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27 Mar 2013, 8:04 am
Facts The petitioner filed an application for registration of a novel variety of cotton that it had developed. [read post]
7 Feb 2024, 9:03 pm
The drift-prone pesticide has damaged millions of acres of crops and wild plants every year since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) first approved it in 2017 for spraying on cotton and soybean crops genetically engineered by Monsanto (now Bayer) to survive what would otherwise be a deadly dose. [read post]
2 May 2024, 6:08 am
Carb-averse guests, beware" (The New Yorker).Marx's 9 guests arrived and dumped out the "surprise bags" they'd ordered from the app Too Good to Go (which packages food left over from 6,987 NYC stores and restaurants):In the jumble were a teriyaki-salmon bowl, egg rolls, a package of Swiss cheese, plant-based carne asada, a Philly cheesesteak, a chicken-parmesan sub, three slices of pizza, fried rice nuggets, two chicken-and-vegetable curries, lentil soup, a… [read post]
5 May 2009, 10:28 pm
The Wall Street Journal writes of a suit by Monsanto against DuPont over DuPont's new seed that contains two genes that have been modified to make the plant tolerate herbicides. [read post]
4 Mar 2016, 2:00 am
These seed companies evolve their own seed varieties, which can be protected under the Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers Rights Act, 2001 and these seeds are then introgressed with Monsanto’s patented gene technology. [read post]
20 Dec 2009, 1:59 am
FSANZ states, "We considered the genetic modification to the plant; the potential toxicity and allergenicity of the novel proteins; and the composition of the cotton line compared with that of conventional cotton cultivars, and found no threats to human health from food derived from this cotton. [read post]
17 Nov 2017, 11:25 am
A dam and a saw mill were built in 1722 on Cohas Brook, whereas in 1810, Amoskeag Cottton and Woolen Manufacturing Company came into being, which later enjoyed the status of the world's largest cotton mill. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 12:04 am
(credit for 1996 photo of cotton plant) (Prior August 16 posts are here, here, here, and here.) [read post]
10 Oct 2013, 12:05 pm
The highest-profile report canceled because of the shutdown is World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates, which supplies statistics on the worldwide production of crops from cotton to corn. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 6:00 am
He served as Chief of Staff for the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Mission Area including the Farm Service Agency, Foreign Agricultural Service, and Risk Management Agency.He then was appointed Deputy Under Secretary for the Marketing and Regulatory Programs, overseeing the Agricultural Marketing Service, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.Ben was raised on a cotton farm in Lubbock, Texas, where… [read post]
26 Apr 2019, 7:32 am
Boston Herald, “Massachusetts Researchers Find Way to Produce Biofuels ‘Greener’” Treehugger, “From Old Duvets to Corn Stalks, a Look at Bio-based Insulations” Virtual Strategy Magazine, “DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences Launches Biobased Enzymes for…” ScienceDaily, “Green Plastic Production Made Easy” Purdue University, “Free Networking Conference for Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Medical Research Fields Planned at… [read post]
16 Apr 2008, 10:34 am
73 Federal Register 20702 (Wednesday, April 16, 2008)(DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; Fish and Wildlife Service; Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Status Review of 18 Southeastern Species; Notice) SUMMARY: The U.S. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 2:59 am
FSIS has used HACCP to deregulate large plants, while hyper-regulating the small plants. [read post]
4 Jun 2020, 1:44 pm
This 55-page opinion from the Ninth Circuit tells you probably more than you would ever want to know about soybean farming (and cotton farming) in the United States -- and, in particular, (1) how we get rid of weeds in modern farming, and (2) just how dependent we are on both (a) Round-Up and its follow-on chemicals (here, dicamba) and (b) genetically modified seeds that protect crops against such chemicals. [read post]
29 Jun 2014, 6:57 pm
Cotton: In rug and kilim weaving, cotton is used mostly for the warp and weft threads, creating the base of the carpet/kilim. [read post]
8 Sep 2020, 7:09 am
Similarly, you can’t “revolutionize leather with cotton,” or “revolutionize whiskey with seltzer. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 8:07 pm
The Barnhardt Manufacturing Company processes cotton and other fabrics. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 2:49 am
Toning: wipe face with cotton pad soaked in tonic 'Aqua-balance' (avoiding the eye area, do not apply on the eyelid skin). [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 4:17 am
The most interesting aspect of the book is Pietra’s demonstration of inseparability between markets and government — at almost every stage from the planting of the cotton to the shirt’s return to Florida for sale. [read post]
22 May 2013, 8:10 am
Crop-water-demand models were developed independently of reported irrigation water-use practices and relied on knowledge of plant properties that are available in the literature. [read post]
