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EU lawmakers reject bill allowing opt-out from GM crop imports

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 13, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– European lawmakers rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have allowed countries to restrict or ban the use of imported GM crops that have secured EU approval. The environment committee of the European Parliament rejected the draft law by 47 votes to three, many arguing that the proposal was unworkable and would

Crops, Markets

Think Europe’s halting GMOs? It could be heading for more

By Barbara Lewis, GFM Network News, Sybille De La Hamaide October 6, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The large number of European countries opposing GMO cultivation may have given the impression the bloc is putting a brake on GMOs, but with new crops queuing for approval and key countries leaving the door open, output is more likely to grow than wane. Nineteen out of 28 EU member states

Crops, Markets

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 1, 2015

Sofia | Reuters –– Bulgaria has told the European Union it will ban the cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under EU rules that allow member states to opt out of GMO cultivation, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “The agriculture ministry upholds its position that Bulgaria should be free

Crops

U.S. regulator sued for withholding information on GMOs

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News August 25, 2015

Reuters — A food safety advocacy group sued an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, saying it illegally withheld public information on genetically engineered crops. The lawsuit, brought by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) against USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), claims the regulator has routinely failed to respond

A diamondback pupa. (Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops

Genetically modified diamondback moth offers pest control hope

By GFM Network News, Kate Kelland July 15, 2015

London | Reuters –– Scientists in Britain say they have developed a way of genetically modifying and controlling an invasive species of moth that causes serious pest damage to cabbages, kale, canola and other similar crops worldwide. In what they said could be a pesticide-free and environmentally-friendly way to control insect pests, the scientists, from

Crops

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News July 2, 2015

Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure. The order, announced in a statement by President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, followed demands by

Crops, Markets

EU proposes GM opt-out for members, angers pro- and anti-GM camps

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop April 22, 2015

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a new law allowing individual EU countries to restrict or prohibit imported genetically modified crops even if they have been approved by the bloc as a whole. The proposal covering GM crops in human food and animal feed upset trading partners, notably the U.S., which

Forages, News

No Roundup Ready alfalfa production for 2015

Forage Genetics International will allow 20 demonstration plots in Eastern Canada

By Allan Dawson April 9, 2015

Genetically modified (GM) Roundup Ready alfalfa will not be sold commercially in Canada this year and it’s unclear when, if ever, it will be commercialized in Western Canada. “At this time FGI does not have plans to introduce biotech-enhanced alfalfa traits to growers in Western Canada,” Forage Genetics International (FGI), the company selling the GM

Crops, Oilseeds

Farmers urged to plant certified flaxseed

The Flax Council of Canada says  the goal of removing Triffid from the system is getting closer

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 31, 2015

If seeding flax this spring buy certified seed. That’s the message from the Flax Council of Canada. Certified seed is free of Triffid, the genetically modified flax found in Canadian flax exports in 2009. Even though only trace amounts were found, the contamination disrupted Canadian flax exports to the European Union — one of Canada’s

Daily Network News

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

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

Tag Archives genetically-modified

EU lawmakers reject bill allowing opt-out from GM crop imports

Think Europe’s halting GMOs? It could be heading for more

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

U.S. regulator sued for withholding information on GMOs

Genetically modified diamondback moth offers pest control hope

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

EU proposes GM opt-out for members, angers pro- and anti-GM camps

No Roundup Ready alfalfa production for 2015

Farmers urged to plant certified flaxseed

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