The New York Times – March 23, 2010
The Florida orange industry is currently facing a sweeping tide of disease that has adversely affected its orange tree crop for the past five years, and leaves the industry to look into genetically engineering its citrus trees, according to a report released by the National Academy of Sciences. [...]
MarketWatch – March 9, 2010
Maui Land & Pineapple has reported a net loss of $30.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to last year’s fourth quarter reported loss of $70.6 million. Its revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 were $9.2 million, down by nearly $1 million when compared to its $10.0 million [...]
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) has released its annual report on the global status of commercialized biotech crops. In addition to sharing the state of agricultural biotechnology worldwide, the ISAAA report discusses major developments impacting biotech crop adoption, including China’s landmark decision to approve biotech rice and [...]