December, 1999

SURFING the WEB
Information on Genetically Modified Crops


The Steps in Cleaning a Combine
A 10-minute video showing how to clean a combine to avoid contamination (view on-line or order). http://www.oilseeds.org/asa/video/clean-combine.htm

Segregating Genetically Modified Crops 
http://www.bae.umn.edu/extens/postharvest/gmoip.html

Genetically Modified Crops: Guidelines for Producers 
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/pages/grain/news/gmo/99gmohar.htm

Transgenic Crops: Concerns and Handling 
http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm/CAT99_field/FC10-08-99.htm#1

Farm Economics: Current Issues; Handling GMO Grain
Iowa State University Virtual GMO Meeting, September 15, 1999. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/feci/HGMO/

The GMO Problem: Short Term Hassle and Long Term Challenge 
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/pages/grain/news/gmo/99crhgmo.htm

Farm Economics: Current Issues; GMO Concerns Clarification
Iowa State University Virtual GMO Meeting, April 28, 1999. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/feci/VGMO/

USDA Secretary Dan Glickman's National Press Club Speech on Policy Issues Related to Biotechnology
http://www.usda.gov/news/releases/1999/07/0285

Update on the European Market and Genetically Engineered Field Crops
http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm/CAT98_field/C04-30-98.htm#2

 

Scientific Paper Outlining the Potential Health Implications of Genetically Modified Foods 
From the United Kingdom's National Department of Health. http://www.doh.gov.uk/gmfood.htm

Biotechnology: Food Security and Safety
Explores many of the multifaceted policy questions associated with agricultural biotechnology.  http://www.usia.gov/journals/ites/1099/ijee/ijee1099.htm

Biotechnology: Tomorrow's Agricultural Safety and Health Issues?
http://gaia.bae.umn.edu/~fs/Digest2/ntlnews.htm

Of Corn and Butterflies
U.S. farmers are planting 20 million acres of bioengineered corn. Will it poison the monarchs? http://www.pathfinder.com/time/magazine/articles/0,3266,25411,00.html

Time Magazine's summary of Cornell's research related to Bt corn and the Monarch butterflies
Effect of pollen from Bt corn on Monarch butterflies MSUE generated discussion of the Nature article, and a list of related questions and answers.
http://www.msue.msu.edu/ipm/Reports/BtMonarch.htm


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