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In The News

Major Seed Companies in the U.S. Speak Out Against Dicamba

Posted on August 18, 2018 in GMOs, In The News, Pesticides | 178 Views | Leave a response
Dicamba drift is in the news again, this time with a detailed story in Reuters about a strong, unusual statement by two large seed companies that urges the EPA to end post-emergent use of dicamba. Tom Polansek’s piece details the latest in damage estimates – over 1 million acres of soybeans alone have reportedly been injured by […]

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Drifting Dicamba is the “New Normal,” Says Veteran Weed Scientist

Posted on August 17, 2018 in GMOs, In The News, Pesticides | 270 Views | Leave a response
Dr. Larry Steckel, a weed scientist from Tennessee with 30+ years experience working with farmers on pesticide issues, has written a thoughtful piece in the Delta Farm Press about the ongoing dicamba-drift crisis. Steckel is quoted in our Dicamba Watch dynamic presentation and has been an important voice throughout this crisis, now in its third year.  […]

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“Master Complaints” Filed in Dicamba Drift Damage Federal Lawsuit

Posted on August 8, 2018 in In The News, Uncategorized | 274 Views | Leave a response
In February, 11 dicamba drift and crop damage lawsuits were consolidated into a federal multi-district litigation (MDL), and transferred to the U.S. District Court in Missouri. These cases represent the first flush of lawsuits related to the dicamba-drift-damage crisis of 2016-2017.  The cases have been filed by farmers from Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, and Missouri. Dicamba-resistant […]

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Monster Beverage Settles Class Action Case Over Use of “Natural” Labeling

Posted on August 8, 2018 in In The News | 115 Views | Leave a response
In the latest news about the ongoing debate over which foods can be labeled “natural,” Monster Beverage has settled a class action suit over their use of the term on some of its products. The suit stems from sales between 2010 and 2015 in the state of California where Monster is based.  Four products are […]

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Obama-Era GMO and Neonic Ban on Wildlife Refuges is Latest Trump Administration Regulatory Rollback

Posted on August 7, 2018 in In The News | 258 Views | Leave a response
In a now-familiar move, the Trump administration is rolling back an Obama-era ban on the planting of GMO crops on federal lands managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).  As Reuters reports, this prohibition also included the use of  neonicotinoid insecticides and applies to the federal wildlife refuge system, potentially impacting around […]

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Low Sperm Counts Are Big News

Posted on July 30, 2018 in In The News, Pesticides | 211 Views | Leave a response
A decades-long trend of lowering sperm counts in American men is in the news these days.  The July 25, 2018 New York Times ran a lengthy story about the issue. It touches on possible causes, while reviewing the societal and personal implications of the changing spermatozoal landscape. The Times piece, authored by Nellie Bowles, is motivated […]

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EU Court Rules that Next-Gen GE Will Be Regulated Like GMOs

Posted on July 25, 2018 in GMOs, In The News | 120 Views | Leave a response
In a critical decision reported by the BBC, the European Union Court of Justice  has ruled that next-gen gene editing techniques are classified as genetic engineering, and will be regulated under Europe’s strict GMO laws. As the EU’s top court, it has final say on whether products produced via CRISPR or other gene editing methods […]

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USDA Data Shows Big Shift Upward Over Last Decade in Corn and Cotton Acreage Planted to Stacked Traits

Posted on July 25, 2018 in GMOs, In The News | 673 Views | Leave a response
USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) recently updated the data product Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S., and the new data provides important insights on the prevalence of so-called “stacked” varieties. A “stacked” variety of GMO corn or cotton is engineered to express two or more distinct traits — typically herbicide tolerance (e.g., Roundup Ready) and Bt transgenic (i.e., […]

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Fifteen Years Later, Glyphosate Resistant Creeping Bentgrass Is Still Creating Problems in Oregon

Posted on July 6, 2018 in GMOs, In The News, Pesticides | 1,007 Views | Leave a response
In an in-depth piece that ran in The Oregonian and online at Oregon Live, writer Julia Rosen with High Country News  tells the sorry tale of how glyphosate resistant creeping bentgrass meant for high-dollar golf courses has become a thorn in the side of high-desert farmers and ranchers along the Oregon-Washington-Idaho border. Starting in the 1990s, two […]

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New Surveys Reveal Simple Labels Boost GMO Sales, But Public Still Concerned About Health Risks

Posted on June 29, 2018 in GMOs, In The News | 234 Views | Leave a response
As reported by the Agri-Pulse news feed, a new report is out about consumer acceptance of GMOs, and the results are conflicted and it is easy to figure out why. On one hand, a survey led by an economist at the University of Vermont’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences found that opposition to GMO […]

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