A Scientific Advisory Panel studying glyphosate links to cancer heard testimony last week on the topic. The Environmental Protection Agency gave a presentation last week before the panel saying the…
No GMO Wheat Found in Commercial Supplies
…field. The wheat growing in the field was also confirmed to be glyphosate-resistant. APHIS worked to ensure that none of the genetically engineered wheat made it into commercial supply by…
Adoption of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa, Canola, and Sugarbeets in the United States
…varieties are resistant to glyphosate. Alfalfa Approximately 18 million acres of alfalfa, with a production value of $10.7 billion, were harvested in the United States in 2013. Alfalfa is the…
EPA Approves Some Dicamba-Based Herbicides
…varieties. Reuters says the EPA approved the XtendiMax herbicide for in-crop use on Roundup Ready 2 Xtend biotech soybeans, which are designed to tolerate applications of glyphosate and dicamba. The…
Cancer Agency Asked Experts to Withhold Glyphosate Documents
…officials from IARC cautioned scientists who worked on a review in 2015 of glyphosate against releasing requested material. The review published last year concluded glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic,” putting IARC…
EPA Postpones Glyphosate Review Meeting
The Environmental Protection Agency postponed this week’s Scientific Advisory Panel meeting regarding glyphosate because the agency says it needs more expertise in epidemiology. The EPA says the meeting will be…
EPA Says Glyphosate Likely Not Carcinogenic
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited decision Friday on whether glyphosate is carcinogenic, as a World Health Organization division claims. The EPA announced the agency believes glyphosate…
EPA Glyphosate Assessment Moved to Next Spring
…industrial areas. Some products containing glyphosate control aquatic plants. What are some products that contain glyphosate? Glyphosate comes in many forms, including an acid and several salts. These can be…
Wheat Industry Applauds End to Japan’s Wheat Import Suspension
…in the U.S. containing unapproved, genetically engineered traits. The GE wheat resistant to the herbicide glyphosate was found in a fallow field in eastern Washington State. The U.S. Wheat Associates…
EPA Sets Scientific Advisory Panel Meeting on Glyphosate
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a scientific advisory panel meeting this fall to review the widely used herbicide glyphosate. However, the Federal Register notice of the meeting Tuesday offered…
EU Glyphosate Meeting Set for Next Week
…that glyphosate is going to be pulled from the market as another reason to go. The controversy over renewal stems from the International Agency for Research on Cancer listing glyphosate…
Monsanto Issues Statement on Glyphosate Renewal in EU
The European Union member states recently delayed a vote on the renewal of glyphosate. Monsanto said the EU’s risk assessment on glyphosate has been one of the most thorough reviews…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…three new products: the insecticide seed treatment SOMBRERO(TM), the herbicide SQUADRON(TM) and the herbicide HOTSHOT(TM), a unique and powerful mixture of two active ingredients used to combat glyphosate-resistant weeds. Latin…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…economically feasible. The committee also found that in many locations some weeds had evolved resistance to glyphosate, the herbicide to which most GE crops were engineered to be resistant. Resistance…