Archive for June 2020

Towards the end of last year, Kenya approved commercial farming of Bt Cotton, a genetically modified (GM) cotton variety, making it the first biotech crop to be planted in the country after years of research and emotive debates. Adoption of genetically engineered crops initially drew contentious debates in the country, with biotech critics strongly questioning…

This was written by Daren Coppock, CEO and President of the Agricultural Retailers Association Almost two weeks ago, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision that vacated the registrations for three dicamba-based herbicides labeled for over-the-top (OTT) application to soybeans and cotton. The precedent set by the Court’s decision is troubling on…

Bob Hemesath has used GMO products on his farm near Decorah in Northeast Iowa for close to 20 years. “GMO products have been an integral part of our farm operation,” he says. “We use them on just about all our acres … They have enabled us to use practices like no-till and minimum-till and cover…