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U.S. GMO food labeling drive has biotech industry biting back
Reuters* Bipartisan bill on Wednesday seeks U.S. GMO labeling * Biotech companies say consumers are confused * Companies say opposition slows regulatory approvals * GMO crop critics say safety concerns persist By Carey Gillam CHICAGO April 25 (Reuters) -...Tags: Food Industry, Consumers, Media Industry, Science and Technology, Food and Drug Administration
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USD Law School event explores ag antitrust concerns
Reprinted with permission from the Tri State Neighbor By Bruce Falk Editor, Tri State Neighbor VERMILLION - The South Dakota Law Review 2013 Symposium merged the worlds of law and agriculture March 15, bringing together thinkers from both fields...Tags: Consumers, Laws, U.S. Supreme Court, Science and Technology, Agriculture
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Farmer wins $2,500 for fire department to use to buy equipment
The Longmeadow Volunteer Fire Department will now be able to better serve the community thanks to the support of local farmer Ben Flaherty and America’s Farmers Grow Communities. Sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, which is the philanthropic arm of...
Tags: Human Interest, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Charity
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National Museum of American History to preserve ag heritage
WASHINGTON - On National Agriculture Day, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History unveiled a new website where the public can upload stories about technologies and innovation that have changed their work lives in agriculture-stories about...Tags: Environmental Illness, Consumers, Science, Science and Technology, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Monsanto, the court and the seeds of dissent
On Tuesday, attorneys for the largest agrochemical corporation in the world, Monsanto, will present arguments before the Supreme Court asserting the company's rights to the generations of seeds that naturally reproduce from its genetically modified...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Food Industry, Science and Technology, Invention and Innovation, Semiconductors and Active Components
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Supreme Court: Justices leaning toward Monsanto in seed battle
WASHINGTON - Vernon Hugh Bowman seems comfortable with the old way of doing things, right down to the rotary-dial telephone he said he was using in a conference call with reporters. But the 75-year-old Indiana farmer figured out a way to benefit from...Tags: Food Industry, Consumers, Organic Foods, Lifestyle and Leisure, Science and Technology
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Seed patents before Supreme Court
The world's biggest seed company never saw Vernon Hugh Bowman coming. It should have because, beginning in May, 1999, the self-described, 75-year-old “eccentric bachelor,” who farms 300 acres of corn, soybeans and rusting machinery near Sandborn, IN,...Tags: U.S. Congress, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Antitrust Issues
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Justices skeptical of farmer who planted patented seeds
WASHINGTON — An Indiana farmer who clashed with Monsanto Co. over his replanting of its patented soybean seeds ran into steady skeptical questions Tuesday from the Supreme Court. The justices strongly suggested that they would rule for Monsanto...
Tags: Lawyers, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Biotechnology, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology
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Farming: Seed patents before Supreme Court
The world’s biggest seed company never saw Vernon Hugh Bowman coming. It should have because, beginning in May 1999, the self-described, 75-year-old “eccentric bachelor,” who farms 300 acres of corn, soybeans and rusting machinery...Tags: U.S. Congress, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Antitrust Issues
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Farm profits boom amid employment bust as owners automate
The property Kevin Liefer and his son, Kirk, cultivate in southern Illinois has been expanding for decades without adding a single manager. These are boom times for farming and a bust for farm jobs. The 3,600 acres of mostly corn, wheat and soybeans the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, DuPont Co., Employment Opportunities, Investments
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Applications now open for Monsanto scholar program
ST. LOUIS /PRNewswire/ -- Texas AgriLife Research, an agency of the Texas A&M University System, and Monsanto Company announce the call for applications for students interested in pursuing research in wheat or rice plant breeding. Applications for...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities, Research
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Companies form collaboration on bio-based lubricants
ST. LOUIS and IRVINE, Calif., /PRNewswire/ - Recognizing the value biosynthetic oils could provide to farmers, the environment and the U.S. economy, Monsanto Company and Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC recently announced license and supply agreements...Tags: BP Plc, Synthetics and Plastics, Consumers, Automotive Equipment, Science
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