FARGO, N.D. -- Twenty years after scientists at North Dakota State University were among the first to conduct genetically modified potato research trials in the U.S., J.R. Simplot Co. has received U.S ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European regulators are pushing ahead with plans to allow farmers to grow a genetically modified (GMO) potato but focusing first on its use in feed and non-food industries due to ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved two types of genetically engineered potatoes that resist the pathogens which caused the Irish potato famine. J.R. Simplot Co., the company that ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three types of potatoes genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the environment and safe to eat, federal officials announced.

Michigan State University potato breeder Dave Douches has genetically finessed a breed that will store longer, stay fresher and even make potato chips taste better, researchers said. Which means, ...

BOISE (AP) | The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of a potato that is genetically modified to resist bruising and to produce less of a chemical that has caused cancer in ...

AMES, Iowa – New research from an Iowa State University economist found consumers were willing to spend more for genetically modified potato products with reduced levels of a chemical compound linked ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU environment ministers will rekindle Europe's simmering row on genetically modified (GMO) foods next month when they tackle three different strands of the debate, including ...

People have been farming — and eating — a GMO for thousands of years without knowing it. Scientists have found genes from bacteria in sweet... The first genetically modified crop wasn't made by a ...

BOISE, Idaho • Potatoes that won't bruise and apples that won't brown are a step closer to grocery store aisles. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the genetically engineered foods, ...