b'I N D U S T R Y N E W S Delivering the news you need to know. Submissions welcomeemail us at news@seedworldgroup.com. Sorghum Researchers Set Out to Modernize Nitrogen Guidelines with $2 Million GrantA $2 million grant could help modernize guidance for applying nitrogen to sorghum for a three-state region, boosting grain sorghums value across the U.S., believe Kansas State University (K-State) researchers. K-State received the grant from the USDAs Partnerships for Climate Smart Commodities project as part of a five-year, $65 million award to the National Sorghum Producers, according to a release. BUSINESS NEWSCorteva Agriscience Verified as Operating within the Framework for Responsible Gene Editing Use in AgricultureThe Coalition for Responsible Gene Editing in In its third year, the initiative asks communityAgriculture was recently formed, developed to make a voluntary framework for responsibly using gene edit-members in areas within Californiafroming within food and agriculture, specifically to increase Sacramento and Yolo counties, all the way to thetransparency and stakeholder engagement. Joining the ranks most recently is Corteva Agriscience, who East Bayto disperse native wildflower seedsachieved verification that the company is operating in in areas surrounding their home or place of workconformance with the Framework for Responsible Use of Gene Editing in Agriculture. To prove verification, and monitor the growth, according to a release.Corteva had to provide objective evidence that they Seeds dispersed include California poppy, lupine,developed and implemented policies and procedures clarkia, baby blue eyes, sunflower and tarweed.to meet the commitments in the frameworkthe information was verified by a third-party auditor to Poppy, lupine, clarkia and baby blue eyes are earlyensure credibility of the program.spring bloomers, while tarweed and sunflower Leaps by Bayer Leads Investment Round in bloom in late summer. AgTech Pioneer NuCicerNuCicer, an agri-food technology company pioneer-ing ultra-high protein chickpeas by harnessing the rich USDA ARS Researchers Develop New Ricebiodiversity of wild chickpea relatives, announced the Grains closure of an additional seed investment round. The The USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)funding, led by Leaps by Bayer, the impact investing announced the release of two newly-developedarm of Bayer AG, alongside Lever VC, Blue Horizon, purple and red varieties of rice. Not only do theyand Trellis Road follows an earlier investment round have new, striking colors, but the novel grain pack aled by Lever VC in October 2021. It will allow NuCicer nutritional punch and offer farmers a new opportunity,PHOTO: USDA to scale production of its first-generation chickpea according to a release from the USDA. The latest addi- varieties with 75% higher protein content, targeting tion is a purple rice variety called the USDA-Tiara. to reduce chickpea protein ingredient costs by 50%, and expand existing work with downstream partners New Demonstration Farm Could Help Farmersand customers to bring affordable, sustainable plant Enhance Sustainability proteins to end-consumers in 2023.Deer & Company have joined forces with Iowa State University (ISU) to develop a demonstration site com- BASF Acquires of Idaho Canola Seed posed of eight varying fields and processes that utilizeProduction Facilityreal-world scenarios. The strategic partnership willBASF is expanding its high oleic canola seed pro-work to uncover sustainable solutions that could ben- duction and processing business in North America efit grain production systems, according to a release. through the completed acquisition of Cargills Idaho 84/ SEEDWORLD.COMJANUARY 2023'