Insights and Stories of Carey Gillam

Nov. 1, 2012 at 5:28 pm CDT

Snow and rain and cooler temperatures helped ease suffering in drought-stricken areas of the United States over the last week, though some areas saw conditions grow worse, according to a climatology report issued Thursday. Monster storm Sandy, which devastated the eastern United States with heavy rains and high winds, had […]

By Carey Gillam

Oct. 18, 2012 at 2:32 am CDT

CME Group Inc. on Wednesday agreed to buy the Kansas City Board of Trade for US$126 million in cash, cementing CME’s dominance in world grain futures markets and keeping rival IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) from gaining an important foothold. It is CME’s first exchange purchase in five years since it wrapped up […]

By ann-saphir, Carey Gillam

Sep. 12, 2012 at 12:37 am CDT

A U.S. farmer group on Tuesday dropped its opposition to efforts by Dow AgroSciences to roll out a new biotech crop system in exchange for some concessions by Dow, including help investigating any accidental crop damage. The deal calls for "several new safeguards" from Dow AgroSciences related to use of […]

By Carey Gillam

Aug. 17, 2012 at 4:44 pm CDT

After two decades fighting to force U.S. food companies to tell consumers when their products are made with genetically modified organisms, activists in California have mounted what is potentially their most promising offensive to date. In November, voters in the nation’s most populous state will decide whether to require labels […]

By Carey Gillam, Lisa Baertlein

Aug. 16, 2012 at 5:02 pm CDT

As U.S. farmers struggle to control the rise of "superweeds" choking key cropland, a leading herbicide that’s shown good weed control for decades appears to be losing its effectiveness, a report from a science journal said Wednesday. Chemical makers have been racing to find an answer to resistance that has […]

By Carey Gillam