U.K. OKs GMO trials

Full-scale trials of three GM crops across England and Wales have been given the go ahead after enough farmers were recruited to conduct the tests.

On Friday, an independent committee of scientists agreed that 15 fields of modified oilseed rape, 16 fields of modified corn, and 25 fields of mixed GM sugar and fodder beet could be planted this spring. The British government had originally hoped to have 25 fields of each crop. Although the planting was originally scheduled for March 1, it is now unlikely to start until April to allow time for the sites to be advertised in the local press...