Field Corn Seeds

Foreign company speaks on GM corn field trials

LAHORE: Monsanto Pakistan had submitted an application in October 2008 seeking approval for seed import and field trials of Genetically Modified corn in Pakistan. The permission was granted and the process of field trials continued for two years. The trials concluded successfully in December 2010, and consequently, in February 2011, Monsanto Pakistan submitted an application and a scientific dossier seeking approval for commercial release of Genetically Modified Corn. This product is named “VT Double Pro.” It provides in-plant protection with dual modes of action to protect against certain above-ground pests that plague Pakistani farmers, including the corn Stem borer, (Chilo partellus), American bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), army worm (Spodoptera litura) and beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). This product also provides the corn plant with tolerance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup(r) brand agricultural herbicides, opening up new possibilities for weed control for Pakistani farmers. Till date, VT Double Pro has been planted on millions of acres in 9 countries. The safety of VT Double Pro as stack or singles for food & feed or environmental releases purposes has been approved by regulators in over 20 countries, including regulators in the United States, Argentina, Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Honduras, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan and the European Union. The National Bio-safety Committee (NBC) authorized Monsanto to import limited quantities of VT Double Pro seed to conduct field trials under permit. These trials were conducted strictly in accordance with protocols established by the Field Monitoring Sub-committee of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). As per its trial permit, Monsanto submitted the locations of the trials, type of trial (Agronomic / Phenotypic evaluation, NTO studies, Ecological interactions, Productions of crop tissues for gene expression studies, Insect bio-efficacy, Weed control with Roundup(r) herbicide, Crop safety against use of Roundup(r) Herbicide, Large Scale etc.), planting dates, plans for field operations to National Bio-safety Centre for the each year. Members of the Field Monitoring Sub-committee of TAC visited all the trial locations a number of times to witness the product performance, verify adherence with trial permit conditions and collect necessary relevant data.

Field Corn Planting Time « Window On The Prairie

Wow, it seems like just yesterday I was reading about Harland harvesting the feed corn! So when do you plant the corn for human comsumption…in your own little garden? So, anyhow, is it me, or do those kernels look green. I was thinking maybe it was a kind of fertilizer on them. But then, the kernel he uncovered to check the depth looked red. I am amazed at all those bags of kernels…and that was probably his second fill up! That is a lot of planting!

I once went down to the place the farmers go and told them I wanted to buy some seed corn, this was for my home garden. They asked me how much I wanted and I told them just a little bit for like a couple rows. They all laughed and gave me an envelope full and I remember it was pink. Insectcide or fertilizer I think they said.I know, I can’t believe I am admitting that!

These pictures remind me of growing up on the farm. The only thing was we were poor farmers and did not have all the fancy John Deere tractors. We used to take a flat hay wagon in the fields and walk along side it picking up large rocks out of the field and put them on the wagon. We also picked and shelled a lot of field corn by hand!! My parents used to tell us that if we found a red ear of corn we were lucky. We were so gullable back then!

The Northwestern reporter

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