A genetically modified variety of rice called the Golden Rice will hit the market by 2011. This rice is developed to produce a carotenoid called beta carotene which gives the rice an organgish-yellow hue, and hence its name. Moreover, the beta carotene becomes vitamin A when processed by the body, according to a report from Manila, Philippines. As per WHO statistics, four out of 10 children aged between six months and five years, and three out of 10 school children show symptoms of vitamin A deficiency. (more…)
Jan 16, 2009 – Food imports produced through biotechnology should be less of a problem for European Union countries as the rest of the world adopts them, EU official Dan Rotenberg said at a seminar on U.S./EU trade relations during the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 90th annual meeting in San Antonio.
The EU must accept biotech food and feed or it won’t be able to feed its livestock, Rotenberg said, and would then need to import meat from animals fed biotech crops in the United States or elsewhere. Rotenberg is the European Commission counselor to the United States. (more…)
Rolf Penner- A trait for nitrogen efficiency discovered by scientists at the University of Alberta, perfected and marketed by a company in California will no doubt be the next one used by the Chinese. Think about that when you are pricing out fertilizer this fall, ask yourself why it is this not being developed for Canadian wheat, and then think back to how a few years ago all of these farm organizations including the CWB said “HELL NO” to GM wheat.
China says short world grain supplies have persuaded it to release biotech rice nationwide, ensuring the broadest-ever use of genetic engineering in a food crop. Chinese plant breeders say biotech crops are certain to produce higher yields, forestalling the need to finance costly rice imports for China’s billion-plus consumers. (more)
South Dakota State University research is working on an updated PRRS vaccine to help swine producers around the globe.
“We are trying to make the next generation of the PRRS vaccine,” research assistant professor Ying Fang said. “It will be a genetically engineered PRSSV vaccine.” [more...]
McClatchy Newspapers, WORLAND, Wyo. – The buzz at this year’s International Sugarbeet Institute was about Roundup Ready sugar beets. Farmers from around the country came to find out what they could do about them from Chuck Duncan, the senior agriculturist for Wyoming Sugar Co. in Worland, Wyo., who has spent 38 years working with sugar beets.He has recently completed a field comparison trial pitting Roundup Ready sugar beets against a conventional variety. [more...]
Rolf Penner- Maybe now they can stop subsidizing sugar production so much.(he types sarcastically)
Rolf Penner- A trait for nitrogen efficiency discovered by scientists at the University of Alberta, perfected and marketed by a company in California will no doubt be the next one used by the Chinese. Think about that when you are pricing out fertilizer this fall, ask yourself why it is this not being developed for Canadian wheat, and then think back to how a few years ago all of these farm organizations including the CWB said “HELL NO” to GM wheat. 
South Dakota State University research is working on an updated PRRS vaccine to help swine producers around the globe.
McClatchy Newspapers, WORLAND, Wyo. – The buzz at this year’s International Sugarbeet Institute was about Roundup Ready sugar beets. Farmers from around the country came to find out what they could do about them from Chuck Duncan, the senior agriculturist for Wyoming Sugar Co. in Worland, Wyo., who has spent 38 years working with sugar beets.He has recently completed a field comparison trial pitting Roundup Ready sugar beets against a conventional variety. [more...]
