Insights and Stories on Gmo

U.S. ag secretary calls for mandatory GMO label

Mar. 7, 2016 at 3:55 pm CST

Legislation to avoid a patchwork of state laws on labeling of genetically modified (GMO) foods should make such labels mandatory, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told farmers in New Orleans Friday. Vilsack’s remarks at the Commodity Classic, a U.S. farmers’ trade show and multi-group convention, come as the U.S. Senate […]

Stacked LL/RR canola off the menu for 2016

Feb. 23, 2016 at 7:42 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Campbell Soup to label U.S. products for GMOs

Jan. 8, 2016 at 11:15 am CST

By Reuters

Chinese farmers illegally growing GMO corn, Greenpeace says

Jan. 6, 2016 at 3:18 pm CST

By Dominique Patton

Philippines to challenge court-ordered GMO import ban

Dec. 19, 2015 at 3:33 pm CST

By Enrico Dela Cruz Manolo Serapio Jr.

Feed Grains: EU votes down proposed GMO opt-out

Oct. 28, 2015 at 1:32 pm CDT

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg, October 28 – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Wednesday, October 28. – CBOT corn futures were weaker on Wednesday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.7750 per bushel at midsession, as the advancing US harvest […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Think Europe’s halting GMOs? It could be heading for more

Oct. 6, 2015 at 12:01 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — The large number of European countries opposing GMO cultivation may have given the impression the bloc is putting a brake on GMOs, but with new crops queuing for approval and key countries leaving the door open, output is more likely to grow than wane. Nineteen out […]

By barbara-lewis Sybille De La Hamaide

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

Oct. 1, 2015 at 8:29 pm CDT

Sofia | Reuters –– Bulgaria has told the European Union it will ban the cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under EU rules that allow member states to opt out of GMO cultivation, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Thursday. “The agriculture ministry upholds its position […]

By Reuters

U.S. regulator sued for withholding information on GMOs

Aug. 25, 2015 at 6:31 pm CDT

Reuters — A food safety advocacy group sued an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, saying it illegally withheld public information on genetically engineered crops. The lawsuit, brought by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) against USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), claims the regulator […]

By Carey Gillam

No need seen for new EU rules to protect butterflies from GM crops

Jul. 2, 2015 at 9:41 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European food safety officials found there was no need to widen buffer zones around genetically modified (GM) crops even though research shows pollen from GM maize can travel kilometres further than previously thought. The buffer zones to protect vulnerable species, such as butterflies, have been part […]

By Alexander Saeedy

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