61. Spiked-science | Article | Seeds Of The Future In the USA, the penetration of GM crops in the soy bean and cotton markets The pest losses in the cotton crop are severe, and many Indian farmers find http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/00000006DC0B.htm

Article 23 January 2003 Seeds of the future When it comes to GM crops, Europe could learn a lot from the developing world. by Brian Thomas The use of genetically modified crops is well established throughout the world. The environmental benefits are being realised in developed and developing countries alike, by both small- and large-scale farmers. Britain and Europe, however, will miss out on the benefits of GM technology if current legislation is not changed. To cope with the environmental challenges of the future, we need plants that can withstand adverse conditions and biotic stresses. Developing GM technologies - and actually applying them - could make an important contribution to future consumption demands. In 2001, 130million acres of GM crops were grown in 13 different countries - a 19 percent increase on the amount grown in 2000. More than five million farmers now grow GM crops, in North America, Argentina, Australia, China, South Africa and elsewhere. Eastern European countries also appear keen to use GM technologies. The most popular GM crops are soy beans, maize and cotton. In the USA, the penetration of GM crops in the soy bean and cotton markets has been significant. As a proportion of the worldwide crop, it is only in soy bean production that GM crops have made a big impact.

62. CropsDaily.com Australian Broadcasting Corporation This season s cotton crop in Queensland s central highlands and Dawson Valley Sun 31 Jul 2005 http://www.cropsdaily.com/s/crops/cotton.html

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63. GEO-PIE Project: Genetically Engineered Cotton More than 70% of the US cotton crop is now genetically engineered. Although cotton is usually thought of as a fiber crop for textiles, cottonseed oil is http://www.geo-pie.cornell.edu/crops/cotton.html

Home In the Market : Cotton Am I eating GE cotton? More than 70% of the US cotton crop is now genetically engineered. Cottonseed oil is used in a variety of food products. A fully-opened boll of cotton, showing the cotton fibers inside. On This Page: Am I eating genetically engineered cotton? History and prevalence of GE cotton. Am I eating genetically engineered cotton? Eating cotton? You might be surprised to learn that you are. Although cotton is usually thought of as a fiber crop for textiles, cottonseed oil is also used in a variety of food products, including cooking oils, salad dressing, peanut butter, chips, crackers, cookies, and pastry crusts. Despite its somewhat rocky history of introduction (see below), GE varieties are widely grown in the US and accounted for 73% of the total US cotton crop. [top of page] Genetically Engineered Cotton Production in 2003 Statewise percentage of total cotton acres planted with genetically engineered cotton varieties in major cotton producing states. Cotton produced in these states represents 82% of US cotton production. Source:

64. A Growing Concern As biotech crops come to market, neither scientists who take industry money crops, a possible danger of an insufficiently tested Bt cotton seed is http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/1997/01/biotech.html

Advertisement Advertisement HOME NEWS COMMENTARY ARTS ... SUBSCRIBE NOW CRAZY PRICE! 1 year just $10 Click Here Sundays on Air America Radio THIS WEEK "First lady of the press" Helen Thomas, plus our annual roundup of the nation's top student activists Learn More... Learn about subscriber content A Growing Concern News: As biotech crops come to market, neither scientists who take industry money nor federal regulators are adequately protecting consumers and farmers. By Susan Benson, Mark Arax and Rachel Burstein January/February 1997 Issue No Exit Disaster evacuation plans throughout the US assume that people own a car. Too bad for the 23 million Americans who don't. Advertisements Your Ad Here Your Ad Here Your Ad Here Your Ad Here Advertisements It was the talk of the cotton belt last year, a hype that blew like a lush wind from Arizona to North Carolina. After a decade of high priced research, Monsanto Company was finally coming to market with a genetically altered cotton seed that would produce its own "natural" bug killer right there in every fiber of the plant. In the equipment sheds and ginning plants of central Texas, the seed was said to be a marvel of man over nature, the perfect child of a new science that would forever change agriculture. This superseed the offspring of Monsanto's union with one of the oldest seed companies in the country, Delta and Pine Land of Mississippi would reduce the need for airplanes dusting costly pesticides on the cotton fields below, at least for the bollworm and the budworm. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), a toxic bacterium long used topically by organic farmers, was now part of the plant's genetic makeup. Rain couldn't wash it off. Sun and wind wouldn't break it down. The unsuspecting caterpillars would never know what hit them. After a few innocent bites, a dose of hidden toxin would rend the pests' stomach walls like razor blades, killing the bugs within three days.

