Monsanto, More Problems: EPA Concerned Over Rootworm Damage
Four states have found rootworm damage to their corn crops despite using Monsanto's genetically-modified seeds, and the EPA is not happy.
View ArticleDebugging The Monsanto Corn Issue
Rootworm and corn just don’t mix, as farmers know all too well. That’s why it was big news when an EPA report found that genetically modified corn from Monsanto might be losing effectiveness in...
View ArticleNew Crops Could Kill Insects By Targeting Their Genes
With rootworms building resistance to GM corn that makes its own pesticide, seed companies are working on new crops that target the insects’ genes.
View ArticleOut With The Old, In With The Reused
For our first show of 2014, we're looking at ways to reduce food waste, from composting to making vegetable stock.
View ArticleHow GMOs Cut Pesticide Use, And Perhaps Boosted It Again
There's new and detailed data on the impact of genetically modified crops on pesticide use. Those crops replaced insecticides, and, at first, some herbicides. But herbicide use has rebounded.
View ArticleBiotech Companies Promise New Insect-Killing Genes
Scientists have discovered a soil microbe with a gene that kills the corn rootworm, an insect that farmers spend $1 billion each year trying to control.
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