#corn

2025-12-12

#Bailout

#Farmers will get more money from #Trump.

When Trump promised new #tariffs while running for office, Gene Stehly worried that #trade disputes would jeopardize his international #sales of #corn, #soybeans & #wheat.

A little more than a year later, Stehly said his fears have become a reality, & Trump’s latest promise of #FederalAssistance is insufficient to cover #US farmers’ losses.

#economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #recession #trumpcession
apnews.com/article/trump-soybe

2025-12-12

A Month After #Trump Doubles Down on #Atrazine, #WHO Dubs It ‘Probably #Carcinogenic to Humans’

“It is outrageously irresponsible that we still allow use of this dangerous #poison in the United States,” said the Center for Biological Diversity’s environmental health science director.

Jessica Corbett
Nov 21, 2025

"Just a month after the Trump administration doubled down on the alleged safety of atrazine, a United Nations agency said on Friday that the pesticide—which is banned by dozens of countries but commonly used on #corn, #sugarcane, and #sorghum in the United States—probably causes #cancer.

" 'It is outrageously irresponsible that we still allow use of this dangerous poison in the United States,' said Nathan Donley, the Center for Biological Diversity’s environmental health science director, in a Friday statement. 'This finding is just the latest indictment of the industry-controlled US #pesticide oversight process that is failing to protect people and #wildlife from chemicals linked to numerous health harms.' "

commondreams.org/news/atrazine

#CommonDreams #EPAFail #Bayer
#ToxicPesticides #Monocrops
#Monocrap #BigAg #BigChem #Poison #USPol #WorldPol #Pesticides #CenterForBiologlicalDiversity

2025-12-11

#GMOCorn & #Glyphosate: New evidence for precaution from Mexican scientists

March 4, 2025

"Most #corn grown in the U.S. is #GeneticallyModified to tolerate the spraying of #glyphosate-based herbicides. These #herbicides are linked to cancer, endocrine disruption and other health concerns.

"#Mexico banned genetically modified (#GM) corn from use in tortillas in 2023. The #US challenged the policy as an unfair trade practice, claiming Mexico’s precautionary policies were not based on science. In response, Mexico’s national science agency compiled one of the most comprehensive and thorough reviews to date of current scientific evidence showing #HealthRisks associated with production and consumption of the most widely grown crop in the U.S.

"In this webinar, the former director of Mexico’s National Council for Humanities, Science and Technology and the agency’s lead researcher on the topic presented Mexico’s recently released scientific review document. The evidence draws on recent literature to make the case that there are unacceptable health risks from GM corn and glyphosate for Mexican people who consume large quantities of minimally processed corn in food products such as tortillas.

"Dr. #ElenaÁlvarezBuylla, who directed the national science agency for six years, outlined the research carried out to underpin Mexico’s 2023 decree to restrict the use of GM corn in tortillas and other minimally processed corn products, and to phase out the use of glyphosate.

"Erica Hagman Aguilar presented the key findings from the well-referenced 200-page science dossier, which was recently translated into English.

"This webinar was moderated by researcher and writer Timothy A. Wise.

"The discussion was co-hosted with #USRightToKnow, a nonprofit public health research group. It was presented with simultaneous English/Spanish interpretation. "

Learn more / watch [videos available in both English and Spanish]:
healthandenvironment.org/che-w

#EPAFail #FoodWaterWatch #Glyphosate #Bayer #ToxicPesticides #Monocrops #Monocrap #BigAg #BigChem #Corruption #Poison #Crapitalism #CapitalismKills #RoundUpKills #USPol #WorldPol

warzazel.xulubwarzazel
2025-12-11

Die Lemmy-Corn-Welle nervt 🙄

Ingrid Hoeben Ⓥ 🇧🇪IngridHbn@mastodon.online
2025-12-10
2025-12-10

Apparently there's some #corn #shitposting going on in @lemmyshitpost right now. Not sure the motive, but I like it regardless! 😄

(I hope this doesn't get posted there).

2025-12-09

EFSA reconfirms that a #drought tolerant GM #maize is as safe as non-GM varieties with respect to potential effects on #health and the environment: doi.org/10.2903/j.ef... #corn #plantbreeding #GMO #foodsafety #biosafety

Assessment of genetically modi...

2025-12-09

Fermented foods that can be deadly!

The soil-borne bacteria Burkholderia cocovenenans produces bongkrekic acid, a potent respiratory toxin - which can be found in poorly prepared fermented coconut or corn products. Not common where I live, but more so in Indonesia and China, so be cautious about eating tempe bongkrek!

scientificamerican.com/article

#FermentedFoods #FoodPoisoning #BacterialToxin #Corn #Coconut

Yellow Papayaexoticroot
2025-12-08
Edge 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈czarbucks@vmst.io
2025-12-07

Someone had scored a happy find, doubtless from a decorative harvest display... no idea how he had gotten this so far into the park.

Kept dropping it as he dragged it up the tree trunk, which was quite amusing, as it was close to his own size.

#Squirrel #Corn

A grey squirrel is grabbing (for about the 3rd time) a half-cob of corn with leaves attached, lying on the ground near a tree trunk.  This is AFTER he had dropped it (again) while trying to carry it up,  doubtless to a nest.

The fluttering of the corn husks as he climbed the tree is what drew our attention in the first place, it was very strange-looking.The squirrel is now about 15' above the ground, but hanging with his head down, trying to prop the corn against a small limb.  Everything is a brownish grey, except the bright orange/yellow of the corn kernels.

He quickly ran with it around to the far side of the trunk, doubtless because our laughter was making him mad.

A cold morning, and quite the find, wherever he got it.
Dr. Fortyseven 🥃 █▓▒░fortyseven@defcon.social
2025-12-07
Martin Owens :inkscape:doctormo@floss.social
2025-12-07

Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint.

Of course, policies that would mitigate climate impact got stripped out by the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

Good reporting by Floodlight

floodlightnews.org/corn-ethano

#corn #AgPolicy #Climate #ClimateChange #GroundwaterPollution #biofuels #KingCorn #NitrousOxide #ethanol #nitrate #nitrogen #groundwater #NitrogenFertilizer #agriculture #lobbying #CorporateLobbying #OBBBA

UmWerker 🕊 ☮️ 🤘UmWerker@hachyderm.io
2025-11-24

#Scientists have been studying the plants in #DeathValley and have decoded the #genes that enable them to survive in this scorching environment. They now want to implement these genes in #wheat, #corn, and other important crops.

That's right, screw #nature. If it doesn't obey us, we'll just build a new one.

2025-11-21

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#corn

Display of packaged ears of corn at a grocery store. The display is labeled with a handwritten sign reading "corn $2.99 per package" but the word "corn" is in unnecessary quotation marks.
Kint :verified:🤘💀kint@mstdn.ca
2025-11-20

Get your hot #corn action here!

cornhub.website/

#humour

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