Graphic of the Week
GRAPHIC: Nearly all cash crops are genetically engineered now
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More than 90 percent of all corn, cotton and soybeans planted in the U.S. are genetically engineered, according to data from the Department of Agriculture.
Opinion
Opinion: Are you ready to eat gene-edited food? It’s arrived…
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A Midwest restaurant is buying Calyno™ High Oleic Soybean Oil from Calyxt that fashions itself as a “consumer-centric, food- and agriculture-focused company.” It is also the first commercial use of a gene-edited food in the U.S.
Opinion
Opinion: Ag blazing 5 for 2019 (and beyond)
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Breaking out major prognostic tools (including an 8-ball, Ouija board, paper fortune teller and dart board...yeah we're high tech around here) here are some of the big agricultural issues on the horizon for 2019.
GMOs
As Big Ag moves forward with next-generation food modification, federal regulators push to keep up
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Federal officials are seeking public comment on proposed regulations to better oversee next-generation food modification. Meanwhile, the St. Louis-based seed giant Monsanto is making strides with gene-editing tools.
GMOs
From yield protection to yield boosting: GMO crops of the future
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Since 2000, the percentage of genetically engineered corn planted in the United States has grown from 25 percent to 92 percent in 2016. But unless yields increase significantly, experts say the world will not be able to grow enough food to feed itself by 2050, with food shortages anticipated as soon as 2030.
Agribusiness
More than 300 food and farm groups ask U.S. attorney general to stop agricultural mega mergers
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Hundreds of food and farm groups are calling on recently confirmed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step in and block a wave of billion-dollar mega mergers sweeping across America’s agriculture industry.
Government
Senate Ag Committee strikes deal on national GMO labeling bill
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The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday reached a landmark agreement on a new GMO labeling bill pushing for a national system for disclosing genetically engineered ingredients on certain food products.
Trans-Pacific Partnership
Trade agreement creates corporate dispute system, GMO working group
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One of the biggest challenges that today's farmers face is the patchwork of different GMO regulations from country to country. Part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is focused on making biotechnology more transparent between the deal's members.
GMOs
Reporter’s guide: Looking into GMOs and biotech companies
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One of the decade’s loudest and most visible debates has been the battle between GMO proponents and organic advocates. Here are eight starting points for reporters looking to find GMO-related stories.
Agribusiness
GMO regulatory system primed for makeover
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Biotechnology in the United States has been regulated by a system of three federal agencies since 1986. Critics, which include the White House, are now calling for that system to be modernized.