PMRA Reports 80 Per Cent Drop in In-Season Bee Mortality
_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ New data from the Government of Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) shows an 80 per cent in-season bee mortality decrease for the 2015 corn and […]
Arcadia Biosciences and Phytola Collaborate to Increase Oil Content in Soybeans
United States-based Arcadia Biosciences, an agricultural biotechnology company, announces a collaboration with Canada’s Phytola, a leader in oilseed crop research, to develop soybean varieties with increased oil content. The research […]
Inocucor Technologies Opens New Lab and Corporate Headquarters
Inocucor Technologies, an agriculture biotech company that produces sustainable biological accelerators for farmers, opens its new 10,000-square-foot corporate headquarters at 7220 Frederick-Banting in Technoparc Montreal._x000D_ _x000D_ Inocucor is a leading […]
Bayer CropScience knows that stewardship makes a significant contribution to sustainable agriculture
Bayer CropScience shows how stewardship contributes to sustainable agriculture. Learn how their efforts are making a difference in the industry.
Arysta LifeScience Canadian Sales Team Hires Technical Sales Manager
Arysta LifeScience North America announces the addition of Mike Hilhorst to its Canadian sales team. Hilhorst joins the company as a technical sales manager for the north central Alberta region._x000D_ […]
Incotec Hires New Communications Director
Marion Smorenburg recently took up the position of head of global corporate and marketing communications with Incotec in Enkhuizen, the Netherlands. For the last four years Smorenburg was head of communications […]
The Start of a Revolution
How Mary-Dell Chilton, Robb Fraley and many others transformed an industry. Progress and change don’t just happen. There are forces behind them and often times those forces are people who […]
Surprisingly Few Bee Species Pollinate World’s Crops
A major international study finds that surprisingly few bee species are responsible for pollinating the world’s crops. The paper, published in Nature Communications, suggests that only two percent of wild bee […]
The U.S. Seed Industry Formally Launches SeedFirstPAC
As members of the American Seed Trade Association prepare to “Storm the Hill” in Washington, D.C., this week as part of the association’s annual convention, the industry is also formally […]
Ohlde Seed Farms Hires Product Development Lead
With a market focus on soil-specific seed varieties, Kansas-based Ohlde Seed Farms has hired Byron Evers to fill its new role of product development and research lead. Backed by a bachelor of […]
Engineer Wins Bayer Bee Care Community Leadership Award
Bayer CropScience announces that Georgia beekeeper and engineer Paul Vonk has won the third annual Bayer Bee Care Community Leadership Award. Vonk was chosen because of his efforts to improve pollinator health, by educating the […]
Reference Sequencing of Wheat Chromosome 4B to Begin
The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) and the Wheat Initiative announce that reference sequencing of wheat chromosome 4B will commence shortly in France. This complements the reference sequencing projects already […]
Elevate the Value of Grasses
Ten thousand: that’s how many types of grass exist in the world, and they come in a wide range of sizes. In making my point, grass is common and can […]
Living in a Post-Patent World
Seed World examines the future viability of generic seed in a post-patent world. Just this past March, the first major biotech trait came off patent, and the possibility of so-called […]
Scientists to Uncover DNA Modification of Wheat Genome
Scientists at the University of Liverpool are working to decode DNA modifications, known as ‘epigenetic marks’, in the wheat genome to understand its impact on crop variation. Leading an international […]
Transatlantic Science Connection May Lead to Better Beer
Scientists across the Atlantic have joined forces to speed up the development of malting barley for the explosion in craft brewing in the U.K. and U.S., and demand for locally-produced […]
Meet the 2015 Future Giants
A passion for agriculture and the seed industry drive success. Early career individuals are not only working closely with seasoned veterans to learn about the issues and what has and […]
Drones to Enable Breeders to Analyze Plant Characteristics
Using drones to capture high-resolution images of trial sites to enable breeders to analyze plant characteristics will be the focus of a new research project at the University of Adelaide’s […]
