February 13, 2015
The government (click here) on Friday approved the commercial planting of genetically engineered apples that are resistant to turning brown when sliced or bruised....
...According to the USDA's (click here) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), biotechnology plantings as a percentage of total crop plantings in the United States in 2012 were about 88 percent for corn, 94 percent for cotton, and 93 percent for soybeans. NASS conducts an agricultural survey in all states in June of each year....
In competition with Monsanto, Dow AgroSciences has developed a system of genetically engineered seeds that can be bathed in herbicide and any other kind of ...cide and the plants will grow unthwarted.
What's next for the Enlist™ (click here) system Dow AgroSciences will launch its innovative Enlist Duo™ herbicide for the 2015 crop season. It will be launched in conjunction with a stewarded introduction of Enlist™ corn, and seed production of Enlist soybeans. Regulatory approvals are pending for Enlist cotton.
Just think, human beings can be ...cide resistant, too. How special is that, huh? If Dow Agroscience really wants to compete against Monsanto, grow heritage seeds in large batches that are already drought resistant.
Now those are root systems I can live with.
September 17, 2014
...Approval of the specialty corn and soybeans (click here) to be sold as part of a branded "Enlist Weed Control System" means the traits could be on the market for the 2015 U.S. planting season, according to Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical.
Dow is still awaiting approval from the Environmental Protection Agency for Enlist herbicide, which the genetically altered Enlist corn and beans are designed to tolerate. Like the popular Roundup Ready system developed by rival Monsanto Co., farmers who plant Enlist crops can spray their fields with Enlist herbicide and kill weeds but not the crops....
