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The Mexican government has amended its constitution to prohibit the use of genetically modified (GM) corn seeds. The reform strengthens previous legal action against GM seeds by enshrining the ban in the constitution. Mexicans largely consume corn in minimally processed forms. It is only the second country to do so.
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Canada has finally decided on how crop varieties developed with gene-editing technology will be handled in the registration and approval process. Now that plant breeders and seed companies know. Read More
It mimics the natural process of bees, insects and other pollinators transferring pollen between plants as they gather food and nectar. Ian Affleck is vice president of biotechnology for CropLife Canada , a trade association representing developers and distributors of plant science innovations and plant biotechnology.
Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series will explore the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like.
and Canadian challenge is to defend the interests of the biotechnology industry. and Canada want to force Mexico to open its market to all genetically modified foods and seeds. This concern is particularly pressing because Mexicans eat more corn than anyone in the world, largely through minimally processed flour for tortilla.
Developers of PIPs created through gene editing from a sexually compatible plant are required to undertake a mandatory premarket process to confirm “eligibility” for the exemption and are subject to a recordkeeping requirement not imposed on conventionally bred PIPs. We ask that Congress take the necessary steps to ensure that U.S.
More than twice as many Americans are manufacturing agricultural products as are manufacturing cars and trucks, and millions of food scientists, production workers, logistics experts, truck drivers, and engineers work in more than 200,000 food manufacturing, processing, and storage facilities. free trade agreements.
USDA, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a new web-based tool on the Unified Website for Biotechnology Regulation for companies that develop microbial biotechnology products. Millborn Seeds, Inc. , sales of Ag tractors decreased 19.2 Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc.
The two awards recognize biotechnology leaders who are driving cutting-edge breakthroughs in agricultural, environmental, and industrial biotechnology. potato can also reduce the environmental impact of the growing process without as many fertilizers and pesticides needed to maintain the potato during storage.
If Congress does not come together this year to enact a bipartisan farm bill, the legislative process will begin anew in the 119th Congress. AMPI) Association of Equipment Manufacturers Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Austin Chapter 10 IWLA BASF Corporation Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.)
Our organizations submitted comments in the official USMCA dispute resolution process. Yields of non-GM corn are comparable to GM corn , according to seed industry sources, and can earn a premium price estimated at 10-20 percent higher than GM varieties. But corn is more than a food ingredient in Mexico.
On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. That we can tinker with genetic regulatory processes does not mean we understand the complexity of the system. And BASF sells a 2.0 Take BASF’s 2.0
Or harvests are compressed into a two-week period, and the coffee mills can’t handle the tsunami of cherries waiting to be processed. To bring out its best flavors, robusta must be processed, roasted, and brewed differently from arabica. Robusta prepared like arabica would not be considered a fine coffee.
billion compared to last year and the seeds business grew 2 percent to $4.8 Over the course of his NAWG internship, which concludes in May, Lee has been involved in numerous visits to Capitol Hill, NAWG’s winter meeting, Commodity Classic, and policy work related to the Farm Bill and appropriations process. billion in 2023.
She points out that most of the shellfish she harvests these days have been seeded manually by the town of Southampton and local universities, “almost like a science project,” she says. When it came time for our [oyster seed] orders to come in, the hatchery said, ‘We had a complete crash. That’s not right.” seaweed industry. “The
Even the dog seems engrossed in the process, watching with head cocked as the club sails through the air. For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. When I met Powell in 2022, he fretted that the chestnut restoration process was taking too long.
If GM corn and glyphosate pose health risks to humans, as suggested by a growing body of research, then those risks are magnified in Mexico, where the national diet revolves around minimally processed white corn, especially in the form of its iconic flatbread, the tortilla.
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