Order Allows Planting of Modified Soy
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Brazil's president approved a controversial executive order allowing farmers to plant genetically modified soybeans, just as the planting season in the world's second-largest soy producer goes into high gear.
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By Martin Hickman  Shoppers are being encouraged to solve the problem of excess packaging by taking direct action and dumping trays and wrappers in their gardens.
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The Christian Science Monitor - In rice-growing states, traces of an unapproved genetically modified (GM) rice have been found mixed in with conventional rice meant for human consumption.
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A federal judge in Washington has ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct more detailed reviews of applications to plant experimental plots of genetically engineered crops.
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BATON ROUGE, La. The first US cases of soybean rust have turned up at two research sites in Louisiana. The fungus creates reddish-brown blotches on leaves.
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The UK government is stepping up efforts to stimulate the growing of crops for use in generating renewable energy.
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OMAHA (DTN) -- Regulations designed to protect the US food supply were issued by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final regulations on the establishment
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Results on tests for soybean rust on Monday were expected to confirm the fungus has spread to three more Louisiana fields and one in Mississippi, an industry official familiar with the investigation told Reuters.
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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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Low maintenance topiaries in a menagerie of shapes can satisfy that urge to plant.
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The Department of Agriculture is poised to approve a list of nonorganic ingredients that can be used in food stamped with an organic seal.
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Grain and soybean futures advanced Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Wind-borne spores probably brought the soybean rust fungus from South America during the hurricane season. They were discovered after most of Louisiana&#39;s soybeans had been harvested, says state Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom.
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The first case of soybean rust, an economically devastating disease for farmers, has been found in the mainland United States, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday.
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Northeast Iowa farmers have said for years it was only a matter of time before soybean rust was found in the United States. Time&#39;s up.
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The US gives initial backing to growing rice modified with human proteins that could produce medicine.
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Processed produce has a long journey from the grower to the table, increasing the number of chances for contamination &#151; and making it easier to spread.