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* Glyphosate resistance has spread to kochia weed populations in Kansas with GM driven glyphosate resistance in general estimated to be affecting nearly 11 million acres in the US (Reuters, 26 February 2010)
* Pesticide applications on Bt Cotton in India are rising as new pests attack GM varieties (Telegraph (Calcutta) 16 February 2010)
* Scientists have voiced support for research which shows rising levels of pesticide applications on GM crops in the United States (Nature Biotechnology, February 2010)
* Although Bt crops in America helped reduce the use of insecticides in cotton crops initially, in Mississippi spraying has begun rising again resulting in total costs to farmers which are increasingly uneconomic (Delta Farm Press, 15 January 2010)
* A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that the occurrence of glyphosate resistant weeds in America could threaten the sustainable use of GM crop glyphosate herbicide-resistant technology (ABC, Australia, 12 January 2010)
* American scientists at the US Department of Agirculture have discovered that the use of GM glyphosate resistant crops is stimulating detrimental pathogens in the soil (The Organic & Non-GMO Report, January 2010)
* Data shows Bt resistance is genetically modified corn and cotton crops is more commonplace than many researchers are prepared to acknowledge (Arizona Daily Star, 22 December 2009)
* Glyphosate herbicide resistance in weeds continues to spread in the United States and is now occurring in Iowa (Kansas Farmer, 18 December 2009)
* Monsanto's rising monopolistic position in seed markets is being reflected in the prices it charges for seed (Associated Press, 14 December 2009)
* Monsanto is continuing to build up monopolistic positions in the seed market (Associated Press, 14 December 2009)
* Modern conventional breeding techniques are proving more effective at developing plants with high levels of nitrogen use efficiency than genetic engineering (Union of Concerned Scientists, 9 December 2009):
* Contamination of rice crops in the United States with an unapproved GM variety has lead to millions of dollars being paid out in compensation to affected farmers by biotech company Bayer following a court ruling (Bloomberg, 4 December 2009)
* Herbicide resistant GM crops in the United States are continuing to result in increased usage of herbicide compared to non-GM systems (Reuters, 17 November 2009)
* The patents that attach to GM crops lie at the centre of how Monsanto has been accused of building up monopoly positions in seed markets (Associated Press, 8 October 2009):
* In some GM crops glyphosate resistance has become so severe that farmers are having to resort to manual weeding (ABC News, 6 October 2009)
* The stacking of GM traits is leading to complications in the control of volunteer plants and increasing risks of insect resistance (AgProfessional, September 2009)
* Consolidation in the seed market associated with the development of GM technology is becoming an increasing problem for farmers in the United States (Olney Daily Mail, 30 September 2009)
* Gylphosate resistant weeds have become such a problem in genetically engineered crops that some farmers in the US are turning back to using residual herbicides and even hoes, according Ford L. Baldwin of Practical Weed Consultants, LLC (Delta Farm Press, 20 August 2009)
* One of the reasons for the rapid uptake of GM crops is the lack of independent science to give farmers impartial information on their actual performance, and some people are finally beginning to notice (Financial Times, Blog, 11 August 2009 - see also Scientific American, Editorial, August 2009 edition, published 21 July 2009)
* Glyphosate resistant pigweed has been confirmed in 21 counties in Arkansas since first confirmed in Mississipi County since 2005 (University of Arkansas, 10 August 2009)
* Restistance to glyphosate has become so prevelant in some parts of the United States because of the introduction of genetically modified crops that some farmers are now resorting to hand weeding and Monsanto are paying farmers to switch to other herbicides (Memphis Commercial Appeal, 9 August 2009)
* For the first time since 2000 the share of the US soy crop taken by GM varieties has fallen as the economic reasons for growing them weaken (The Organic & Non-GMO Report July/August 2009)
* Glyphosate resistant weeds are spreading in Argentina with the growing of Roundup Ready soya (Geoforum, Vol. 40, No. 4. (July 2009), pp. 623-633)
* The use of glyphosate in 'Roundup Ready' crops has lead to 15 species of weed being resistant to the herbicide with the problem especially accute in the US (Agweek 8 June 2009)

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