This regulation prohibits the cultivation of GM crops anywhere in South Australia. This regulation prohibits the cultivation of GM crops anywhere in South Australia. Submissions to the review will be independently assessed with a report prepared for the Genetically Modified (GM) Crop Advisory Committee which will make recommendations to the SA Minister for Agriculture, Rory McEwen. Mr McEwen said the review would focus on the purpose of the Act and whether there are alternative ways to...

Africa embraces a range of attitudes towards agricultural biotechnology, particularly transgenic crops. Maryke Steffens reports on the influences behind Africa's diverse attitudes to transgenic crops, and the need for a unified agenda. In the United States a transgenic product is considered to pose no new health risks if it can be assessed as 'substantially equivalent' to its unmodified counterpart. The report involved an all-African panel of experts, including Calestous Juma from Harvard...

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss, who oversees the survey, says it appears that growth in the region will continue to outpace the nation as a whole. Midwest economy remains strong thanks to ethanol and farming. A decline in inflation pressures also helped the June business conditions index increase to 60 from May's 58. An index greater than 50 indicates an expanding economy over the next three to six months. That's according to a monthly survey of supply managers and business...

The statistics agency releases the figures from growth in mining and other sectors before later releasing the overall gross domestic product number. The agency said internal consumption of cement, an indicator of activity in the construction sector, gained 19. The agency said fishing sector production rose 8. The hydrocarbons sub-sector rose 9. The electricity sub-sector gained 10. Peru May Mining/Hydrocarbon Output Falls; Farming Rises. Peru May Mining/Hydrocarbon Output Falls; Farming...

Ethanol plays greater role in farming - The Business Journal of Milwaukee: Among dairy operations, 38 percent indicated that they fed co-products during 2006 and another 22 percent considered it. Ethanol plays greater role in farming - The Business Journal of Milwaukee: Among cattle on feed operations, 36 percent fed co-products and 34 percent were considering the practice. Among beef cattle operations, 13 percent reported that they fed co-products and 30 percent considered it. Of the...

Stocks Rally As Bond Yields Dip By MADLEN READ AP Business Writer Published July 2, 2007, 2:33 PM CDT NEW YORK -- Wall Street advanced sharply Monday in the first day of trading for the third quarter, boosted by a decline in Treasury yields, a rise in June manufacturing activity and a spate of buyout news. Stocks Rally As Bond Yields Dip By MADLEN READ AP Business Writer Published July 2, 2007, 2:33 PM CDT NEW YORK -- Wall Street advanced sharply Monday in the first day of trading for the...

The transgenic tomato includes a gene from a variety of lemon basil, Ocimum basilicum, that produces an aroma-making enzyme called geraniol synthase, Efraim Lewinsohn of Newe Yaar Research Centre and colleagues report. Israeli researchers say they have genetically engineered tomatoes to give hints of lemon and rose aromas that have done well in testing on volunteers. Offsetting the low levels of lycopene are higher levels of compounds called volatile terpenoids, which possess antimicroial,...

Tools THERE was a sense of dj vu this week with news reports of a US company that wants to plant strains of rice engineered to produce human proteins. The one real concern is that plants grown for medicines might contaminate the food chain, something the US agricultural system has so far appeared powerless to prevent. Headlines such as "Human genes in your food?" and references to Frankenstein brought back memories of the late 1990s when much of Europe was swept by hysteria over the...

The commission has begun the final approval stages for at least four applications by biotech companies to let farmers grow GM potatoes and maize in British and European fields. They won't give up, will they? Even though there is now plenty of evidence to show the potential hazards of these products, the juggernaut rumbles on. The GM potato produced by BASF has novel mixtures of starch and would be grown purely for industrial uses such as making paper, not human consumption. However, it has...