Insights and Stories of Carey Gillam

Oct. 30, 2013 at 1:26 pm CDT

Major U.S. food and chemical companies are pouring millions of dollars into efforts to block approval of a ballot initiative in Washington state that would make it the first in the United States to require labelling of foods containing genetically modified crops. Despite early strong support for the measure, a […]

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Oct. 2, 2013 at 1:13 pm CDT

Monsanto Co., the world’s largest seed company, reported a deeper quarterly loss on Wednesday as seed sales slipped, and announced the acquisition of a high-tech climate data firm it touted as a “transformational” growth engine. Investors initially appeared unimpressed with the $930 million purchase of Climate Corp and instead eyed […]

By Carey Gillam

Sep. 19, 2013 at 4:35 am CDT

Six people and three companies, including an Indiana operation claiming to make biofuel from chicken fat and vegetable oils, were charged with defrauding investors and consumers out of more than US$100 million, prosecutors in Indianapolis said Wednesday. The indictment alleged four men operating E-Biofuels of Middletown, Indiana and two others […]

By Carey Gillam

Sep. 18, 2013 at 5:13 pm CDT

The detection of a small amount of genetically modified material in a Washington state farmer’s non-genetically-modified (GM) alfalfa crop constitutes a “commercial issue” only and does not warrant any government action, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. The Washington state farmer had complained in late August to state agricultural […]

By Carey Gillam

Sep. 12, 2013 at 2:38 pm CDT

Agriculture officials in Washington state are testing samples of alfalfa, after a farmer reported his hay was rejected for export because it tested positive for a genetically-modified (GM) trait that was not supposed to be in his crop. If it’s confirmed that the alfalfa in question was genetically modified, it […]

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