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Change of government, change of fortunes?
So Gordon Brown has ended weeks of speculation and set the date for the next general election (6 May in case you missed it).
AllAboutFeed - Weblog: Retarded Europe
An article in one of the main opinion magazines in the Netherlands caught my eye recently with the header
GM debate looms large at City Food Lecture
Talk about mixing with the great and the good - the delegates list at this week's City Food Lecture really did read like a Who's Who of the food and farming industry.
GM seed breeder is
US biotechnology giant Monsanto is probably revered and reviled around the world in about equal measure.
French pea and bean subsidy
Clearly there are two sides to every story...and having just been taken out for a very nice lunch by the French agriculture attaché, I'm happy to say that that includes the story about French protein crop subsidies too.
Zero tolerance on GMs benefits linseed - for now
Much has been written and said in recent weeks about the downside of the EU's policy of
Zero tolerance on GM feeds must go
At last the political pressure seems to be building to do away with the EU's ridiculous rules that outlaw any feedstuffs that contains even a trace of a GM product that has not been approved for use by Brussels.
ITS WHEN, NOT IF, GM CROPS WILL BE GROWN IN THE UK (David's Digest)
A seminar arranged by The Farmers Club at its HQ in London on Monday concluded that the introduction of GM crops to UK agriculture was necesarry and inevitable. Delegates were unanimous in believeing the technology must be one of the tools...
PRINCE CHARLES - VICTIM OF HIS WEALTH AND HIS FRIENDS (David's Digest)
There can be no doubt that Prince Charles is sincere and means well. His generous support of farming charities and small farmers in particular bears witness to the fact and our industry must be grateful for that. But when it comes to matters scientific...
GM SUGAR BEET ALLOW PRODUCTION TO CONTINUE IN U.S. (David's Digest)
One of the most memorable farms visited by the recent Farmers Weekly Farm Study Tour to America was to a 17,000 acre holding in Idaho. As mentioned in a previous blog the area is officially a desert with only 8-10 inches of...
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