The latest version of proposals to allow national bans on the cultivation of EU-approved genetically modified crops suggests that deals could be reached with companies to exclude countries from their marketing plans. A compromise proposal, drawn up by the Danish EU Presidency, also seeks to broaden the range of environmental reasons that member states could invoke for restricting GM crop cultivation. The Danish officials are seeking to break the stalemate on the issue that has persisted since ...

Bayer CropScience has applied to the US EPA for an experimental use permit (EUP) to test genetically modified insect-resistant cotton combining the events in its TwinLink line and Syngenta’s VipCot line. The EUP would cover T304-40xGHB119xCOT102xCOT67B, which expresses the Bt Cry1Ab, Cry2Ae, Vip3Aa19 and mCry1Ab toxins, respectively. The cotton is resistant to a range of lepidopteran pests. The EUP would cover 12,210 acres (4,941 ha), of which 2,035 acres would be Bt cotton, in 12 states and ...

DuPont seed subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International has received approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for its genetically modified insect-resistant “refuge-in-a-bag” (RIB) maize, Optimum AcreMax XTreme. It combines all above- and below-ground pest control and refuge requirements in a single bag, the company points out. Each bag of seed blends 95% of DuPont/Dow AgroSciences’ Herculex Xtra (DAS59122xTC1507) pyramided with Monsanto’s YieldGard Corn Borer (MON810) and Syngenta’s ...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has recommended the approval of food products derived from BASF’s genetically modified imidazolinone herbicide-tolerant CV127 soybeans. The soybeans were developed in collaboration with the Brazilian agricultural research corporation, the Embrapa, and are due to be introduced in Brazil in the 2013/14 season under the Cultivance brand (Agrow No 627, p 18). FSANZ began assessing the application in September 2011 (Agrow No 624, p 17). Its decision is ...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has recommended the approval of food products derived from Monsanto’s genetically modified MON87427 maize. It has tissue-selective tolerance to the herbicide, glyphosate, for the production of viable hybrid seed. FSANZ began assessing the application last year (Agrow No 625, p 39). MON87427 is being reviewed for commercial planting by the US and Canadian authorities (Agrow No 615, p 22). The FSANZ decision is open to public comment until February ...

Bayer CropScience has received US EPA approval for its genetically modified insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant TwinLink cotton. It is the final regulatory step for the cotton in the US following USDA deregulation last year (Agrow No 626, p 24). TwinLink cotton expresses the Bt Cry1Ab toxin from event T304-40 and the Cry2Ae toxin from event GHB119 for the control of lepidopteran pests such as bollworms (Helicoverpa zea), tobacco budworms (Heliothis virescens) and fall armyworms (Spodoptera ...

DuPont seed subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International has received approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for its genetically modified insect-resistant “refuge-in-a-bag” (RIB) maize, Optimum AcreMax XTreme. It combines all above- and below-ground pest control and refuge requirements in a single bag, the company points out. Each bag of seed blends 95% of DuPont/Dow AgroSciences’ Herculex Xtra (DAS59122xTC1507) pyramided with Monsanto’s YieldGard Corn Borer (MON810) and Syngenta’s ...