| Biotech News in Review |
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| Written by Kiki Hubbard | |
| Wednesday, 12 November 2008 | |
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Here's your latest agricultural biotechnology news in review: Agriculture ministers from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland want their entire island to be declared a "GM-free zone." The Scottish government and Welsh Assembly have made similar claims. Greenpeace International scientists report findings from a study conducted by the University of Vienna and sponsored by the Austrian Ministries for Agriculture and Health that found mice fed transgenic corn had less offspring in the third and fourth generations. Mice fed non-transgenic feed reproduced more efficiently. The Hawaii County Council for Big Island is set to establish a GMO advisory commission tomorrow. The resolution aims to "further research and discussion of genetic engineering to determine the appropriateness of the use of transgenic crops." President-elect Barack Obama is considering former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack as a potential pick for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. The National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Consumers Association provide six reasons for why a vote for Vilsack is not a vote for sustainable agriculture. Subway recently committed to selling non-rBGH milk in at least 21,000 of its restaurants. The milk is being supplied by Phoenix-based Shamrock Dairy, the 52nd largest dairy processor in the U.S. Gourmet magazine writer, Jocelyn C. Zuckerman, describes her two-day field trip with BASF plant scientists in her piece, "Up Close and Personal with the Genetic Modifiers." Syngenta buys SPS Argentina, one of the country's most established soybean, corn, and sunflower companies. And Monsanto acquires two sugarcane breeding and technology companies, Brazil-based CanaVialis and Alellyx, to ehance production of sugarcane and biofuels.
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