Alliance Supports Innovation Through Education
Members of the seed industry unite to educate, develop best management practices and help increase awareness about the importance of intellectual property. For the past year and half, James Weatherly, […]
USDA Extends Deregulation to GE Corn Variety
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has preliminarily determined that it will extend deregulation to a line of genetically engineered (GE) corn variety designated […]
DuPont Pioneer, Ag Processing Announce New 2016 Pioneer Brand Plenish High Oleic Soybean Program
DuPont Pioneer and Ag Processing Inc (AGP) announced today that AGP will offer production contracts for Pioneer brand Plenish high oleic soybeans for 2016 in Nebraska. The agreement expands the […]
Access and Benefit Sharing Demand Attention
Is it time for the seed industry to pay attention? They have been in existence for some time, and they have been signed and ratified by a growing number of […]
T.A. Seeds Seneca Alfalfa Finishes Second in Forage Super Bowl
Seneca alfalfa from T.A. Seeds was recognized among the top finishers in the Forage Super Bowl in October. Widely recognized as the top forage competition in the United States, the […]
Gro Alliance Acquires Soybean and Sunflower Seed Conditioning Facility
Gro Alliance, the nation’s largest, independently owned seed corn production company, announces that it has reached an agreement with BCD Enterprises, LLC to acquire its soybean and sunflower seed conditioning and […]
BASF Canada Announces First Truly Systemic Seed Treatment for Pulses, Flax
_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ BASF Canada announces the registration of Insure Pulse, the first truly systemic fungicide seed treatment for use on pulses and flax for the 2016 season._x000D_ _x000D_ According […]
Bees Not the Only Pollinators in Town
Farmers who use pesticides that spare bees but kill other insects might be ignoring important sources of crop pollination, according to an Australian-led international study. University of Queensland plant ecologist Dr. […]
A Moment In Time: Riding the Seed Special
A MOMENT IN TIME One of Seed World’s very first publications encourages seedsmen to participate in the American Seed Trade Association’s 33rd annual convention, held in San Francisco, Calif. To […]
Germany Steps Up Wheat Sequencing Effort
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture awards 1.5 million euros to a project aimed at providing a reference sequence for two wheat chromosomes, part of the international effort to decipher […]
Dow AgroSciences and Arcadia Biosciences Partner to Develop and Commercialize Corn Traits
Arcadia Biosciences and Dow AgroSciences collaborate to develop and commercialize new breakthrough yield traits and trait stacks in corn. The collaboration leverages Arcadia’s leading platform of abiotic stress traits with […]
Realignment at the Top Looms
There will be consolidation among seed and agchemical companies at the top, experts agree. Innovation and record commodity prices drove continued investment in agriculture during the past decade, but the […]
Uniformity in Seed Testing Critical
The International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) shares the importance of maintaining global seed testing standards and how it benefits the industry.
Uniformity in Seed Testing Critical
Uniformity in seed testing is essential for quality control. Learn how to ensure accuracy and consistency in seed testing with this comprehensive guide.
Monsanto Takes Action to Fight Climate Change with Carbon Neutral Crop Production Program
As agriculture and farmers around the world work to mitigate and adapt to the complex challenges posed by climate change, Monsanto Company today announced plans to make its operations carbon […]
Vivid Life Sciences Explores Early Field Trial Results
Early results from Vivid Life Sciences’ replicated summer field trials are showing the benefits of managing micronutrients to improve plant physiological functions and increase farmers’ return on investment, according to […]
Limagrain Cereals Research Canada Hires Senior Breeder
Limagrain Cereals Research Canada (LCRC) hires Jason Reinheimer as its senior breeder, effective Feb. 15, 2016. Jason brings 14 years of experience in cereal breeding, including from his most recent position as […]
Status Switzerland
Scientists from the University of Geneva and ETH Zurich report a new genetically-engineered cassava variety that produces high levels of vitamin B6. Cassava is rich in calories but lacks vitamin […]
Status Philippines
An International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) expert says the Philippines has a lot of potential for rice production. “I think it can increase production and reach a level where they […]
Status Korea
Jeong-Dong Lee, a professor in the School of Applied Biosciences at Kyungpook National University, works to preserve wild soybeans. These wild soybeans might possess multiple health benefits. “Wild soybeans generally […]
Status India
The 8th National Seed Congress in Hyderabad appealed to the Telangana state government to develop policies that encourage growth of the seed industry. Delegates asked the government to take steps […]
Companies Invest in Decision-Support Technology
Seed companies expand in-field support using the latest in data science. Options abound in the world of precision agriculture with many of the latest technology and tools bearing the same […]
Status Australia
A gene that can prevent some of the most important wheat diseases has been identified, creating the potential to save more than $1 billion in lost production in Australia alone […]
Adapting Soybeans for Increased Food Security
When soybeans well adapted within a given temperate zone are grown in low-latitude areas (the tropics), the shortened day doesn’t allow for proper plant development. Simply put, plants flower too […]
Japanese author changes views, Writes a New Book on GM Crops
Masami Kojima, a journalist and former biotech critic, recently released “Extreme Misunderstanding of GM Crops” — the first Japanese science-based publication on GM crops. Kojima was an active anti-GM newspaper […]
TPP Text Released, Formal Approval Process Begins
After lengthy negotiations, 12 countries came to an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Oct. 5. One month later the U.S. government released a nearly-final version of the pact. This […]
USDA Prepares to Ramp Up Biofuels Infrastructure
Toward the end of October, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a partnership to increase fueling pumps for biofuels in 21 states — an investment that will nearly […]
Plant Health Care and Arysta LifeScience Terminate Agreement
Plant Health Care, Inc., a supplier of novel patent-protected biological products, and Arysta LifeScience, a crop protection and life sciences company, have mutually agreed to terminate the product development and […]
Researchers Use CRISPR Technology to Edit Crop Genes
CRISPR gene-editing is allowing rapid scientific advances in many fields, including human health and now it has been shown that crop research can also benefit from this latest exciting technology. […]
Scientists Sequence Red Clover Genome
Scientists at Aberystwyth University’s IBERS (Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences) in Wales and The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) in England have sequenced and assembled the red clover genome. This […]
Despite EPA Court Filing, Dow Expects Enlist Duo to be Available in 2016
Relative to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s recently-filed motion to revoke the registration of Enlist Duo herbicide, the Dow Chemical Company says it is “confident in the extensive data supporting this […]
Nufarm Announces Restructuring of North American Operations
Nufarm Limited decides to close its manufacturing operations in Calgary, Alberta, Canada as part of its plan to build a more responsive, flexible and cost effective structure for the North American region […]
KWS Grows in a Difficult Market Environment
KWS SAAT SE and its international subsidiaries saw a net sales increase 11.3 percent to EUR 117.2 million in the opening quarter of fiscal 2015/2016, the company announces. The currencies of countries in […]
Scientists Uncover Key Molecule in Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
Molecular biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who study nitrogen-fixing bacteria in plants have discovered a “double agent” peptide in an alfalfa that may hold promise for improving crop […]
Researchers Create Citrus Trees with Enhanced Resistance to Greening
After a decade of battling the highly destructive citrus greening bacterium, researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences have developed genetically modified citrus trees that […]
Sequencing the Wheat Genome Require More Investment
More financing needed so the full genome of bread wheat can be sequenced. _x000D_ Sequencing the wheat genome has long been considered an insurmountable challenge. World demographics, however, have left society […]