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Monday, February 22, 2010
The wheat industry is moving ahead with biotech wheat ressearch, although not all wheat producers agree that it will benefit farmers.
Rebecca Bratten, who has worked 12 years as director of policy for the U.S. Wheat Associates, told producers gathered for the 57th annual National Hard Spring Wheat Show in Williston, N.D., that the commercialization of biotech wheat was not an “if it will happen” event, but a “when it will happen” event.
“Our board has directed us to go ahead and commit to the research and commercialization of biotech wheat,” Bratten said. “The question is when it will happen and we don’t know that yet.”Read Full Article
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Some European Union buyers stopped importing U.S. soy in August after some shipments to Germany and Spain were allegedly found to contain traces of unapproved, biotech corn. Incidents like this illustrate why the soybean checkoff has made market access, such as gaining acceptance for new varieties of biotech soybeans in Europe, a top priority.
Earlier this summer as part of the market access effort the checkoff recruited eight farmers and agricultural officials from the European Union and brought them to the U.S. to gain more knowledge from U.S. soybean farmers about soybean varieties improved through the use of biotechnology.
Doug Goehring, a North Dakota soybean farmer who serves as a United Soybean Board Director, helped host the group on his farm for an up-close look at the many positive aspects of soybean varieties enhanced through biotech.Read Full Article
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Biotech wheat development got a boost last week when producers, millers and bakers released an eight-page paper supporting the research.
The paper says biotechnology has the potential to help reverse the loss of wheat acres in the United States and “ensure adequate supplies to feed a hungry world.”
There has been a change in opinion on biotech wheat over the last few years, said National Wheat Growers Association secretary-treasurer Erik Younggren.Read Full Article
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Monsanto Co. is resurrecting its efforts to genetically engineer wheat five years after resistance from the food industry led it to drop its work on the world’s most widely planted crop.
The move eventually could help slow or reverse the decline in the size of the wheat harvest on the Great Plains, where many farmers have abandoned their traditional crop to grow plants—such as corn and soybeans—genetically engineered to be easier to grow.Read Full Article
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
FARGO, N.D. — Calling it a “sea change” in wheat genetics development, Monsanto on July 14 announced it has acquired WestBred L.L.C., a regional wheat genetics company based in Bozeman, Mont.
Carl Casale, Monsanto’s executive vice president, sayss the company will use techniques it has developed for other core crops — especially monocots such as corn — to develop conventional and marker-assisted varieties on perhaps a five- or six-year timetable.Read Full Article
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Ohio’s Third Frontier Commission has awarded $5 million to a stem cell research center run by Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Athersys.
The funding, which is part of the commission’s research commercialization program, will help support two commercial, four emerging and three pilot projects on stem cell technologies. The funding will be matched by each of the individual projects to create a $10 million grant for stem cell and regenerative medicine in Ohio.Read Full Article
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