65. Southwest Farm Press: Texas Coastal Bend Crops Looking Good We need one or two more rains to make this cotton crop, said Ernest Nueces County Extension agent Harvey Buehring says the 2003 cotton crop set a http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HEW/is_16_31/ai_n6146298

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66. Research (Alternate Crops And Systems) Crop Models. GLYCIM (soybean). CPM (cotton). 2DSPUD (potato). GUICS. MelonMan. 2DSOIL. RicePSM. 2DLEAF. Global Climate Change http://www.arsusda.gov/acsl/research/accomp.html

Advanced Browse ARS Home Beltsville·BARC ... Careers Email this page Biological Control Of Plant Diseases Genetic Diversity in Cacao Plant Responses To Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Major Research Projects: Biological and Chemical Disease Control Plant Responses to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Crop Simulation Models for On-Farm Decision Support Narcotic Crop Control Strategies Farm Decision Aids GLYCIM Our on-farm experience with GLYCIM in farmers' fields helped us identify several weaknesses in the model during the past 6 years. These weaknesses were in the prediction of soybean phenology, especially floral initiation and anthesis and soybean response to short-term cold injury. A series of experiments were conducted in controlled-environment plant growth chambers and in the field and incorporated new algorithms in the model and improved the models' predictive capability under a range of conditions. Cotton Production Model CPM here Source code for CPM can be obtained from the USDA technology transfer site Potato Model 2DSOIL (described on p. 11) has been interfaced with a potato model (SIMPOTATO) that was developed by Tom Hodges of the ARS. This new model is called 2DSPUD. The process of interfacing the two models was relatively simple. The experience provides a validation of the modular design of 2DSOIL which was developed to interface with crop models. This model is an important contribution because there are no other 2D potato models available that can be used with trickle irrigation and simulate N dynamics in potato. Data were collected for two growing seasons on nitrogen movement, crop yield and soil water content in order to test the 2DSPUD model. The treatments include levels and timing of nitrogen application and irrigation including trickle irrigation. The model predicts the relative treatment effects on yield, water availability and nitrogen transport. The model has been released to farmers for input optimization and farm management after incorporating with GUICS.

67. CBS News | Biotech Crops On The Dinner Table? | March 28, 2002 18:17:22 The cotton crop is estimated at 14.8 million acres this year, 6 percent below last year. © MMII The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/28/tech/main504902.shtml

SEARCH: CBSNews.com The Web document.write('') Home U.S. World Politics ... CBS News Video March 28, 2002 18:17:22 The Early Show CBS Evening News 48 Hours 60 Minutes ... Section Front E-mail This Story Printable Version Biotech Crops On The Dinner Table? WASHINGTON, March 27, 2002 (Photo: AP) "Farming has become so competitive, so small margin, that if we can find something that works economically and environmentally we'll jump on it." Minnesota farmer Gerald Tumbleson (AP) American farmers will plant more genetically engineered crops this year, including one-third of the corn on U.S. soil, shrugging off international resistance to biotech food. The farmers are expected to grow more than 79 million acres of genetically engineered corn and soybeans, the nation's two most widely planted commodities, a 13 percent increase from last year, according to the Agriculture Department's spring survey. In North Dakota, the government says farmers expect to plant a record 2.6 million acres of soybeans, up 21 percent from last year. Fifty percent of this year's crop is expected to be planted to biotech varieties, up from 49 percent last year. The gene-altered crops require fewer chemicals, making them easier and cheaper to grow. The crops are engineered to produce their own pesticide or to be resistant to a popular weedkiller.

