Click here to view additional related posts Historical Documents Other Resources Historical Documents 1998 ISB Newsletter story on Monsanto ag biotech acquisitions DuPont Press Release on 1999 merger with Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. “Genetically Engineered Confusion” editorial in the Washington Post, 1999 Open Letter from Monsanto CEO to Rockefeller Foundation President on sterile seed technologies, 1999 “Biotechnology […]
Historical Documents Other Resources Historical Documents “Herbicide-Resistant Weed May Invade Pennsylvania Crops,” Penn State News, 2003 Other Resources Scientists try and unravel the “wicked problem” of pesticide resistance in this 2018 commentary in Science Escaped GE crops have also become pests for some American farmers, in Oregon ranchers battle against glyphosate-resistant bentgrass. It was developed for […]
I follow statistics on global food trade closely, but was still shocked by some of the findings in the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG’s) assessment of whether, and to what degree, U.S. agriculture “feeds the world” as is so often claimed. A few key findings from this report: 86% of all US exports in 2015 went […]
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Almost all beef cattle entering feedlots in the United States are given hormone implants to promote faster growth. The first product used for this purpose – DES (diethylstilbestrol) – was approved for use in beef cattle in 1954. An estimated two-thirds of the nation’s beef cattle were treated with DES in 1956 (Marcus, 1994, cited […]
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Historic posts are reprinted verbatim from their original source. Souce: Financial Times Canada, October 3, 2001 LEVERKUSEN, Germany, – Bayer AG said on yesterday it was buying Aventis’s CropScience unit for 7.25 billion euros (US$6.63-billion), including 1.9 billion euros in debt, vaulting it to number two in the global agrochemicals market. Analysts said the deal, which […]
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