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A GM soya for Europe?

Posted on June 3, 2014 by argylesock

A new soya (soybean, Glycine max) has been approved for growing in Europe. It’s a genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered) crop called MON87769 from the chemical and biotech giant Monsanto. This new crop has been engineered to adjust the fatty … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer | Tagged BASF, Bayer, biotechnology, commodity crop, Dow, DuPont, Europe, European Food Safety Authority, fatty acid, feed, food, genetic modification, law, legume, Monsanto, plant_dicot, potato, potato Amflora, soya, soya DAS-44406-6, soya MON87769, Syngenta | 2 Comments

Are Monsanto’s GM seeds invincible?

Posted on February 18, 2014 by argylesock

Monsanto is a giant company selling chemicals. It also sells seeds. Some of those seeds are for crops genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered) to be grown with Monsanto’s agrochemicals. Monsanto is used to winning legal battles but now a case … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged Asia, BASF, Bayer, biotechnology, brassica, canola, crop, Dow, DuPont, escaping transgene, farmer, finance, food safety, food security, food sovereignty, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, knowledge, law, Marsh_Steve, Monsanto, oilseed, organic, patent, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, rapeseed, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, seed, Syngenta, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, weed | 17 Comments

Trade deal across the Pond: risky or promising?

Posted on January 23, 2014 by argylesock

The European Union (EU) and the United States (US) are negotiating a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). A lot of acronyms because this is politics! When blogging about the TTIP my focus is on the land and sea but … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged BASF, biotechnology, crop, food safety, genetic modification, hormone, law, meat, plant_dicot, politics, potato, potato Amflora, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | 3 Comments

European pesticide rules might threaten American exports

Posted on December 26, 2013 by argylesock

CropLife America ‘represents the developers, manufacturers, formulators and distributors of plant science solutions for agriculture and pest management in the United States.’ It’s a good source of information on many topics, including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) now … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, horticulture, money and trade | Tagged America, BASF, Bayer, crop, Dow, DuPont, Europe, farm, fruit, garden, grain, law, Monsanto, nut, peanut, pest, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, seed, soya, Syngenta, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership | 4 Comments

A GM potato for Europe?

Posted on December 25, 2013 by argylesock

Here in the European Union (EU), farmers were allowed to grow two crops that had been genetically modified (GM, genetically engineered, GE, biotech). Now they’re only allowed to grow one of them. In July this year I said that whether … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, knowledge transfer, money and trade | Tagged Agrobacterium tumefaciens, America, antibiotic, antibiotic resistance, BASF, biotechnology, Bt crop, carbohydrate, corn, crop, Dow, escaping transgene, Europe, European Food Safety Authority, farmer, feed, food, food processing, food safety, gene silencing, genetic modification, Golden Rice, grain, law, maize, maize 1507, maize MON810, Monsanto, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nutrition, paper, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, potato, potato Amflora, rice, Roundup Ready crop, soya, starch, Syngenta, textile, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, tuber | 3 Comments

Opinions on trade across the Pond

Posted on December 23, 2013 by argylesock

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a big deal. It’s a big deal for everybody who relies on the land and sea on either side of the Pond. In this connected world, that means the TTIP is a … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, money and trade | Tagged America, antibiotic, BASF, biotechnology, bird, chicken, chlorine, crop, Europe, European Food Safety Authority, feed, feed additive, food safety, genetic modification, hormone, law, livestock, mammal, meat, Monsanto, pig, politics, ractopamine, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, vertebrate | 5 Comments

Who’s the most hated company? Monsanto!

Posted on November 24, 2013 by argylesock

The chemical and biotechnology giant, Monsanto, calls itself ‘a sustainable agriculture company.’ If you want to know more of its viewpoint you can read its blog, Beyond the Rows. Not everybody thinks that Monsanto is all about sustainable agriculture. Do … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, food, human health, money and trade, weather and climate | Tagged BASF, Bayer, biotechnology, climate, climate-ready crop, conservation, crop, development, Dow, DuPont, evolution, fertiliser, food, food safety, genetic modification, herbicide, history, human, invasive species, Monsanto, pesticide, politics, seed, sustainable, Syngenta, trade, water, weed, yield | 8 Comments

Wageningen researchers find yields from new crop varieties continue to increase

Posted on November 15, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on AgScience:
New varieties continue to yield more than their predecessors, according to research into varieties of winter wheat, spring barley, potatoes grown for starch and sugar beet which have been introduced in the Netherlands by plant breeding…

Posted in agriculture | Tagged arthropod, barley, BASF, biotechnology, breeding, Bt crop, Bt toxin, corn, crop, crop variety, data, development, genetic modification, harvest, insect, insecticide, law, maize, maize MON810, Monsanto, paper, pest, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, potato, potato Amflora, research, selective breeding, starch, sugar beet, textile, wheat, yield | 2 Comments

Another GM maize may soon be grown in Europe

Posted on November 6, 2013 by argylesock

European farmers can grow two GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered, GE) crops. Soon, they may get the choice of growing another. One of the GM crops approved for European cultivation is an insect-resistant maize (corn, Zea mays) called MON810. Its … Continue reading →

Posted in agriculture, money and trade | Tagged arthropod, BASF, beetle, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, butterfly, coleopteran, corn, Dow, DuPont, farmer, genetic modification, glufosinate, grain, herbicide, herbicide resistance, insect, law, lepidopteran, maize, maize 1507, maize MON810, Monsanto, moth, pest, pesticide, plant_monocot, politics, pollination, potato, potato Amflora, trade, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, vegetable | 4 Comments

Moving Towards GM Crop Approval in Europe?

Posted on August 5, 2013 by argylesock

Originally posted on Global Food Politics:
French Protesters Destroy a GM Crop. A French court ruled yesterday that a ban on cultivation of Monsanto’s MON810 corn—genetically engineered to produce the natural Bt toxin poisonous to some insects—lacked a legal basis.…

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