68. India - Farmers Want Compensation After Ruined GM Crops According to Mayee, it was too early to talk about cotton crop failures in Last month, similar reports of cotton crop failures came from adjoining http://ngin.tripod.com/110902a.htm

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69. Food Standards Agency - GM Material In Animal Feed The Chinese cotton crop is now 66% GM. The global area of GM crops for 2004 was 81 million hectares in 17 countries, up from 58.7 million hectares in 16 http://www.food.gov.uk/gmfoods/gm-animal

Search our sites Advanced search Tips Homepage GM and Novel Foods GM material in animal feed Home News Centre Nutrition Safety and Hygiene ... Email updates Printer friendly Text only GM material in animal feed Friday, 17 June 2005 Materials from GM crops are widely used in animal feed in the UK. All GM crops have been subject to a safety assessment. Food from animals fed on these crops is as safe as food from animals fed on non-GM crops. Before a GMO can either be grown or marketed in the EU, it must be granted a marketing consent under EC legislation – previously EC Directive 2001/18 on the deliberate release into the environment of GMOs, and now EC Regulation 1829/2003 laying down the assessment procedures for GM food and feed. Seven plants with potential use in animal feed have been granted Part C approvals (i.e. licensed for commercialisation in the EU) under Directive 2001/18. These comprise two herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant maize varieties (both from Syngenta), two herbicide-tolerant maizes (from Bayer and Monsanto), one insect-resistant maize (Monsanto), a herbicide-tolerant soya bean (also Monsanto), and a herbicide-tolerant oilseed rape (Bayer). Only three of these varieties – the Bayer and one each of the Monsanto and Syngenta maizes – have been licensed for cultivation in the EU; the other four have been approved for import and processing only. A comparatively large number of GM crops, including varieties of maize, soya, oilseed rape and cotton, some of which have not received marketing consents in the EU, have been approved for growing in 16 countries outside the EU – particularly North and South America, South Africa, China, India and other parts of the Far East. In 2004, 14 countries grew more than 50,000 hectares of GM crops each, including Spain. Germany is the only other EU country to have commercialised a GM crop (maize), but in a smaller quantity.

70. Biotech Crops Environmentally Safe, According To Study Crop weediness Have biotechnologyderived soybean, corn, and cotton acquired weediness traits? 4. Gene flow and outcrossing Do biotechnology-derived http://www.useu.be/Categories/Biotech/June2502BiotechCropsStudy.html

Biotech Crops Environmentally Safe, According to Study Date June 25, 2002 A leading private research institute in the United States says that biotechnology-derived soybeans, maize (corn) and cotton yield environmental benefits and pose no more environmental concerns than conventionally developed crops. The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST), copublisher of a new report comparing the environmental impacts of biotechnology-derived and traditional crops, also recommends that development of agricultural biotechnology be continued. The report is the result of a comprehensive review by a group of researchers of a broad range of scientific literature on agriculture and the environment, said Teresa Gruber, CAST executive vice president, at a June 25 press briefing. The researchers concluded that soil, air and water quality all benefit from the "responsible use" of biotechnology, the report says. At the briefing, Allan Felsot, an environmental chemistry specialist at Washington State University and one of the report's researchers/authors, said one of the environmental benefits of biotechnology-derived maize is that it requires less herbicide and pesticide application that can contaminate water sources. Biotech maize also does not require tillage, resulting in less soil erosion, he said.

71. Untitled Document All of the other crops grown at The Hermitage supported the cotton crop, by either feeding the work force and animals or providing raw materials for rope http://www.thehermitage.com/hermtg_history/agriculture/content.htm

The Jackson Years After Jackson By the 1870 Agricultural Census, agriculture at The Hermitage had changed radically. The slaves had been freed and most had moved away. Andrew Jackson Junior died in 1865 and his son Samuel died of wounds suffered at the Battle of Chickamauga. Sarah Jackson, her son Andrew Jackson III, tenant farmers, and a few day laborers farmed The Hermitage. The Jacksons reported no cotton production at all in 1870 and 1880. Livestock and grain production were greatly reduced. They produced 500 pounds of butter in 1870, half the production of 1850. Alfred Jackson, a freed slave tenant farmer, produced one bale of cotton in 1870 and two bales in 1880. Most of his 40 acres were devoted to subsistence farming for his family. Back to Hermitage History

