In December 2002 YieldGard
Corn Borer insect-protected corn was approved
for propagation, which set a milestone for Philippine
agriculture as the first
biotech food crop approved in Asia.com .
profitably ambic
monsanto.
About Metabolix
Founded in 1992, Metabolix, Inc. Metabolix is the world leader in applying the advanced tools
of
metabolic engineering and molecular biology to efficiently produce PHA
biobased natural plastics
in microbial systems and directly in non-food plant
crops."
"Although a big part of our efforts
in 2005 has been focused on building
out our infrastructure and running
in-field research tests
on a variety of products, which have produced very
promising market potential, and although 2005
sales numbers have not yet
been as large as some would desire or resulted as soon, the Company is
making real progress in lining up future marketing contacts not only for
agricultural products
, but for marketing consumer -- lawn & garden products
as well.
All of US BioTec's products
are non-toxic, non-carcinogenic and
bio-degradable alternatives to the toxic and sometimes carcinogenic
agrichemicals that have been widely used by farmers for decades.midstates lmc
9 billion.
"The 2005 spring
/summer research with the TSWV products has yielded a
tremendous advancement in our
anti-pathogen
product capabilities. These tests have proven that USBO
products applied correctly and precisely
can offer acceptable field control
of TSWV on peanuts, and the limited trials on tobacco have shown
positive
signs as well. farmers
intend to treat a large percentage of soybean acres for "Asian
Rust.usbiotec-corp.oenothera dtb
Roundup Ready Corn is Monsanto Philippines' second biotech crop approval
.
Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is a leading provider of agricultural
solutions to growers
worldwide. uses sophisticated biotechnology to
produce environmentally friendly performance materials
from renewable
resources.
USBO will soon start selling to vegetable operations in the Southeast
to
get sales of its fruiting agents and growth promotion products out on 2005
fall and winter
vegetable crops.nonprofessionals midstates
Together, these technologies will set the stage for enhanced production of
crops
that will assist in achieving food security and the acceleration of the
agricultural economy.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Roundup Ready, Roundup and YieldGard are trademarks
owned by Monsanto Company
and its wholly owned subsidiaries."
"A broadly useful family of bio-based, biodegradable natural
plastics will
be commercially available for the first time," stated Jim Barber, President
and
CEO of Metabolix.com . Headquartered in
Decatur, Illinois, ADM has over 25,000 employees, more than
250 processing
plants and net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 of $35.PRESS RELEASE
US BioTec Updates Field Testing of Various Agricultural Bio-Chemical Products
And, even if they
were to enter this market later, USBO will
still have the "ecologically friendly" marketing edge
on their toxic
products.inoculants lmc
These activities were the first in-field "real world" studies ever done
outside controlled lab and greenhouse studies of prior years.S. The Company's products are
designed
to rehabilitate soils, repel insects and increase crop (plant)
yields through environmentally friendly
alternatives to toxic man-made
pesticides and caustic synthetic fertilizers.profitably officinalis
This approval is expected
to lead to an increased number of
biotechnology acres planted in that country as growers realize
the value of
the technology.
This means that Filipino farmers now have access to the most advanced
agriculture technology available in Asia, in support of the national
government's focus on food
security and poverty alleviation. Roundup Ready
crops allow growers to use Roundup glyphosate-based
agricultural herbicides
over the top of growing plants, thereby offering more effective weed control
with an herbicide that has a favorable environmental profile. The product has a demonstrated ability
to improve both
yields and quality of grain that, in turn, increases growers' incomes. The PHA natural
plastics are produced
using a fully biological fermentation process that converts agricultural raw
materials, such as corn sugar, into a versatile range of plastics that have
excellent durability
in use, but are compostable in both hot and cold compost,
and are biodegraded even in the marine
environment.5 million acres, with peanuts being
the largest acreage crop.
USBO will continue
to research and develop new products as markets present
themselves.S.inoculants iceni
According to the International
Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech
Applications (ISAAA), the estimated global area of approved
biotech crops for
2004 was 81 million hectares (200 million acres), up from 67.ADM and Metabolix
Announce First Commercial Plant for PHA Natural Plastics
Allen Andreas, ADM Chairman, Chief Executive
and President.
