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GM crops in Brazil have brought higher agrochemical use and lower yields and productivity, according to a new report based on government data. In the new report, the president of the Brazilian Association of Agrarian Reform (Abra), Gerson Teixeira, analyzes ten years of cultivation of GM seeds in Brazil. Source:...

The Turkish Council of State has cancelled the import of two of Monsanto’s genetically modified corn varieties (MON810 and MON810x88017) following...

Brazilian farmers are suing Monsanto for allegedly collecting royalties illegally and for forcing farmers to sign “abusive” purchase contracts,...

UK company Oxitec has withdrawn its plans to release GM olive and fruit flies in Spain and Brazil following human and environmental health questions from...

Farmers in three Australian States are seeking public support for a Senate inquiry into the post-commercialisation impacts of existing regulated GM crops...

Hawaii has long been described as GMO Ground Zero, with biotech giants flocking to the paradise islands for the open air testing of their potentially dangerous...

Corn hybrid trials in Illinois have been harvested, and results are showing Non-GMO corn hybrids performing as well or better than GMO corn hybrids. Spectrum...

The UK Government has confirmed that it will support Monsanto in a European court case brought by European civil society groups. In a written Parliamentary...

Request by 250 Indian scientists to the Indian PM to accept the Final Report submitted by the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee (TEC)...

Today Testbiotech published the first global overview showing how genetically engineered plants (GM crops) such as maize, rice, cotton, oilseed rape, bentgrass...