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[Natural Citizen]

Awesome tech!

Yeah, until they start patenting your childrens genes and then their kids end up paying these companies royalties in order to justify their very existence. Ha.

They've tried to go to court over defeating self-ownership a couple of times already and it failed but they'll keep trying.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I think N. Korea is going to be the new proving ground for western agribusiness. Pompeo was basically in their pockets when he was in Congress. He actually tried to pass legislation that Monsanto penned about labeling saying that people didn't need to know what was in their food. So. Freedom of choice out the window if that would have passed. The most fundamental right of all.

Relevent reading - Trump Talk Of Pompeo For Cabinet Could Spell Setback For Consumers | HuffPost

So, yeah. Stand by for news about western agribusiness setting up camp in N. Korea down the road. They'll get slave labor and Kim Jun will be see nas a hero by his people.

 

[AZGAL]

U.S. Agriculture - Statistics & Facts
Thanks to its natural resources and land conditions, the United States was always destined to be one of the world’s leading agricultural producers and suppliers. In 2014, the U.S. farming industry employed more than 827 thousand people around the country.
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Employment in U.S. farming
925k

 

[AZGAL]

Monsanto's Roundup Is on Trial. The Charge: Causing Cancer
By Brittany Shoot
July 10, 2018
Does Monsanto weed killer Roundup cause cancer?

On Monday, proceedings began in San Francisco Superior Court to answer that question. The plaintiff, Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a 46-year-old former groundskeeper at a Bay Area school district, claims Monsanto hid evidence that the active ingredient in its Roundup herbicide causes cancer. Johnson was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma four years ago, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The ingredient in question is glyphosate, which California added to a list of chemicals known to cause cancer just last year. Glyphosate is also listed by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer as a probable human carcinogen.

Johnson’s attorney said in opening statements that since 2000, there has been mounting evidence that glyphosate causes genetic damage. He further noted that Monsanto has worked to suppress and ignore than information.

Roundup is not the ag giant’s only concerning chemical. Another, Dicamba, is a herbicide that has been banned in Arkansas and is known to drift into other areas, compromising non-Monsanto crops.

Depending on how the Roundup trial plays out, it’s expected that Johnson’s suit, which he filed in 2016, could open the floodgates for many more similar suits against the biotech giant—up to at least 4,000 of them, according to the Chronicle.

Despite the controversy surrounding it, Roundup continues to be a lucrative product, earning Monsanto annual revenue of $4.8 billion. And regardless of the trial outcome, Monsanto will soon get the rebranding benefit of a new name, thanks to the $66 billion buyout by pharmaceutical giant Bayer.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

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Charlatan's nonsense...

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

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Monsanto's Roundup Is on Trial. The Charge: Causing Cancer
By Brittany Shoot
July 10, 2018
Does Monsanto weed killer Roundup cause cancer?

On Monday, proceedings began in San Francisco Superior Court to answer that question. The plaintiff, Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, a 46-year-old former groundskeeper at a Bay Area school district, claims Monsanto hid evidence that the active ingredient in its Roundup herbicide causes cancer. Johnson was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma four years ago, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The ingredient in question is glyphosate, which California added to a list of chemicals known to cause cancer just last year. Glyphosate is also listed by the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer as a probable human carcinogen.

Johnson’s attorney said in opening statements that since 2000, there has been mounting evidence that glyphosate causes genetic damage. He further noted that Monsanto has worked to suppress and ignore than information.

Roundup is not the ag giant’s only concerning chemical. Another, Dicamba, is a herbicide that has been banned in Arkansas and is known to drift into other areas, compromising non-Monsanto crops.

Depending on how the Roundup trial plays out, it’s expected that Johnson’s suit, which he filed in 2016, could open the floodgates for many more similar suits against the biotech giant—up to at least 4,000 of them, according to the Chronicle.

Despite the controversy surrounding it, Roundup continues to be a lucrative product, earning Monsanto annual revenue of $4.8 billion. And regardless of the trial outcome, Monsanto will soon get the rebranding benefit of a new name, thanks to the $66 billion buyout by pharmaceutical giant Bayer.

More nonsense...the evidence that glyphosate is not harmful in the doses humans get is overwhelming....

 

[Wuwei]

GMO recently become a scary word for many people. However genetic modification of some sort has been going on for many decades.