72. Australia State Of The Environment Report 2001 - Land Theme Report: Soil And Lan chemicals such as foliarBt sprays, and trap crops grown alongside cotton. The remaining 70% of conventional cotton crop still requires a total of 10 to http://www.deh.gov.au/soe/2001/land/land06-6.html

Skip navigation links About us Contact us Publications ... What's new State of the Environment Australia Supporting Reports Atmosphere Biodiversity Coasts and Oceans Human Settlements Inland Waters Land Natural and Cultural Heritage 2001 SoE Report SoE 2001 Home Inland Waters Reporting Contents Contents List Acronyms Case Studies Environmental Indicators Figures Glossary Maps References Tables You are here: DEH Home SoE Home ... Land Land Theme Report Australia State of the Environment Report 2001 (Theme Report) Prepared by: Ann Hamblin, Bureau of Rural Sciences CSIRO Publishing on behalf of the Department of the Environment and Heritage © Commonwealth of Australia 2001, ISBN 643 06748 5 Contents Previous Next Soil and land pollution (continued) CONDITION (continued) Progress in Integrated Pest Management and risk reduction in agricultural industries: case studies Risk assessment Integrated Pest Management: cotton Integrated Pest Management: horticultural crops GM crops ... Implications Risk assessment Today environmental impacts can only be estimated by consideration of the types of chemicals habitually used in rural industry relating to land use. CSIRO is trialling a Pesticide Impact Ranking Index (PIRI) (Kookana et al. unpubl.; see PIRI: Pesticides Impact Ranking Index ) that has the potential to provide relative assessment of the potential impact of different chemicals used in rural industries.

73. Planet Ark : FEATURE - Indian Farmers Caught In War Over GM Crops But Patel s joy over the success of his cotton crop planted in his tiny, oneacre plot proved short-lived. Authorities have found Patel and hundreds of http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/13566/story.htm

Subscribe to daily environment news Cartridges 4 Planet Ark Planet Ark Home Our UK Home Page Select a topic from this pull-down menu Read the latest Reuters World Environment News Look at the latest Reuters Environment News Pictures Receive free daily news headlines via email Search the Planet Ark News Archive Find out about National Tree Day Visit the Planet Ark Media Centre Who are Planet Ark? Find out about Planet Ark's campaigns Find out about the local recycling services available in your area FEATURE - Indian farmers caught in war over GM crops Mail this story to a friend Printer friendly version INDIA: December 5, 2001 MODASA, India - When Ambalal Patel's cotton field stayed pest-free this year, he thought it had more to do with favourable planetary positions than the hybrid seeds he had planted. But Patel's joy over the success of his cotton crop planted in his tiny, one-acre plot proved short-lived. Authorities have found Patel and hundreds of other farmers in India's western Gujarat state - a major cotton growing belt - used genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds, banned by the government. Now they say the crop will have to be destroyed because it is bacillus thuringiensis cotton, otherwise known as BT cotton.

74. From Iatp@igc.apc.orgFri Mar 1 214218 1996 Date Thu, 29 Feb Pakistan Picks Bumper cotton Crop, FINANCIAL TIMES, January 9, 1996. EGYPT Earlier this month, the Egyptian government lifted its ban on cotton exports, http://www.ibiblio.org/london/orgfarm/crops/Organic.Cotton.Monitor

From iatp@igc.apc.orgFri Mar 1 21:42:18 1996 Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 14:45:37 -0800 (PST) From: IATP To: Recipients of conference . E-mail versions are available free of charge to Econet and IATPnet subscribers. For information about fax or mail subscriptions or for a list of other IATP publications, contact the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 1313 5th St. SE, Suite 303, Minneapolis, MN 55414. 612-379-5980, fax: 612-379-5982, e-mail . For information about IATP's contract research services, contact Dale Wiehoff at IATP . From iatp@igc.orgFri Dec 6 20:40:15 1996 Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 11:17:33 -0800 (PST) From: IATP . For information about IATP's contract research services, contact Dale Wiehoff at IATP

