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The first bushels of Northwest wheat are coming off honey-colored fields in southeast Washington. The harvest comes just as Japan and South Korea say…
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With voters to decide on the fate of Initiative 522 in November, the debate over the labeling of genetically-modified foods is heating…
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Monsanto Co. is floating the theory that some of the company's detractors may have intentionally planted genetically modified wheat discovered in an…
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State voters will decide on the fate of an initiative that would require labeling of genetically modified food products. Initiative 522 would require food…
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Japan has temporarily suspended white winter wheat purchases from the Pacific Northwest.The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture announced the decision after…
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The Agriculture Department says a non-approved strain of genetically engineered wheat has been discovered in an Oregon field.USDA officials said the wheat…
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As Idaho's J.R. Simplot Co promotes its genetically engineered potato, a tiny Canadian apple breeder is working on a similar product that could provide a…
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Congress on Thursday approved stopgap funding legislation that includes language explicitly granting the USDA authority to override a judge's ruling against genetically modified crops. Critics denounce the measure as the "Monsanto Protection Act." But it seems to be codifying powers the USDA already has exercised in the past.
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Farmers of genetically engineered crops are dramatically increasing their use of herbicides to fend off so-called “superweeds.”
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As part of a somewhat spotty call for a worldwide protest against the practices of the multinational agricultural company Monsanto, about 40 protesters in…