History of genetic engineering - Wikipedia
X-rays were first used to deliberately mutate plants in 1927. Between 1927 and 2007, more than 2,540 genetically mutated plant varieties had been produced using x-rays.​

With the rise of automated machines in big agribusiness, the important factors in hybridization or genetic changes are uniform field emergence (the entire field ripening at the same time), fast growing times, plant structures for automated harvesting, attractive color, pest protection, and stability in shipping and storage.

The factors that went by the wayside are flavor, texture, and nutrition. It has been shown that rapid field emergence leaves less time for absorption of needed trace minerals.

I have no problem eating GMO food, but am wary of the unintended consequences of genetics in large acreage food production.

 

[AZGAL]

Snively guides Monsanto through $63 billion sale
St. Louis Business Journal-Jul 20, 2018
“It's a great capstone on my career. It was the largest cash transaction in history, with a lot of international complexity,” Snively said. “Even the ...

 

[tyroneweaver]

Theres a a few organic farms around me
They produce more weeds than plants
They’re a joke

 

[AZGAL]

Minnesota Ag News Headlines

Senate and House Ag Committee Leaders Discuss Farm Bill
Minnesota Ag Connection - 07/27/2018


U.S. Senate and House Agriculture Committee leadership Thursday met to discuss the 2018 Farm Bill, prior to full Conference Committee discussions.

Agriculture Committee Chairmen Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Rep. K. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, and Ranking Members Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., released the following statement after the meeting:

"We look forward to working together to get a Farm Bill finished as quickly as possible, and we're committed to finding solutions to resolve the differences. We must keep working to provide American farmers and families with the certainty and predictability they need and deserve."

A full meeting of the Conference Committee will be announced at a later date.

 

[AZGAL]

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Four-Year Court Battle Pitting Sugar Against Corn Syrup Ends in Secret Agreement
BY NEWS DESK | NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Ten days into the sugar vs. high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) jury trial, it’s over. All the parties — and there were many in Western Sugar Cooperative, et al. v. Archer Daniels-Midland Company — agreed to end it and pick up their own costs and attorneys’ fees. They also agreed to keep details of the settlement secret.

The case, which was filed on April 22, 2011, was settled Nov. 20, 2015, after the sugar side accused the high fructose corn syrup side of a range of objectionable behavior, including “a strong temporal relationship to the growth in American obesity.”

In its complaint four years ago, the sugar side stated that “consumers increasingly seek to avoid food and drink containing HFCS given the emerging science linking to possible nutritional and health problems, including obesity but also extending to a wide range of metabolic conditions.”

But after the parties agreed to drop the lawsuit, the NPD Group Dieting Monitor reported that the number-one item consumers are trying to watch out for is sugar in all its forms. In fact, NPG stated that, for the first time, more consumers are trying to exclude sugar than fats.

When the dispute began, sugar was concerned about having its good will co-opted by the term “corn sugar,” the name the HFCS side wanted to use, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied that request in 2012. Sugar also objected to corn using the term “natural” to describe its product. That 2011 complaint also claimed that there are “clear molecular differences between HFCS and sugar and clear differences in how the human body processes them.”

Sugar also hated the corn syrup side’s “sugar is sugar” and “your body can’t tell the difference” campaigns. Sugar also charged HFCS with causing obesity, diabetes, and high cholesterol.

Millions were spent even before the court action began four years ago, with the sugar side finally filing false advertisement claims under the Lanham Act. But now it’s all gone away, leaving consumers pretty much in the dark.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Food Safety News

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Four-Year Court Battle Pitting Sugar Against Corn Syrup Ends in Secret Agreement
BY NEWS DESK | NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Ten days into the sugar vs. high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) jury trial, it’s over. All the parties — and there were many in Western Sugar Cooperative, et al. v. Archer Daniels-Midland Company — agreed to end it and pick up their own costs and attorneys’ fees. They also agreed to keep details of the settlement secret.

The case, which was filed on April 22, 2011, was settled Nov. 20, 2015, after the sugar side accused the high fructose corn syrup side of a range of objectionable behavior, including “a strong temporal relationship to the growth in American obesity.”

In its complaint four years ago, the sugar side stated that “consumers increasingly seek to avoid food and drink containing HFCS given the emerging science linking to possible nutritional and health problems, including obesity but also extending to a wide range of metabolic conditions.”

