Researchers at the University of Arizona have found a promising way to prevent the loss of crops to a fungus, offering the potential to improve food security, especially in developing … Continue Reading →
A study published in the Journal of Environmental Protection shows that a global ban on genetically modified (GM) crops may raise food prices and add the equivalent of nearly a … Continue Reading →
The University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatchewan, Canada, has opened its Plant Phenotyping and Imaging Research Center (P2IRC). IFT Daily News
In a new report, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) found that despite uncertainty about consumer acceptance, farmers in the United States have widely adopted genetically … Continue Reading →
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) has released its annual report—“20th Anniversary of the Global Commercialization of Biotech Crops (1996-2015) and Biotech Crop Highlights in 2015”—which … Continue Reading →
A study published in Nature Biotechnology presents the worldwide pipeline of genetically modified (GM) crops that are likely to be commercialized and cultivated by farmers in the short to medium … Continue Reading →
According to Bloomberg, the European Parliament has voted to allow individual European Union (EU) countries to ban the planting of genetically-modified crops. IFT Daily News
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) has released a report that indicates more than 18 million farmers in 27 countries planted biotech crops in 2013, reflecting … Continue Reading →
According to Bloomberg, Japan has suspended imports of western-white wheat and feed wheat from the United States after the discovery in an Oregon field of gene-altered crops developed by Monsanto … Continue Reading →
Retailers and their grower-partners are ramping up efforts to keep some local produce available as long as possible even as temperatures drop. read more Supermarket News
