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Growers want the courts to match a Brazilian ruling where a state court ordered Monsanto to stop charging
Reuters / A group of Paraguayan farmers asked the courts Feb. 5 to stop U.S. biotech company Monsanto from charging royalties for use of its genetically modified soybeans in the world’s No. 4 exporter. The farmers say royalty payments should be halted because the company charges growers about $40 million per year to use itsOwen Paterson says genetic modification isn’t a “frightening, new, spooky technology” and brings many benefits, including reduced pesticide and fuel use
Reuters / Britain’s farming and environment minister, Owen Paterson is calling for an acceleration in the European Union’s approval process for genetically modified crops, which he said offered benefits including less pesticide use. “I think we need to work with like-minded partners to move the (GM) legislation along at a European level because it isEmeritus professor from Purdue University and former U.S. army bioweapons expert points to growing evidence of potential harm from genetic engineering and herbicide “abuse”
Don Huber may not be a big fan of organic agriculture, but he’s become a hero among organic farmers with his contention that glyphosate is less benign than its promoters crack it up to be. Huber an emeritus professor of Plant Pathology from Purdue University, isn’t backing down, even though some dismiss him as a
