The U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded a review of Argentine biotechnology firm Bioceres' genetically modified wheat without further questions, a "key step" to commercializing it in the United States, the company said on Monday. While corn and soy crops used predominantly to feed livestock are commonly planted with GMO seeds, consumers have long opposed GMO wheat for human consumption.
Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp (BIOX): * FDA FAVORABLY CONCLUDES HB4® WHEAT FOOD AND FEED SAFETY EVALUATION. * Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp (BIOX) - FDA HAS CONCLUDED THAT IT HAS NO FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING SAFETY OF HB4® WHEAT Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
Argentina's Bioceres said on Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had positively concluded a review of its genetically modified drought resistant HB4 wheat, which it called a "key step" to commercializing it in the country. The HB4 wheat still needs approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A heat wave and fires are badly damaging Tunisia's grain harvest, leading the farmers union to forecast that output will fall well short of government hopes. Loss of grain production comes as the North African country struggles with food importation costs driven higher by the war in Ukraine.
U.S. farmers have cut back on using common weedkillers, hunted for substitutes to popular fungicides and changed planting plans over persistent shortages of agricultural chemicals that threaten to trim harvests.
U.S. farmers have cut back on using common weedkillers, hunted for substitutes to popular fungicides and changed planting plans over persistent shortages of agricultural chemicals that threaten to trim harvests.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the chair of the Group of 20 nations, will urge Russia and Ukraine to rekindle peace talks, and seek ways to free up exports of grain to global markets when he visits Moscow and Kyiv in coming days.
Japanese farmer Kiyoharu Hirao has started to add more rice to the mix he gives his cattle in order to stretch his money further as a plunging yen drives up the cost of imported corn used in animal feed.
Japanese farmer Kiyoharu Hirao has started to add more rice to the mix he gives his cattle in order to stretch his money further as a plunging yen drives up the cost of imported corn used in animal feed.
It only took 24 hours last month for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in India - the world's second-largest producer of wheat - to shelve its plans to "feed the world".
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