DuPont and Dow Agree to Merge
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company today approved a definitive agreement under which the companies “will combine in an all-stock merger of equals,” according to a news release. The combined […]
Albaugh Opens New Seed Treatment Technology Center
Albaugh opens a new seed treatment technology center in Memphis, Tennessee. The facility will focus on improving the discovery and development of biological and traditional seed treatment technology. The new seed […]
UC-Davis Seed Business 101 Completes Another Successful Session
The University of California, Davis Seed Biotechnology Center completed another successful session of the Seed Business 101 course (Field Crop curriculum) last week in Chicago, Illinois. The course was organized […]
Don’t Miss Tomorrow’s Final Session at CSS & Seed Expo
The American Seed Trade Association’s 2015 CSS & Seed Expo closes tomorrow with a session on crop management, moderated by University of Illinois crop sciences researcher Emerson Nafziger. Begins at 8 a.m. […]
ASTA Gives Students Exposure to the Seed Industry
The American Seed Trade Association gave students a great opportunity to network and showcase their work at this week’s CSS & Seed Expo in Chicago. ASTA featured agriculture graduate student […]
Anti-Science? No Such Thing
Why is it that partisans on both sides of contentious issues – GMOs, climate change, fracking, and so many others – seem to talk past each other? The scientists who […]
Giant Highlights
Our “Giants of the Industry” share what they’ve been working, as well as their advice and expertise from how to better communicate about science and technology to attracting the best […]
Microbials Move to Mainstream
Beneficial bacteria show promise for environment, bottom lines. Farmers growing soybeans in the 1800s would notice that the crop did quite well in certain fields while struggling in others. Water, […]
Breeding Better Through Software
Technology can help breeders keep pace with science. Not to belabor a worn out joke, but … Plant breeding? Yes, there’s an app for that. In fact there are several, […]
Washington Post Journalist to Speak About Science Communication
We all like to think of ourselves as rational decision-makers. We take a calm, cool look at the facts, and arrive at a decision consistent with them. But social scientists […]
Need is Great to Improve Wheat Breeding Efficiency
Although genetically modified traits often capture headlines, phenomics, sensor technology, and biometrical modelling is transforming wheat breeding. That was one of the messages from today’s session “Wheat Today and Tomorrow: […]
Bringing the Washing Station to You
The new ASTA Innovations Lounge helped showcase the seed industry’s first mobile washing service today at the American Seed Trade Association’s CSS & Seed Expo in Chicago. John Bertilino, national […]
Local Elections Hit Home
Texas seed professionals are getting a hard lesson in election consequences. We elect virtually all statewide office-holders in Texas — a practice originating shortly after the Civil War and common […]
How One Woman Came to be a Scientist
She may be an accidental entomologist, but this scientist’s new leading role in DuPont Pioneer’s Hybrid Wheat Program is no accident. When it comes to trait characterization and development, Laura […]
Baseball Legend Greets ASTA Attendees
Former Major League Baseball star hitter Frank Thomas rubbed shoulders with attendees of the American Seed Trade Association’s Corn & Sorghum Seed Research Conference & Seed Expo in Chicago today. Nicknamed “The Big […]
Nine Billion People? Not Until 2065, Basse Says
AgResource Company president Dan Basse returned to the ASTA CSS & Seed Expo today for his annual update on the ag economy and the global trends affecting U.S. exports in 2015. Basse […]
‘A Great Story to Tell’
American Seed Trade Association president Andrew LaVigne opened today’s general session of the 2015 CSS & Seed Expo with a reminder to attendees that they play a crucial role in […]
David Sippell Joins AgriThority as CEO
AgriThority LLC, an integrated agricultural science consultancy, announces the addition of David Sippell, Ph.D., to the company’s leadership team as Chief Executive Officer. Sippell has more than 25 years of […]
Battling Insects: The Never-Ending Fight
With the ever-evolving nature of insects, companies are challenged to come up with an arsenol of traits and seed-applied technologies to help farmers win the battle season after season. With more […]
Seed Treatments Can Help Feed the World
The world population is expanding. According to the United Nation, it’s expected to hit 9 billion by 2050. That means agricultural productivity must continue to go up, and seed treatments […]
Giant Views Who’s Who
Stephen Baenziger Stephen Baenziger is the primary small grains breeder at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, with a focus on developing improved cultivars and germplasm of wheat, barley and triticale. […]
Giant Views: Leaders Keep Their Eyes on the Target
Increasing food production while decreasing agriculture’s foot print, that’s the target today’s seed industry leaders are required to hit. During the past century, crop yields have increased substantially thanks to […]
Healthy Soils Lead to Healthy Plants and More Food
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations deemed 2015 as the International Year of Soils, and the U.S. seed industry and commodity groups are investing a great deal […]
Giant Views – ESA Annual Meeting 2015 – Nigel Moore
Nigel Moore sits down with Shawn Brook at the 2015 ESA Annual Meeting from October 11-13, 2015 in Vienna, Austria.
What to Expect from Seed World at CSS 2015 & Seed Expo
While some of our team will be walking the floor, attending sessions and recording From the Floor and Giant Views videos at CSS & Seed Expo in Chicago, the staff […]
DuPont Adds to Seed Treatment Team
DuPont Seed Treatment Enterprise fills two key posts within its global business to help propel continued growth. Matthew Mouw is named commercial unit director, DuPont Seed Treatment Enterprise (DSTE). He is […]
Syngenta May Reconsider Sale of Vegetable, Flowers Seeds Businesses
According to a group of Syngenta investors, the company is reconsidering its decision to sell its vegetable and flowers seeds businesses. According to the Alliance of Critical Syngenta Shareholders, not […]
100 Years of Ingenuity
2015 marks Seed World’s centennial milestone. That’s 100 years of covering the business news, regulatory news, people news, product news and issues of the seed industry. What a remarkable milestone! […]
Buffett: Conservation and Productivity Must Go Hand-in-Hand
Improving productivity while conserving resources is key to feeding a hungry world. As the world’s population balloons its way to 9.5 billion by 2050, the challenge of feeding these hungry […]
Giant Views – 2015 ISF World Seed Congress – Michael Keller
Michael Keller sits down with Julie Deering at the 2015 ISF World Seed Congress in Kraków, Poland from May 25-27, 2015.
Neonicotinoids Have No Immediate Impact on Bees in Finland
Research conducted in Finland on neonicotinoid seed treatment has yielded different results from the studies on which the European Commission’s ban is based. In Finland, the residue levels are so […]
Varroa Mites to Hit Honeybees Hard this Winter
The Varroa mite is expected to hit honeybee colonies especially hard this winter. There’s nothing I enjoy more than getting out in the field and investigating honeybee colonies. All right, […]
Germination Strategy Session Webinar and Podcast: Shifting Industry Trends
What you Need to Know When it Comes to Shifting Industry Trends_x000D_ _x000D_ Crop trends across Canada are shifting as farmers look to access new and premium markets. Designed for […]
Craig Newman Announces Retirement from AgReliant Genetics
AgReliant Genetics president and CEO Craig Newman will step down as CEO of the company Jan. 1, 2016, with an official retirement date of June 30. “Craig has been a real driving […]
Buckhorn Introduces Industry’s First Mobile Washing Service
Buckhorn Inc, innovators of the first reusable plastic bulk box for seed, has found a way to help seed manufactures service their fleet by introducing the industry’s first mobile washing […]
Giving Pollinators a Helping Hand
Geoff Coates, environmental ecologist for Syngenta, talks about the reasons for and successes behind Operation Pollinator, which has been feeding bees and helping protect the environment for more than 10 […]