Scientists Reveal Underpinnings of Drought Tolerance in Plants
Scientists are figuring out how plants respond to drought stress, and their research could provide new insight into how to develop drought-tolerant crop plants through conventional breeding or biotechnological approaches. Nam-Chon Paek is the […]
Monsanto Canada Appoints New President
Monsanto Canada announces the appointment of Michiel de Jongh to the position of president and general manager of its Canadian business operations, effective June 1, 2015. De Jongh will be […]
Growing Plants Goes Vertical to Net Tall Yields
In an area of Texas known by locals as “East of Weird” because of its proximity to progressive Austin, a farm is yielding many bushels of fruit and vegetables on […]
Seeds to Provide the Necessities for Smallholder Farmers
Following a Peace Corps post in Mali in the mid- to late-1980s, Kerry Clark joined the University of Missouri as a soybean breeding research associate. For nearly 20 years, she […]
Pita Bread the Impetus for Future Barley Breeding Efforts
Healthier and longer-lasting pita bread may be the outcome of barley research underway at the University of Adelaide’s Waite campus in Australia. Researchers in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine have […]
AgVenture Wehmeyer Seed Expands, Hires New Sales Manager
AgVenture Wehmeyer Seed Company expands into east central Missouri. “As we expand into Missouri, we are excited to welcome Shane Nicks as our district sales manager and yield specialist,” says […]
USDA Urged to Identify Alternatives to Neonics
The Organic Trade Association calls on the White House, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency to recognize the role of organic farming in protecting pollinator populations. […]
Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant Named a Glassdoor Highest-Rated CEO
Monsanto chairman and CEO Hugh Grant has been recognized as a 2015 Glassdoor Highest-Rated CEO. Glassdoor, a jobs and careers online community, released its annual report highlighting the highest-rated CEOs, […]
“Chromosome Shattering” Seen in Plants
Plants can undergo the same extreme “chromosome shattering” seen in some human cancers and developmental syndromes, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found. Chromosome shattering, or “chromothripsis,” has […]
Pulses Demand Grows
Gluten-free and easily consumed by nearly everyone, pulse crops are finding a market. The world’s pulse crop industry is looking forward to 2016, declared by the United Nations as the […]
First-Time Funding for Vineland from Canada Foundation for Innovation
_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Vineland Research and Innovation Centre has been awarded first-time research funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to provide growers with resources to produce high-quality […]
Ontario Introduces Neonicotinoid Restrictions
Starting July 1, 2015, Ontario will be the first jurisdiction in North America to enact new rules to reduce the number of acres planted with neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seeds by […]
Healthy Hives 2020 Workshop Defines Bee Health and Research Priorities
A diverse group of honeybee experts representing academia, beekeeping, government and private industry come together for a two-day workshop at Bayer’s North American Bee Care Center to seek tangible solutions to […]
ISF 2015 – From The Floor – NoroGard
At the International Seed Federation’s 2015 World Seed Congress, Ketty Nilsson, Marketing Director, NoroGard AB announces their newest continuous seed treater the NoroGard R8.
Discovery in Plant Growth Mechanisms Opens New Research Path
New findings reported this week by plant molecular biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are deepening scientists’ views of a cell surface regulator, FERONIA receptor kinase from the model […]
Strategy: New Tools to Help Fight Weeds
Market introductions look to combat resistance issues. Will 2015 be the year that retailers and seed companies help growers turn the tide on weed resistance and begin supplementing their defensive […]
Scientists Close the Gap on Devastating Cereal Killer
The scientists who recently identified dramatic changes in yellow rust populations affecting wheat in the United Kingdom have just been awarded £1.2 million to develop a new, quicker, cheaper version […]
ISF Nurtures Strategic Approach at 2015 World Seed Congress
Global collaboration is the key to creating the best possible environment for sustainable agriculture and food security, a record attendance at the World Seed Congress was told. The 2015 International […]