal Dutch Shell and SABMiller have directed 27 million pounds (US$38.10 million) for research on new biofuels that do not use up food. It is Britain’s biggest ever public investment in bioenergy. The money will fund research at six centres around Britain with the goal of replacing petrol

News

EU executive advances on GM crops

By Jeremy Smith January 29, 2009

European Union biotech experts will get the chance in February to vote whether to allow two genetically modified (GM) maize types to be grown in Europe, in a bid to break the long-standing EU deadlock on growing GM crops. The full European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, on Jan. 21 backed proposals drafted by its

Opinion

U. S. farmers get another governor

By Alan Guebert January 15, 2009

If conventional leadership and bureaucratic competency had a face, it would look exactly like Thomas J. Vilsack: round as an apple pie, chin disappearing under sagging cheeks, greying (and amply present) hair. President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Vilsack, the two-term (1998-2006) Iowa governor, to lead the U. S. Department of Agriculture marks the third non-farming

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds

Make wheat like canola, CropLife told

By Allan Dawson January 8, 2009

“One of the things farmers maybe should be interested in is having some control over their own germplasm.” – David Rourke Plant breeders need to make wheat more like canola, farmers said during CropLife Canada’s annual convention in Ottawa last month. “You look at what canola (yield) has done and it has been phenomenal,” Jeff

Dairy cattle, News

Vilsack to face food subsidy issues in top ag job

By Reuters January 1, 2009

Tom Vilsack, a former governor of the top corn-and soybean-producing state of Iowa, was set to be named next agriculture secretary by U. S. president-elect Barack Obama, Democratic officials said Dec. 16. Vilsack, a lawyer, will oversee one of the largest federal departments with 100,000 employees and a $95 billion annual budget, the bulk of

News, Oilseeds

Cuba reported ready to authorize GM corn crop

By Esteban Israel December 11, 2008

Cuba could soon authorize the planting of 124 acres of genetically-modified corn for the first time to help reduce its dependence on costly food imports, Cuban scientists said Dec. 2. Regulators are expected to approve this initial crop of biotech corn, which would provide enough seed to expand to 14,830 acres next year, said Carlos

Other

USDA seeks comment on ethanol enzyme

December 4, 2008

The U. S. Agriculture Department has asked for public comment on a request by Syngenta Seeds Inc. seeking to deregulate a genetically engineered type of corn that helps in the production of ethanol. The genetically engineered corn produces a microbial enzyme that facilitates ethanol production. Syngenta Seeds is part of Syngenta AG, the world’s largest

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Argentine cow clones may help boost milk output

November 13, 2008

Argentine scientists have found a way to make cows produce more milk by injecting them with a bovine growth hormone produced by cloned and genetically modified dairy cows. Synthetic bovine somatotropin, which is also called rbST, is already injected into cows to boost milk production, but Argentine researchers say their method is cheaper and produces

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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