The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking public comments on an environmental assessment and a plant pest risk assessment for a potato genetically engineered to have fewer acrylamides and reduced bruising.

The Dow Chemical Company’s Enlist labeled seeds are a part of the advanced weed control system it has developed. These seeds are genetically modified to tolerate the application of more effective herbicides as weeds in the U.S. are growing increasingly resistant to the glyphosate-based herbicides most commonly used today.

Agriculture and biotech giant Monsanto (MON) has become the poster child for genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The St. Louis-based company has led efforts since the 1990s to make GMOs part of the nation’s diet. It also dominates the market for genetically modified crops, supplying farmers across the world with its corn, soy, sugar beets and alfalfa seeds.

Monsanto just won the right to ruin Australia's farming industry and further control the world's food supply. Even though an organic farmer's livelihood hangs in the balance, a judge Down Under said it doesn't matter: There will be no accountability for genetically modified crops contaminating a neighboring farmer's fields.

Scotts Miracle-Gro is currently testing a new GMO in backyards: RoundUp ready Kentucky bluegrass. The GMO has been genetically modified to resist being killed by Monsanto’s powerful and well-known herbicide, RoundUp.

The biotechnology industry has found another use for pesticide-resistant gene technology by putting it in grass seeds, and in the process, completely avoided federal regulation of this new genetically engineered (GE) product.

The biotechnology industry has found another use for pesticide-resistant gene technology by putting it in grass seeds, and in the process, completely avoided federal regulation of this new genetically engineered (GE) product.

WAILUKU » Activists have handed in more than 9,000 additional signatures to the Maui County Clerk's office in support of a moratorium on growing or testing genetically modified foods. The new signature submission comes after more than half of the signatures the group turned in last month were found to be invalid. The citizens' initiative must have valid signatures of 8,465 registered Maui County voters to appear on the Nov. 4 general election ballot. Sustainable Hawaiian Agriculture for the Keiki and the Aina Movement earlier gathered 4,720 valid signatures, The Maui News reported. The initiative needs another 3,745 to go forward this year. The initiative seeks to ban genetically modified organisms in Maui County.

For the past three years, California and Texas in United States is reeling under a severe drought. Some call it an 'epic drought' whereas some consider the continuing drought to be reminiscent of the Dust-Bowl days. "About 90 per cent of Texas is currently under drought conditions, and the State's northern panhandle and Southwest regions are experiencing 'catastrophic' conditions," says a report on AlterNet (Texas drought spawning fires and Dust-Bowl like conditions, AlterNet May 20, 2014).

Forestry research institute Scion says a High Court ruling against the use of new breeding techniques for pine trees won't upset its current research programme but could be an obstacle to future research.