Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/business/energy-environment/04weed.html

DYERSBURG, Tenn. — For 15 years, Eddie Anderson, a farmer, has been a strict adherent of no-till agriculture, an environmentally friendly technique that all but eliminates plowing to curb erosion and the harmful runoff of fertilizers and pesticides.

GM barley to be trialled in Western Australia

 http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201004/s2867197.htm

Thursday, 04/08/2010

The CSIRO hopes to plant its first trials of genetically modified barley in Western Australia within weeks.

The scientific organisation planted trial sites of GM wheat and barley in NSW last year and has applied to the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator for permission to extend those trials into the west this year.

Illegal GMO Rice Widely Available in Hubei Province

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/32848/

On April 1, China Newsweek reported widespread cultivation of illegal genetically modified pest-resistant rice in Hubei Province.

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture had approved the genetically modified organism (GMO) security certificate for two types of rice and one type of corn for experimental use only in August 2009.