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Monsanto Donates Corn and Vegetable Seed to Haiti
A building in Haiti almost 4 months after the initial earthquake. It’s been four months since the ground shook in Haiti. A few weeks after that catastrophic event, the World Economic Forum was held in...
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Five Answers on Monsanto’s Haiti Seed Donation
Since announcing Monsanto’s $4 million seed donation to Haitian farmers on May 13, there have been some questions and some inaccuracies regarding details of the gift. We covered some of the answers in...
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Supreme Court Decision on Biotech Alfalfa – Who Wins?
The big news kicking off the week is the U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-1 ruling to reverse a lower court’s ban on Monsanto’s Roundup Ready alfalfa product. Media reports trumpeted Monsanto’s win: High Court...
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Agriculture Biotech Means More Yield, Less (Greenhouse)Gas
I have it on my long to-do list to start a series about yield and why it matters. I’ve made the point with some of my colleagues that although yield is a positive term for farmers, it doesn’t resonate...
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Europe Proposes Changes to GMO Approvals
The European Commission announced today that they are proposing new rules for GMO approvals. The new rules would give each of the 27 EU member states the right to grow, restrict or ban biotech crops in...
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Refuge in the Bag: Will That Be One Bag or Two?
Seed companies—including Monsanto—have been developing the concept of “refuge in the bag,” or RIB for short, for a number of years now. The goal is to make refuge compliance for insect-protected (B.t.)...
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Hybrids vs. Heirlooms
If there is something good to come out of the Internet chatter on Monsanto’s donation of hybrid seed to Haiti, then perhaps it is this: More discussion and explanation of the difference between...
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GM Canola on the Loose? Some Points to Consider
Canola was originally bred in the 1970s, and is used as a food oil and as biofuel. Canola is also used as an animal feed and can be found in candles and lipsticks. Have you ever seen a canola plant?...
View ArticleA Picture of a Reduced Refuge Concept is Worth…
A few weeks back, I wrote a post attempting to explain simply in words the difference between current and future corn products offering a reduced refuge. (“Refuge in the Bag: Will that be one bag or...
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Sudden Death Syndrome Making its Mark in Soybeans
A healthy soybean field on the left, a field with medium to heavy Sudden Death Syndrome pressure on the right. I couldn’t cut it as a farmer—for a multitude of reasons—but primarily, I couldn’t stomach...
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