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Date:2012/08/27
August 27, 2012
Paraguay to approve genetically modified soy seeds
Aimed at improving the country's competitiveness as a grains exporter, Paraguay will approve Monsanto's genetically modified Round...
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Date:2012/08/13
August 13, 2012
Vietnamese farmers insist on using genetically modified plants
Vietnamese farmers believe that the country should not waste any more time discussing on the use of genetically modifi...
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Date:2012/08/07
August 7, 2012
Bayer CropScience partners global institutions on wheat yield research
Press release
Bayer CropScience, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Orga...
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Date:2012/07/31
July 31, 2012
US livestock associations to appeal for ethanol waiver
Due to surging corn prices, US livestock and poultry associations will petition the US Environmental Protection Agency to waive...
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Date:2012/07/26
July 26, 2012
Monsanto employs Mendel''s yield technology in soy yield trait
The flagship yield technology of Mendel, as it announced Monday (July 23), has taken another important step towards the ...
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Date:2012/07/13
July 13, 2012
Monsanto, DuPont compete over control of popular seed technology
The latest saga in the on-going battle between two agricultural giants, Monsanto and DuPont, began this week, over con...
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Date:2012/07/25
July 25, 2012
Argentina to reach ethanol admixture target
Due in part to the nation''s dedication to soy cultivation for biodiesel, Argentina is yet to reach the ethanol admixture government target...
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Date:2012/06/27
June 27, 2012
Uganda likely to allow GM crops to bolster production
An industry group supporting biotech crops said that Uganda is considering a law to allow genetically modified crops to boost p...
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Date:2012/07/13
July 13, 2012
Malaysia evaluates corn, soy types for animal, human consumption import
Two types of transgenic corn and one of soy to import for animal and human consumption are being evaluated by ...
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Date:2012/06/26
June 26, 2012
Germany's production of biogas using corn reduces grain production
Farm organisation Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e.V (DRV) said that as the crop competes for acreage, Germany's use of...
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Date:2012/07/24
July 24, 2012
Monsanto to give GMO soy to farmed fish
Monsanto is extending into aquaculture and its GMO soy will be used to feed farm-raised fish intended for human consumption.
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Date:2012/07/12
July 12, 2012
Indonesia reviews proposal of GM corn, sugar cane cultivation
A final decision is expected sometime next year on a proposal which is being considered by Indonesia on allowing cultivat...
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Date:2012/06/22
June 22, 2012
Nebraska's ethanol plant temporarily halts production due to declining margins
Due in part to rising corn prices, Valero Energy has temporarily stopped production at its ethanol plant...
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Date:2012/07/24
July 24, 2012
Bayer CropScience inaugurates Greenhouse for R&D in US
Press release
Bayer CropScience''s US$20-million research facility - a 3-storey, 60,000 square feet BioScience greenhouse at ...
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Date:2012/07/11
July 11, 2012
Thailand to take integrated approach to become Asean''s ethanol hub
In order for Thailand to become an ethanol hub in Asean, the government should come up with an integrated approach ...
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Date:2012/06/22
June 22, 2012ADM begins manufacturing new soy protein
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has begun manufacturing the first product in a new line of soy proteins, CLARISOYa？￠ 100 as well as completing the construction of a comme...
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Date:2012/07/22
July 22, 2012
South Korea urges US on cutting corn, soy use in biofuel
In order to ensure stable food supplies as prices soar amid the worst US drought in decades, South Korea''s top grain importer...
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Date:2012/07/10
July 10, 2012
EU approves commercialisation of new transgenic soy
The European Commission has approved on June 28 the commercialisation of the new technology of transgenic soy that combines in a si...
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Date:2012/06/22
June 22, 2012
Genetically modified crops not safe from pests
Highlighting the importance of closely monitoring and countering pest resistance to biotech crops, genetically modified (GM) crops may ...
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Date:2012/07/19
July 19, 2012
US, South American farmers push for biotech soy trading in EU
Farmers from the US and South America who produce 90% of the world''s soy exports have joined forces to support biotechno...