Recent action by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) s a stunning rebuke to the critics of GM technology that despite their rants and tactics, scientific principles continue to prevail in Europe. EFSA Clears Events 63 and 64 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) gave safety approval to two more GM crop events. There have now been 64 different such events that have cleared the safety scrutiny of Europe’s leading scientific advisory body. Nearly half involve maize, with soybeans garnering the second-highest number of approvals and cotton in third. Rapeseed is a major crop in Europe and yet has had just six events. Still, it is a stunning rebuke to the critics of the technology that despite their rants and tactics, scientific princ...
What You Need to Know Today: The corn and soybean markets closed slightly higher in low-volume trade. The wheat market was mixed, with HRW continuing its downward trek on improved moisture. As expected, the bearish cattle on feed report drove down cattle prices and pulled hogs down with it. Mi...
Key Market Insights Macro markets delivered a full whipsaw today. Early in the session, crude oil had rallied back above $100/barrel as traders priced renewed concern over the U.S.-Iran standoff and potential supply risk through the Strait of Hormuz. That strength helped pull grains off their o...
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