GMO
USDA amends bioengineered list on summer squash
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has amended the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard’s List of Bioengineered Foods on summer squash. Zucchini and yellow summer squash that have been engineered to resist certain plant diseases,... more »
Organic growers won’t talk GMOs
Consider this a conversation-stopper. A USDA gene editing dialogue with the organics community didn’t get very far before a chorus of organic growers responded in the negative, saying it was a distraction from more pressing... more »
International ag innovation supported by US-signed statement
A joint statement of support for policies that enable agricultural innovation, including genome editing, has been signed by the United States and 12 other countries. The International Statement on Agricultural Applications of Precision Biotechnology was... more »
Specialty crops industry not stopping for EU’s GMO ruling
A recent European Union high court ruling wasn't favorable for new gene-editing techniques, but specialty crop industry leaders in the U.S. and abroad see a future in new gene editing techniques. The Court Justice of the... more »
Simplot gets keys to CRISPR-Cas9
The J.R. Simplot Company has executed a joint intellectual property licensing agreement with Corteva Agriscience Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard for foundational CRISPR-Cas9 and related gene editing tools, the company announced Aug.... more »
Panel to talk GMO labeling impact on food system
Farm Science Review will feature a "GMO Labeling and the U.S. Food System" panel discussion on Sept. 20. Matt Roberts, agricultural economist for the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University,... more »
GMO food labeling bill signed by Obama
On July 29, President Barack Obama signed S. 764, the Biotech Food Labeling Bill, otherwise known as the GMO labeling bill. The President’s signature now directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national mandatory... more »
House passes GMO labeling bill
Legislation on the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMO) has passed through the U.S. House of Representatives and now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law. The bill would create a national... more »
GMO legislation would create a national standard
The U.S. Senate has passed, by a vote of 63 to 30, a bill that would create a national standard for labeling food made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). According to a report from the American... more »
Five things to know about the future of ag
1. Apps are critical to ag. Farmers use mobile technology for many things, including turning irrigation and other equipment on or off, maintaining pest counts from field scouting, identifying bugs, checking field records, reviewing soil types,... more »
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