Both Sides Cite Science to Address Altered Corn
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A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
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Wheat is steadily being replaced by corn as the crop of choice for American farmers.
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Study bolsters theory about interference with production of key hormone.
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U.S. scientists have developed a way to breed corn that can boost the vitamin A it gives people who eat it -- a potentially important advance for regions of the world burdened by vitamin A deficiencies.
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ST. PAUL - A leading state senator said he may push for a ban on a herbicide commonly applied to corn crops across Minnesota, citing research that suggests the chemical causes deformities in frogs and other health hazards.
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Mexico, widely considered the  birthplace of corn, is close to finalizing rules governing  experimental planting of genetically modified corn strains, a  senior biosecurity official said on Tuesday.
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The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.
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By Reading Eagle, Pa.  Feb. 6--The Bush administration's penchant for rewriting and suppressing  reports by government scientists, particularly those engaged in the study of  climate change, finally is getting the congressional attention it deserved.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- Tobacco companies were working as recently as three years ago to contradict research that strengthened the scientific link between smoking and cancer, a new report based on industry documents claims.
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hen the Bush administration issued an update last week on federal climate research, it was criticized with equal vigor by environmentalists and by industry-backed groups.
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LINCOLN, Neb. -- University of Nebraska-Lincoln nutrition scientist Tim Carr is working on a food additive that would combat cholesterol by combining of two unexpected sources - soybeans and beef tallow...
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WASHINGTON -- November 29 -- As Americans get ready for Thanksgiving meals around the country, the Food and Drug Administration has acknowledged that contamination of the food supply by genetically engineered crops is inevitable, but its new proposed
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Opponents of biotech  crops said on Wednesday they were filing a lawsuit to challenge  the USDA's deregulation of Monsanto Co's genetically engineered  sugar beet because of fears of "biological contamination" and  other harm to the environment.
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FARMERS are being invited to find out about con
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U.S. scientists have determined a link between climate change and the origins of maize and squash cultivation in Mexico.
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NEW YORK -- America is drunk on ethanol. Farmers in the Midwest are sending billions of bushels of corn to refineries that turn it into billions of gallons of fuel.
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Editorâs Note: The following special report was compiled by the editors of Corn and Soybean Digest, a sister publication of Delta Farm Press.