Topic: Biotech

Corn Genome Successfully Sequenced
11/20/2009 - USDA scientists have completed a four-year effort to sequence the genome of corn. ...

SupplySide West 2009 Breaks Previous Exhibit Hall, Attendance Records
11/17/2009 - Supplyside west 2009 trade show in Las Vegas broke both exhibit hall and attendance records, bucking the current declining trend for most trade shows. Nearly 8,300 industry executives and 1,128 booths from global dietary supplement, food and beverage, and cosmeceutical companies participated in this year's show.  ...

CSPI Calls Out GE Corn Farmers
11/09/2009 - CSPI says one out of every four GE corn farmers is not complying with at least one insect-resistance management requirement. ...

CP Kelco Opens New Facility
11/04/2009 - CP Kelco opened its newest hydrocolloid facility in Taixing, China that complies with China Food GMP standards and has the flexibility to produce carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for the food, paper, oilfield and industrial markets. ...

Monsanto Teams With Huazhong University
10/22/2009 - Monsanto Company and Huazhong Agricultural University have entered into a collaboration to further the development of novel traits such as higher yield, drought resistance and nitrogen use efficiency. ...

Potato Genome Sequence Released
09/29/2009 - The Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (PGSC), an international team of scientists from industry and academia in 14 countries, released a draft sequence of the potato genome that could revolutionize the breeding programs. ...

More Corn Crops May Harm Water
09/29/2009 - A study of Indiana water sources found that those near fields that practice continuous-corn rotations had higher levels of nitrogen, fungicides and phosphorous than corn-soybean rotations. ...

Poultry, Meat Trade Groups Criticize Renewable Fuel Standard
09/28/2009 - Comments submitted Sept. 25 to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the American Meat Institute, National Turkey Federation, National Chicken Council and FarmEcon LLC sharply criticized EPA's proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard, citing inadequate analysis of the proposed rule's impact on agricultural commodity prices. ...

Confusing Insects’ Smell Helps Crops
09/25/2009 - Scientists have discovered molecules that could confuse insects' ability to detect plants by interfering with their sense of smell, which could reduce damage to crops by insect pests and contribute to food security. ...