Insights and Stories of Carey Gillam

GMO companies launch website to fight anti-biotech movement

Jul. 29, 2013 at 12:53 pm CDT

A group of biotech seed companies on Monday launched an online forum to combat mounting opposition to genetically modified foods among consumer groups and activists. The website, www.GMOAnswers.com, is designed as a “central online resource” for information on genetically modified organisms and their use in agriculture and food production, the […]

Unapproved GE wheat stored in Colorado through 2011

Jun. 29, 2013 at 1:19 am CDT

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GM wheat find in Oregon ‘suspicious,’ Monsanto says

Jun. 21, 2013 at 5:28 pm CDT

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USDA probes Colorado storage site in GE wheat mystery

Jun. 20, 2013 at 4:12 pm CDT

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Scientists say new study shows pig health hurt by GM feed

Jun. 12, 2013 at 1:55 am CDT

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Tests so far show commercial wheat seed GM-free, Monsanto says

Jun. 8, 2013 at 12:38 am CDT

Monsanto said Wednesday that broad testing of commercial wheat seeds in Oregon and Washington state has found no sign of its long-shelved experimental biotech wheat — and company officials said it was possible the illegal wheat discovered growing in an Oregon field may have been the result of sabotage. Monsanto […]

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USDA extends reviews on Enlist corn, dicamaba-tolerant soy

May. 11, 2013 at 10:18 am CDT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it will extend its scrutiny of proposed biotech crops developed by Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto after receiving an onslaught of opposition to the companies’ plans. The news frustrated Dow officials who’d hoped to have secured regulatory approval and have their new herbicide-tolerant Enlist […]

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Study links heavy glyphosate use to health risks

Apr. 25, 2013 at 6:59 pm CDT

Heavy use of the world’s most popular herbicide could be linked to a range of health problems and diseases, including Parkinson’s, infertility and cancers, according to a new study. The peer-reviewed report, published last week in Entropy, an interdisciplinary open-access scientific journal, said evidence indicates that residues of glyphosate, best […]

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Monsanto, DuPont reach licensing deal, end lawsuits

Mar. 27, 2013 at 8:34 am CDT

DuPont will pay Monsanto at least US$1.75 billion in a new licensing deal as part of an agreement which also dismisses the rivals’ bitter legal battles over rights to technology for genetically modified seeds, the world’s top seed companies said Tuesday. The deal tosses out a $1 billion jury verdict […]

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Monsanto, DuPont take seed battle to trial

Mar. 5, 2013 at 3:32 pm CST

Opening arguments got underway last week in a potentially pivotal legal battle between agricultural giants Monsanto and DuPont over Monsanto’s control of a popular seed technology worth billions of dollars. The rivals have been fighting for years and the trial in federal court in St. Louis represents only part of […]

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