Terry Etherton’s Blog on Hormones, Biotechnology, and Food Safety

First published as: Etherton, TD. IMPROVING ANIMAL AGRICULTURE THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY. In Economic Perspective, an electronic journal of the U.S. Department of State. Vol. 8, No. 3, September 2003

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Over the past 20 years, biotechnology has lead to the development of new processes and products that have benefited agriculture and society. Between 1996 and 2002 there was a 35-fold increase in acreage planted globally with genetically modified (GM) crops (from 1.7 to 58.1 million hectares) and more than a quarter of GM crops are grown in developing countries. Read the rest of this entry »

Terry Etherton

Animal cloning has generated much public discussion about the need for, and safety of this scientific method. In this Blog I present information that the biotechnology is safe for both animals and consumers. In addition, it provides many benefits which is why so many scientists and livestock producers are excited about the technology being approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Read the rest of this entry »