A US judge has postponed his decision on a request for an injunction on the planting of Monsanto/KWS Saat’s genetically modified glyphosate-tolerant Roundup Ready sugar beet. After a March 5th hearing on the injunction request, Judge Jeffrey White of the US District Court for the Northern District of California took the matter under “advisement” and will issue his decision at some future date. In September 2009, the Court ruled against the USDA’s deregulation of Roundup Ready sugar beet and ...

The first crop of genetically modified SmartStax maize was planted in the US this month. A farmer in Texas planted the seed, which was purchased from the Dow AgroSciences affiliate, Triumph Seed. SmartStax maize was developed by Dow and Monsanto . The eight-gene stack is resistant to above- and below-ground pests and is tolerant to the herbicides, glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium. Some 4 million acres (1.6 million ha) of SmartStax maize are expected to be planted in the US this year (Agrow ...

Monsanto is to deny Argentine farmers the use of its latest generation of geneticallymodified soybeans over concerns about intellectual property rights. The company developed its insect-resistant and glyphosate-tolerant Bt/Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans especially for South American markets. But it is implementing a strict product launch policy in the region. Monsanto’s focus for Bt/Roundup Ready 2 Yield is on Brazil, the company told Agrow. “We remain committed to our policy to only introduce ...

A US judge has postponed his decision on a request for an injunction on the planting of Monsanto/KWS Saat’s genetically modified glyphosate-tolerant Roundup Ready sugar beet. After a March 5th hearing on the injunction request, Judge Jeffrey White of the US District Court for the Northern District of California took the matter under “advisement” and will issue his decision at some future date. In September 2009, the Court ruled against the USDA’s deregulation of Roundup Ready sugar beet and ...

The first crop of genetically modified SmartStax maize was planted in the US this month. A farmer in Texas planted the seed, which was purchased from the Dow AgroSciences affiliate, Triumph Seed. SmartStax maize was developed by Dow and Monsanto . The eight-gene stack is resistant to above- and below-ground pests and is tolerant to the herbicides, glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium. Some 4 million acres (1.6 million ha) of SmartStax maize are expected to be planted in the US this year (Agrow ...

The first crop of genetically modified SmartStax maize was planted in the US this month. A farmer in Texas planted the seed, which was purchased from the Dow AgroSciences affiliate, Triumph Seed. SmartStax maize was developed by Dow and Monsanto . The eight-gene stack is resistant to above- and below-ground pests and is tolerant to the herbicides, glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium. Some 4 million acres (1.6 million ha) of SmartStax maize are expected to be planted in the US this year (Agrow ...

Brazil has provisionally approved Bayer CropScience ’s genetically modified glufosinate-tolerant LibertyLink soybeans for commercial cultivation. The national commission for biosafety, the CTNBio, gave the green light for two Bayer registration applications for the soybean line at its first meeting of the year, earlier this month. They are for use in two regions, the centre-west and the south, and carry event A5547-127. LibertyLink soybeans are fully approved for cultivation in the US and ...