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EU moves step closer to law on national GMO crop bans

By GFM Network News November 12, 2014

Brussels | Reuters — EU politicians on Tuesday backed a plan to allow nations to ban genetically modified crops on their soil even if they are given approval to be grown in the European Union, raising the chance their use will remain limited on the continent. Widely grown in the Americas and Asia, GM crops

Crops

GMO battles over ‘settled’ science spur new study of crops

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News November 11, 2014

Reuters — Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, and its brethren of global biotech crop developers are spreading the word that as far as the safety of their genetically modified grain goes, the science is solidly on their side. The message of “settled” science has become the rallying cry for defenders of the crops and

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops

USDA clears GMO potato with lower cancer risk

By GFM Network News, Ros Krasny November 8, 2014

CORRECTED, Nov. 10, 2014 — Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday approved the first genetically modified potato for commercial planting in the United States in more than a decade, a move likely to draw the ire of groups opposed to artificial manipulation of foods. The so-called Innate potato, developed by the

News, Oilseeds

Chinese state media kick into high gear to ease GMO food fears

By Niu Shuping November 20, 2013

China’s state media are working overtime to persuade the public that genetically modified food is safe, apparently softening up the population for a policy switch to allow the sale of such food to ensure its 1.35 billion people have enough to eat. In the past 30 years, China’s urban population has jumped to about 700

Crops

China To Promote GM Crop Planting

March 24, 2011

China will promote the planting of genetically modified crops over the next five years to 2015,Caijing Magazine’swebsite March 13 cited a senior agricultural official as saying. Chen Mengshan, the Agriculture Ministry’s chief economist, gave no further details, according to the report carried on www.caijing.com.cn. China is the largest producer of GMO cotton, but it has

News

China Proposes GMO Legislation

January 13, 2011

China’s National People’s Congress, or parliament, is proposing legislation on the management of genetically modified (GMO) food, the official Xinhua news agency said in a report seen Dec. 27. The legislation will cover the import and export of GMO food and production, development and research of GMO grains. China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection is preparing

News

China Quarantine Bureau Rejects U.S. Corn Cargo

By Niu Shuping November 11, 2010

China’s quarantine bureau confirmed Nov. 2 that it had discovered traces of an unapproved genetically modified organism (GMO) in a U.S. corn cargo and had refused its entry into China. “A genetically modified element which is not approved by the Agriculture Ministry has been identified in the cargo and according to the relevant State Council

Livestock, Oilseeds

Brazil Clears Planting Of Bayer GMO Soy

December 10, 2009

Brazil’s biotechnology agency CTNBio said Nov. 19 it approved the commercial planting of a genetically modified soybean variety produced by Bayer that’s resistant to glyphosate. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready soy, which is also resistant to glyphosate, is the only other GMO soy approved for commercial use in Brazil, which legalized the commercial use of transgenic crops,

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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EU moves step closer to law on national GMO crop bans

GMO battles over ‘settled’ science spur new study of crops

USDA clears GMO potato with lower cancer risk

Chinese state media kick into high gear to ease GMO food fears

China To Promote GM Crop Planting

China Proposes GMO Legislation

China Quarantine Bureau Rejects U.S. Corn Cargo

Brazil Clears Planting Of Bayer GMO Soy

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