Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Monday announced a proposal to modernize regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. The Department of Agriculture will move forward with the rulemaking…
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The controversy about bio-technology and genetically modified crops is an ongoing concern to agricultural producers across the world, and a new documentary movie highlights the facts surrounding the issues. FOOD…
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PHOENIX, January 10, 2017 – Delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2017 Annual Convention today approved a host of public policy measures designed to help assure a prosperous…
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The group says the seed company downplayed how the technology would be perceived by China.by Katie Micik, DTN Markets EditorOMAHA (DTN) — Corn farmers in five Midwestern states filed several…
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Monsanto's Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer says it doesn't have to be one or the other. The following opinion/editorial article is from Dr. Robert T. Fraley, Executive Vice…
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The National Research Council is inviting non-scientists to discuss biotech crops. by Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) — The National Research Council, a prestigious organization whose studies carry…
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According to MIT Technology Review, a group of Chinese researchers has now used “wheat editing” to come up with a strain of wheat. Wheat naturally has proteins that, by repressing…
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by Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent SAN DIEGO (DTN) — Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed enthusiasm for biotech seeds here Wednesday but told members of the Biotechnology Industry Organization they should…
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ARLINGTON, VA — Sixteen organizations in the Australia, Canada and the United States representing producers and millers together publicly confirmed support for innovation in wheat, including the future commercialization of…
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by Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) — The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved the fiscal year 2015 appropriation for the Agriculture Department with a whirlwind of amendments…