75. 2005 SJV Cotton Crop Model Of Inconsistency The only thing consistent about the 2005 San Joaquin Valley cotton crop is its inconsistency. http://westernfarmpress.com/news/8-8-05-SJV-cotton-crop-inconsistent/

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76. Daily Times - Site Edition India heading for record cotton crop India dealers to discuss rupee trend cotton trade picks up China’s trade surplus rises to $50b in July http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_12-8-2005_pg5_21

77. Economics USDA s January Crop Production Report estimates total US cotton production for the Follow the development of the 2005 cotton crop, updated each Monday. http://www.cotton.org/econ/index.cfm

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78. Designing A Counter-Cyclical Support Program For example, USDA s projected 1999 US cotton crop declined 1.9 million bales between its Copyright © 19962005 National cotton Council of America. http://www.cotton.org/issues/2001/Counter-Cyclical.cfm

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79. RAIN WON'T HELP SOUTH TEXAS COTTON CROP Drought also has taken its toll on the size of the Valley s cotton crop, This year s crop is estimated at only 200000 acres of cotton planted, http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/DRGHT/Jun1202b.htm

June 12, 2002 RAIN WON'T HELP SOUTH TEXAS COTTON CROP Writer: Rod Santa Ana III 956-968-5581 r-santaana@tamu.edu Contact: John Norman 956-968-5581 j-norman@tamu.edu WESLACO Sporadic rains the past few weeks have done little to improve the outlook for the Lower Rio Grande Valley's 2002 cotton crop. Both irrigated and dryland fields are suffering from extreme heat, a lack of water and plant-choking, naturally-occurring salts in the soils. To add insult to already injured farmers, cotton growers will receive record low prices for any cotton they manage to harvest this year. "Some irrigated fields are already blooming at the top of the plant, meaning those plants will produce no more this year, regardless of how much rain or irrigation they receive between now and harvest time in mid-July and early August," he said. Norman said very few dryland cotton fields responded to recent rainfalls. "Rains simply came too little too late for the majority of dryland fields," he said. "Some dryland fields that have managed to hold on are short and still harvestable, but those are the minority." Rainfall would help leech soils of salt build-up from irrigation water and heat, and plants may even respond with significant growth, but the majority of plants have matured beyond their ability to respond to any amount of moisture.

80. TEXAS CROP AND WEATHER REPORT COLLEGE STATION – cotton growers are expecting a good crop in the state whether Lemon summed up Texas more than 6 millionacre cotton crop as good, http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/CROP/Aug2404a.htm

Aug. 24, 2004 TEXAS CROP AND WEATHER REPORT Writer: Stephanie Jeter (979)862-1556, workn1@neo.tamu.edu Contact: Jose Pena (830)278-9151, jg-pena@tamu.edu Dr. Brent Bean (806)677-5600, b-bean@tamu.edu Bradley Cowan (956)383-1026, b-cowan@tamu.edu Dr. Robert Lemon (979)845-0870, r-lemon@tamu.edu COLLEGE STATION – Cotton growers are expecting a good crop in the state whether harvest is just beginning or ending Texas Cooperative Extension reports. "All in all, the cotton that has been harvested is good, high-quality cotton and we're making much better yields than in the past," said Dr. Robert Lemon of College Station, Extension cotton specialist. "Cool temperatures are affecting the growth of cotton on the High Plains, and that's the big story right now. There's a wonderful crop on the plant, we just need the warm weather to finish it out." Cotton harvest is expected to begin in about a month in the Panhandle. "The main thing about cotton this year is that we've had an exceptionally cool summer, and that means [cotton] is a little low on heat unit accumulation," said Dr. Brent Bean of Amarillo, Extension agronomist. Heat units are a measurement of air temperature. "It is the average of the daily maximum and minimum air temperatures minus a base temperature of 60 F," he said. "Basically, what it all means is that cotton needs a lot of hot weather." Without the hot weather, cotton quality and yields will decrease. In order for a cotton boll to fill and have the fiber of cotton mature, it needs a certain amount of time and heat, he said.

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