Business of buyingBy: FIN Staff Farmland-Cenex vote delayed A second round of voting for the merger of Farmland Industries and Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives has been delayed. After... Biotech educationBy: Kurt Lawton Biotech companies unite to promote the safety of their new crops.In an effort to combat misinformation and help ensure that genetically engineered crops... Crops departmentBy: FIN Staff 90-bushel beans Wayne Schulte of Dorchester, IA, won the titles of Champion Soybean Grower and Champion Conservation Tillage Soybean Grower with a yield... Business of buyingBy: FIN Staff e buying Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives, Cargill and Dupont have joined as equal investors in a new venture called Rooster.com, aimed at becoming an... Business of buyingBy: Kurt Lawton Are Roundup Ready seed prices fair in the U.S.? Many farmers seem to be echoing this question in light of a recent General Accounting Office report that... Lowdown on product labelingBy: Kurt Lawton New biosafety treaty on biotech grain trading appears to be confusing and difficult to enforce.Certain grain shipments for export must now be labeled... Separating good from badBy: Karen McMahon New technology decodes corn genomes quicker to bring better hybrids to market.The process of unlocking the corn plant's complex genetic code will become... When does bt corn pay?By: Joan Olson It all depends on prices and the unpredictable European corn borer.Market uncertainty about genetically modified crops, low commodity prices and two years... Business of buying departmentBy: FIN Staff Europe needs more science A coherent scientific approach to food safety to prevent trade disputes and allay consumer fears over genetically modified (GM)... Crops departmentBy: FIN Staff Demand for GM grains "[Demand for non-genetically modified grains] is by far the minority. We currently estimate it at around 2 to 2_1/2% of total export... GMO free zone?By: Joan Olson The demand for non-GM grain is small but growing as more foreign markets demand labels for GM foods. The big question is, What seed should fill your planter... Team FIN weighs seed buyBy: Karen McMahon Growers lean toward GM soybeans, away from GM corn. Wondering what seed to buy this spring? You're not alone. Growers this year have found their choice... Crops departmentBy: FIN Staff Product packaging Novartis's new purchase program, called AgriFit, guarantees that all prices for NK-brand seed will remain the same for 2000. Also, options... Business of buying departmentBy: FIN Staff Save on seed, chemicalsTechnology-enhanced seed with the Asgrow brand will be lower in price next year. Low commodity prices have prompted Monsanto to... Butterflies are freeBy: Business of buying The highly publicized Cornell University study that reported that monarch butterflies died after ingesting pollen from Bt corn is being contradicted by... |
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