Keyword: genetically modified crops

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U.S. Says Probe of Monsanto GMO Wheat Finds No New Contamination

30.07.2013 - U.S. government investigators said on Monday they still have few answers as to how an unapproved genetically altered wheat developed by Monsanto was found this spring growing in an...

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Monsanto to Withdraw EU Approval Requests For New GMO Crops

18.07.2013 - Monsanto said on Wednesday it will withdraw all pending approval requests to grow new types of genetically modified crops in the European Union, due to the lack of commercial...

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Some U.S. Farm Groups Vow to Protect Pro-Monsanto 'Rider'

04.04.2013 - A number of U.S. farm groups want to extend a law that allows farmers to grow a genetically modified crop while regulatory approval of the variety is still being challenged in...

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DuPont Sees Protein Demand Lifting Soy Sales

15.03.2012 - DuPont says it expects soy supplements to fuel much of the growth in its food ingredients business and for its products to help solve the widespread problem of weed tolerance to...

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Bayer CropScience Targets Non-GMO Wheat Traits

30.11.2011 - Bayer's CropScience unit plans to develop new heat- and drought-resistant wheat traits over the next decade without the use of genetic modification, a top executive said. But...

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EU's Big States Confirm Opposition To GM Crop Plans

28.09.2010 - Proposals to let EU states decide for themselves whether to grow or ban genetically modified (GM) crops suffered a big setback on Monday as many of the bloc's largest governments...