"To put the TSWV situation into perspective, it is a niche market that has
been
begging and screaming for control products for about 10 years. The Company feels
extremely confident
that sales of its soybean product will be significant
for the 2006 soybean growing season as some
university and industry sources
believe the "Asian Rust" will spread to more acres each year. USBO
's biotechnology has attracted the attention of sizable
companies within these industries," declares
Joyner.oenothera bouma
These compounds can also be modified for use on bell
peppers and tomatoes. Still,
no
company has offered any good product technology, primarily because TSWV
does not generate the product
sales needed to attract the large ag-chem
companies' interest," explains Joyner. All
statements
, other than statements of fact, included in this release may
include forward-looking statements that
may involve risks and
uncertainties.agribusiness oenothera
Approval for Monsanto's Roundup Ready Corn Will Bring More Ag
Biotech Benefits to Farmers in the Philippines
Listings of firms that offer international services
and expertise in business, marketing and economy of agriculture and allied industries.
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Therefore USBO
believes that it is logical to assume that it
should control the TSWV market for the next several
years without any real
outside competition to drive down the profit margin of these products.cede lmc
YieldGard
Corn Borer corn was planted on
54,000 hectares (133,000 acres) in 2004, benefiting mostly small-holder
Filipino farmers.
The plant will have an initial annual capacity of 50,000 tons per year, be
located
at a major ADM North American site and serve the joint venture being
established by the companies
. USBO is striving to be the U. There can be no assurance that such statements will be
accurate and
actual results and future events could differ materially from
those anticipated in such statements
. The Company undertakes no obligation
to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently
occurring
events or circumstances or to reflect unanticipated events or developments.inoculants ambic
Record
rainfall levels in areas of Georgia this spring and summer where the
Company had already made contacts
to sell tobacco and vegetable products,
coupled with an extraordinary drought in areas of Indiana
where USBO had
made contacts to test market its "Asian Rust or anti-pathogen" product for
soybeans
, has hindered sales in each market area. market
leader in the expanding bio-chemical sector of the
annual multi-billion
dollar agricultural chemical marketplace.inoculants officinalis
Monsanto's employees provide top-quality
,
cost-effective and integrated approaches to help farmers improve their
productivity and produce
better quality foods. USBO's positive
research trials on peanuts have provided the confidence needed
for the
Company to arrange to mass market its anti-TSWV peanut product(s) in 2006.
agribusiness bouma
For more information
on
Monsanto, see: http://www. "Consumers and users concerned by the negative impacts
of persistent
petrochemical plastics on the environment and their dependence
on volatile, non-renewable resources
from unstable regions will now have a
practical alternative."
In 2004, ADM and Metabolix announced
a strategic alliance to commercialize
the Metabolix proprietary PHA technology, which is protected
by over 130
issued and pending U. patents.
Additional information can be found on ADM's Web site
at
http://www. Excellent results have been achieved in controlling
TSWV to the point of suppression
that lasted for several weeks on
previously infected actual in-field grown peanut plants using USBO
's
experimental anti-pathogen
bio-chemical technology. and several universities have indicated
U. This should significantly boost
revenues for next year.cargill prochaska
"As the world's
demand for petroleum
continues to increase, ADM believes that this facility is
a positive step towards producing renewable
plastics that offer the global
marketplace an alternative to traditional petroleum-derived plastics
. ADM is also a leader in the
production of soy meal and oil, ethanol, corn sweeteners and flour.
S.
lmc velcourt
7 million
hectares (167 million acres) in 2003.
The plant will produce PHA natural
plastics that have a wide variety of
applications in products currently made from petrochemical plastics
, including
coated paper, film, and molded goods.S.
US BioTec, Inc.midstates linkages
, Archer Daniels
Midland
Company (NYSE: ADM) and Metabolix have announced that ADM will build the first
commercial
plant to produce a new generation of high-performance natural
plastics that are eco-friendly and
based on sustainable, renewable resources.
"The plastics created from PHA polymers are natural
, biodegradable and
renewable, and we are pleased to begin their commercial production," stated G
.
PHA natural plastics are a broad and versatile family of polymers that
range in properties
from rigid to elastic, and they can be converted into
molded and thermoformed goods, extruded coatings
and film, blown film, fibers,
adhesives and many other products. They can be both
hot and cold
composted.9 million acres of soybeans would be
planted in the U. The product results achieved through
2005
sales should put US BioTec in an even better marketing position in 2006
when it begins offering
many more of it products to farmers in the same
regions as well as in many other states. One of
which is a proposed solution to control "citrus
canker," the most devastating fruit growing problem
in Florida. To learn more about US
BioTec and its products, please visit www.agribusiness fintrac
Biotech crops were
grown by
approximately 8. USBO will begin the initial
marketing of the anti-TSWV products for
tobacco in the first quarter of
2006 and will begin marketing similar products for application on
tomatoes
and bell peppers later in 2006. The
four-crop market is estimated around 2. Based on
the resources of this
national partner, and their existing presence in several thousand stores of
major mass retailers, this joint venture would place USBO far ahead of our
initial consumer products
sales projections in the lucrative lawn & garden
retail market," concludes Joyner.
