Don't call it a GMOBy: Business of buying Could consumer acceptance of genetic engineering be as simple as changing the terms used to describe it? Maybe. Research conducted by the International... Terminator terminatedBy: Business of buying Monsanto recently announced it will not sell seeds with the "terminator" gene. Monsanto, through the pending purchase of Delta & Pine Land, should acquire... Selling unapproved biotech cornBy: Business of Buying Check out www.amseed.org to enter a newly created database that lists grain purchasers (by zip code) that will buy biotech corn that doesn't have the... Beat Pests to the punchBy: Crops Scientists at North Carolina State University have developed a simple test kit that will give you early warning if pests are building up resistance to... Transgenics prevailBy: Business of Buying About 71percent of the world's crops are planted with herbicide-resistant varieties, according to Steve Pueppke, University of Illinois associate dean... Odds of transgenetic weedsBy: Lynn Grooms Now that genetically modified crops cover tens of millions of acres, are super weeds next?What are the odds that those herbicide-resistant seeds you bought... Wheat's upBy: Karen McMahon Companies focus research efforts on developing new varieties, hybrids.The introduction of new wheat products signals a regrowth in research and development... Business of buyingLeaving CanadaCase Corporation is closing a Canadian manufacturing plant and moving the product lines across the border to plants in Illinois and North... Risky researchBy: Dale B. McDonald Is corporate money compromising public research? From their inception, America's publicly funded universities have conducted research with a simple mission:... Business of buyingPrecision farming systemNeed help with precision farming? A new computer program from Helena Chemical Company allows not only production planning but... The high cost of consolidationBy: Dale McDonald Third in a series Who owns nature?What all of us are witnessing during the infancy of the biotechnology industry is not unlike what happened with the... Complete feed from the fieldBy: Joan Olson Seed companies improve the nutritioual value of feed cornAbout 80% of the corn produced in the United States is fed to animals. In recent years, seed... Business of buyingNarrow-row corn head design droppedNarrow-row corn disciple/inventor Marion Calmer made news almost two years ago when Case Corporation bought the manufacturing... Patent ParalysisBy: Dale B. McDonald Second in a series Who owns nature?With hundreds of patent applications from every biotechnology seed/chemical company jamming the patent office, duplicate... CropsStore water in the seedbedA superabsorbent polymer, called Terawet, can absorb 400 times its weight in water. When the nontoxic crystals are incorporated... |
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