But after the parties agreed to drop the lawsuit, the NPD Group Dieting Monitor reported that the number-one item consumers are trying to watch out for is sugar in all its forms. In fact, NPG stated that, for the first time, more consumers are trying to exclude sugar than fats.

When the dispute began, sugar was concerned about having its good will co-opted by the term “corn sugar,” the name the HFCS side wanted to use, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied that request in 2012. Sugar also objected to corn using the term “natural” to describe its product. That 2011 complaint also claimed that there are “clear molecular differences between HFCS and sugar and clear differences in how the human body processes them.”

Sugar also hated the corn syrup side’s “sugar is sugar” and “your body can’t tell the difference” campaigns. Sugar also charged HFCS with causing obesity, diabetes, and high cholesterol.

Millions were spent even before the court action began four years ago, with the sugar side finally filing false advertisement claims under the Lanham Act. But now it’s all gone away, leaving consumers pretty much in the dark.

That 2011 complaint also claimed that there are “clear molecular differences between HFCS and sugar

Sucrose, table sugar, is 50% fructose and 50% glucose.
The HFCS used in most soft drinks is 55% fructose and 45% glucose.

and clear differences in how the human body processes them.”

Meh, not so much.

 

[tyroneweaver]

Idaho produces 30 pct of the nations sugar
It’s beet sugar
It’s also Roundup ready

 

[AZGAL]

by NHA | Jun 30, 2018 | HEMP NEWS |

Hemp just moved one step closer to federal legalization!
The US Senate version of the 2018 Farm Bill (HR2) has just passed 86-11 WITH THE HEMP AMENDMENT INCLUDED! The next step is a conference to reconcile the Senate and House versions.

 

[AZGAL]

GMO-FREE Regions by Country

28.06.2018

Victory!!! Monsanto and Bayer Defeated in Mexico as Anti-Trust Agency Orders End to Monopolistic Seed Practices

The Monsanto-Bayer merger came to light with a ton of controversy, but now, it appears to have slipped the radar screen as the two companies quietly merge into a monstrous entity that could control more than a quarter of the world’s pesticides and seeds market.

The two companies were able to receive anti-trust approval in the United States despite petitions and objections toward their allegedly monopolistic practices, infuriating many activists who had fought for more regulations or a halt to the merger.

But meanwhile in Mexico, the historic pesticide and GMO alliance has just been dealt a monumental blow, as the country’s anti-trust agency has just ordered Monsanto and Bayer to disinvest in two of their biggest GMO business interests.

Monsanto, Bayer Dealt Huge Blow in Mexico

According to this article from the website Reuters, Monsanto and Bayer have been ordered to disinvest in their GMO cotton seed business and all of their vegetable seed businesses.

 

[AZGAL]

oilseedandgrain.com

Will the Trade War Boost China’s Soybean Silk Road?
July 10, 2018
Lynda Kiernan

As the trade war between China and the U.S. continues, China is looking toward countries along the ancient Silk Road, such as Kazakhstan, to meet its demand for soybeans.
With a yearly need of 100 million tons of soybeans, most of which are processed into animal feed, China accounts for 60 percent of global trade. Last year, Brazil supplied approximately half of China’s imports, while the U.S. accounted for one third, and Russia, Ukraine, and other countries supplied less than 1 percent.
With an eye at diversifying its sources, and recognizing a need for alternative large-scale suppliers, China is concentrating investments into the countries associated with its “Belt and Road Initiative”. One such country, Kazakhstan, completed the Kazakh section of the China-Europe transport corridor and the dry port of Khorgos on the border with Xinjiang.
China is also focusing investment in Ukraine, however these countries have significant challenges including lacking infrastructure and poor water quality, which could see China shift its demand from soybeans to possibly corn if the trade war drags on.

 

[AZGAL]

It could be bad news for Monsanto if other people start suing.

Monsanto told to pay $289m in cancer trial

PAY UP MONSANTO !!!

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

It could be bad news for Monsanto if other people start suing.

Monsanto told to pay $289m in cancer trial

PAY UP MONSANTO !!!

LOL!

 

[fncceo]

Chinese Scientists Create Genetically Modified Low-Fat Pigs...

I am finally against genetically modified foods.

Eating low-fat bacon would be like kissing your sister.

 

[AZGAL]

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