News items related to ag biotech, تجارت ? and perhaps some other interesting items out there related to agriculture ? will be posted on this page throughout the week (as the week progresses newly added items will be in?green at bottom of sections). ?Be sure to check in regularly!
Goodness there’s a lot of noise recently created by the latest and greatest bit of supposed agricultural reporting in مجله نیویورک تایمز, “Doubts About the Promised Bounty of Gentically Modified Crops” By Danny Hakim (مهر 29)
Needless to say, for those knowledgeable on the issues, it’s a partial and selective narrative to be euphemistic. ?They told a story they wanted to tell.
Here are a few good responses below:
GFN Chair Bill Horan was recently interviewed about the benefits of growing biotech crops, and talks about the “less-recognized, but very compelling sociological impacts of plant science”-?read it here??http://croplife.org/ask-a-farmer-how-biotech-changes-lives/
Why Danny Hakim?s New York Times GMO expos? misleads -?پروژه سواد ژنتیکی – توسط?
“The article is, با این Øال, far from ?extensive?, is inaccurate and thoroughly misleading.”
ارتباط دادن:?https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2016/10/31/danny-hakims-new-york-times-gmo-expose-misleads/
The tiresome discussion of initial GMO expectations – Weed Control Freaks – By Andrew Kniss (مهر 30)
“I have to say this comparison seems?borderline?disingenuous; certainly not what I?d expect from an ?extensive examination? published in the New York Times.”
ارتباط دادن:?http://weedcontrolfreaks.com/2016/10/the-tiresome-discussion-of-initial-gmo-expectations/
Biotechnology Makes a Difference – Huffington Post – By Dr. Robert T. Fraley (مهر 31)
“To me, all these numbers tell a clear story ? of improved food security and a more sustainable environmental footprint through biotechnology.”
ارتباط دادن:?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5817621be4b096e8706968ac?timestamp=1477928387878
Rehashing a Tired Argument – Illumination blog, by Kevin Folta (مهر 30)
ارتباط دادن:?http://kfolta.blogspot.com/2016/10/rehashing-tired-argument.html?m=1
Nice overview with various links at AgWeb below...
NYT Blasts GMOs on Yield, Pesticide Claims – AgWeb – توسط سونجا بگمان (نوامبر 1)
ارتباط دادن:?http://www.agweb.com/article/nyt-blasts-gmos-on-yield-pesticide-claims-naa-sonja-begemann/
?TRADE, TRADE ISSUES, INFRASTRUCTURE:
کانادا, EU Leaders Sign CAFTA – AgWeb – By Debra Beachy (نوامبر 1)
“Although protesting Belgium dairy farmers held up a big free trade deal, Canada and European leaders signed the agreement over the weekend.”
ارتباط دادن:?http://www.agweb.com/article/canada-eu-leaders-sign-cafta-naa-debra-beachy/
Drazek: Raising U.S. tariffs not a trade solution – FarmWeek – By Matt Kaye (مهر 31)
“ایالات متØده قرار گرÙت. ag products would be an easy target for retaliation, according to the former USDA trade adviser.”
ارتباط دادن:?http://farmweeknow.com/story-drazek-raising-tariffs-trade-solution-3-148593
Obama Makes a Long-Shot Bid for TPP Trade Deal – Wall Street Journal – By William Mauldin (نوامبر 1)
“Administration hopes for a vote in Congress on the Pacific agreement during the lame-duck session”
ارتباط دادن:?http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-makes-a-long-shot-bid-for-tpp-trade-deal-1478014457
*توجه داشته باشید – the piece below in The Hill is of interest because of who the report is from and it’s usually not what they would support publicly, the quote according to Politico is a?”new report released today by the Progressive Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank that supports increased trade, acknowledges that trade causes job losses among less skilled workers, but lays out arguments for how both imports and exports support millions of jobs.” ?Just goes to show what an odd election year it is…
Protectionist trade policies would damage economy, cost jobs: report – The Hill – By Vicki Needham (مهر 31)
ارتباط دادن:?https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/policy/finance/303710-protectionist-trade-policies-would-damage-the-economy-cost-jobs-report
Free Trade?s Bleak Outlook – BloombergView – Editorial (نوامبر 1)
ارتباط دادن:?https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-11-01/free-trade-s-bleak-outlook
$8 Billion in Back-Logged Construction on Mississippi River – AgWeb -?By Ashley Davenport, Farm Journal Broadcast (نوامبر 2)
“Decaying river infrastructure is a major concern for corn farmers…”
ارتباط دادن:?http://www.agweb.com/article/8-billion-in-back-logged-construction-on-mississippi-river-naa-ashley-davenport/
Let common sense, not fear, dicatate trade policy – Des Moines Register – By Deb Keller (مهر 27)
ارتباط دادن:?http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2016/10/26/let-common-sense-not-fear-dictate-trade-policy/92771596/
POLICY, REGULATION, ACTIVISM, RELATED:
Hirshberg to Podesta: We don’t really know anything about GMOs – The Hill – By Julie Kelly (مهر 25)
“Hirshberg often laments the amount of money spent by corporate interests to fight GMO labels, but flexes his own insider influence and fundraising prowess to get his way.”
ارتباط دادن:?http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/302751-hirshberg-to-podesta-we-dont-really-know-anything-about-gmos
Readin?, writin?, ?rithmetic and GMO-free school lunches? – Delta Farm Press – by Hembree Brandon in Farm Press Blog?(مهر 31)
One wonders: Just what, in their minds, would constitute ?conclusively supported good science??
ارتباط دادن:?http://deltafarmpress.com/blog/readin-writin-rithmetic-and-gmo-free-school-lunches
AG, AG TECHNOLOGY, RELATED:
US Approves 2 Types of Genetically Engineered Potatoes – AgWeb / AP (مهر 31)
ارتباط دادن:?http://www.agweb.com/article/us-approves-2-types-of-genetically-engineered-potatoes–naa-associated-press/
The Chinese Really Hate GMOs — Or Do They? – DTN/Progressive Farmer – By Urban Lehner (نوامبر 1)
ارتباط دادن:?https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/perspectives/blogs/an-urbans-rural-view/blog-post/2016/11/01/chinese-really-hate-gmos