About US
BioTec
US BioTec was established to profitably develop, manufacture, market and
distribute
bio-degradable, non-toxic and
non-carcinogenic products to agriculture, the commercial turf industry
,
forestry, golf courses, professional landscapers, nurseries and mass market
retail lawn and garden
markets.timberlands inoculants
25 million farmers in 17 countries during 2004, with 90
percent of the farmers being resource
-poor farmers in developing countries.
About ADM
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM
) is a world leader in agricultural
processing and fermentation technology.admworld. Even though
the tobacco trials were hindered by
massive rain totals throughout the entire growing season, results
from this
field research, as well as results from prior controlled environment
research, coupled
with the success of its "sister compound" on peanuts,
indicates that the new tobacco product has
now achieved the efficiency
level necessary to justify limited mass production of two
anti-TSWV
products for two different applications on tobacco seedlings and
in-field tobacco transplants in
2006.
USBO feels confident that it should be in position to control the anti-TSWV
product
market for the foreseeable future. In 2005 the
USDA projected approximately 73.
"In addition
, we are aggressively pursuing ongoing talks with a large
nationally known lawn & garden equipment
company about the potential joint
venture that was previously announced, wherein USBO will develop
a line of
consumer products to be branded, distributed and marketed by this partner.iceni fintrac
MANILA, Philippines
, The Philippines
Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry, the body that reviews
applications
for approval of plant biotechnology products, has given
commercial approval to Roundup Ready Corn
developed by Monsanto Company
(NYSE: MON). For more information, please visit http://www.metabolix
. ADM is one of the world's largest
processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. The windfall for
US BioTec is very significant, with
potential new annual sales that can easily total millions of
dollars due to
the ready-made market(s) that obviously exists for anti-TSWV products,"
states
Jimmy Joyner, CEO of US BioTec.com.prochaska siod
DECATUR, Ill.com . This is a major breakthrough for the Company
because to date, no other conventional (toxic) or biotechnology (non-toxic)
product has adequately
inhibited infection of the virus, or inhibited the
function of the pathogen within an infected plant
.
Our goal at this point is to sign a deal in time to have the first joint
products available for
Spring/Summer 2006.
Certain statements in this news release may contain forward-looking
information
within the meaning of the Federal securities laws.iceni lmc
They have excellent shelf life and
resistance
even to hot liquids, greases and oils, yet they biodegrade in
aquatic, marine and soil environments
and under anaerobic conditions, such as
found in septic systems and municipal waste treatment plants
. The
agrichemical market, which is measured in the tens of billions of dollars
annually, is controlled
primarily by a handful of large multi-national
corporations such as DuPont, Syngenta, Bayer, BASF
, Dow Chemical and
Monsanto.commercialize agribusiness
"The new approval in the Philippines indicates that countries
around the
world continue to recognize the safety and benefits of agricultural
biotechnology products
," said Brett Begemann, Executive Vice President of
International Commercial for Monsanto.
They are made using proprietary processes developed by
Metabolix from renewable and sustainable
agricultural raw materials. In
addition, ADM produces value-added food and feed ingredients. (OTC:
USBO), an emerging player
in the rapidly growing
bio-chemical sector of the multi-billion dollar
agri-business industry,
today announced results of several weeks of research activity that it has
produced overwhelmingly positive initial results from in-field research and
controlled tests of
several new products in the pathogen control area.
The latest US BioTec (USBO) biotechnology
research, which tested a new type
of anti-pathogen bio-chemical compound on peanuts in Terrell County
,
Georgia, demonstrated a significant break-through in Tomato Spotted Wilt
Virus (TSWV) control
. This is based on the fact that
even though the sales potential for anti-TSWV products for these
four crops
total millions of dollars annually, which should prove to be quite
profitable for a
company the size of USBO, it is too small of a core market
to make it economically feasible for the
ag-chemical giants to justify
spending tens of millions of dollars, plus several years of research
and
development, to produce a toxic chemistry-based product(s) for TSWV
control.cargill midstates
The approval
comes after a four-year process under the strict supervision
and oversight of the National Committee
on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP)
and agencies of the Department of Agriculture. The Philippines
currently imports 1 million metric tons
of corn every year.
Also this summer, another new
compound similar to the peanut compound
mentioned above, was applied to TSWV-infected in-field grown
tobacco plants
in Coffee County, Georgia.timberlands siod
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