Tag Archives: crop

Use of controversial neonicotinoid insecticides (“neonics”) in agriculture is not as effective as once thought, and can be replaced by advantageous...

Monsanto’s GM maize is no longer profitable or attractive for a good proportion of Spanish farmers, says a report for the Spanish news outlet Economia...

Experts from Oxford University in the UK have released a study in the Nature journal stating that there are no increased profits for Indian farmers who...

In what can only be described as a public relations disaster for Monsanto, the company has been forced to admit Wednesday that it financially supported...

Global acceptance of genetically modified (GM) crops is in decline, with the number of countries cultivating falling for the first time, according to a...

Hainan Island has destroyed genetically modified corn and cotton crops which were planted in illegal trials in 2013, hinews.cn reported on Monday. Source: www.ecns.cn The...

The increased production of genetically modified crops around the globe has led to a higher number of incidents of low levels of GMOs being detected in...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly approved the first of a new generation of GE crops resistant to more toxic herbicides.  The first crop...

The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) has submitted an objection to an application by Dow Agro-sciences to conduct a field trial of a “stacked”...

University of Canterbury researchers have found that the biotechnologies used in north American staple crop production are lowering yields and increasing...