Tariffs have been in the news a lot lately. This FAQ explains what tariffs are and how they can be used as a tool in trade ...

According to this story, traditional selective breeding, although a genetic modification itself, takes place within compatible species: tomatoes to tomatoes; dogs to dogs, or at least coyotes. Genetic ...

We the undersigned, in recognition of the fundamental importance of our planet's natural genetic heritage and diversity, and in acknowledgment of the power of genetic engineering to transform this ...

This paper describes the different export support programs implemented by the U.S. and other countries and, for each type of program, identifies related current and potential future trade issues.

The following letter on the GM crop trials, published in the press in Norfolk UK, is from Dr Jeremy Bartlett who has a doctorate in plant genetics from the John Innes Centre, often described as the UK ...

A stand of American chestnut trees that somehow escaped a blight that killed off nearly all their kind in the early 1900s has been discovered along a hiking trail not far from President Franklin D.

TOLEDO, Ohio, August 30, 2002 (ENS) - The city of Toledo must stop dumping raw sewage into nearby waterways, under a Clean Water Act settlement with federal and state officials. The Department of ...

Genetically modified crops will be a hot potato for Michael Wooldridge, writes MARK RAGG. FOUR years ago, the Health Minister, Michael Wooldridge, was out of the country when the Prime Minister dumped ...

MANCHESTER, Iowa -- For most of his 60 years, Francis Childs tended a farm here in obscurity. But this winter, his fellow farmers are lining up to hear him speak, academics are studying his ways, and ...

On 15th August it emerged that Bayer's new agricultural wing, Bayer CropScience (1), was responsible for the illegal planting of genetically modified (GM) oil seed rape (OSR) contaminated with an ...

In an interview, Mark Cohen, of counsel at Jones Day in Beijing and was senior intellectual property (IP) attache at the US Embassy in Beijing from 2004 to 2008, talked about IP issues in China.

The following are a couple of narrative excerpts from Farm to Family Connection - a weekly radio program written and produced by Class III fellow, Curt Arens of Crofton, NE. They feature the stories ...