U.S. EPA Approves Bayer Seed Treatment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Bayer CropScience’s application for the registration of ILeVO, the only seed treatment that protects the root system against infections caused by the Sudden […]
S&W Seed Appoints New Chairman
S&W Seed Company today (Dec. 11) announced that alfalfa seed industry veteran and current member of the board of directors, Mark Harvey, has been appointed chairman of the board, effective […]
DuPont Announces Corn And Soybean Products For 2015
DuPont Pioneer has released its 2015 corn product offerings, featuring a broad line-up of locally advanced and tested products designed to deliver yield consistency and help improve grower profitability in […]
UC Davis Seed Business 101 Course A Success
The University of California, Davis, Seed Biotechnology Center has completed another successful session of the Seed Business 101 course that focused on field crops. Held Dec. 5-9, 2014, in Chicago, […]
Symbiota Appoints Roger Beachy To Its Board
Symbiota, which works in the area of plant microbiome solutions, has announced the addition of Roger Beachy to its board of directors. “We are thrilled to have a world renowned […]
Dim Forecast for Ag Commodities
Dan Basse, an agricultural economist with Ag Resource Company, started his presentation around the notion of farmers needing to produce more for a growing global population while using fewer resources. […]
ASTA Unveils New Research
Today, the American Seed Trade Association unveiled the results of a new survey that focused on consumer perception around seed and seed improvement. “The agriculture industry recognizes the significance of […]
Global Ag Biotech Market To Reach $46.8 Billion In 2019
According to a new report, “Agricultural Biotechnology: Emerging Technologies and Global Markets” by BCC Research, the global market for ag biotechnology is expected to grow to $46.8 billion by 2019, […]
Data Analysis Platform Speeds Up Gene Mapping
NRGene has mapped five novel complex maize genomes from the commercial, publicly available lines using its proprietary DeNovoMAGIC big data analysis platform. Delivering results in under a week for each genome, […]
Seed Industry Focuses on Innovation
Attendance at the American Seed Trade Association’s CSS 2014 & Seed Expo is expected to set a new record this year in Chicago. Today, Bill Whitacre, president and CEO of […]
Texas Wheat Traits Headed to Africa
Texas-bred wheat, by way of Amarillo and College Station, will find tiny bits of itself in new breeds of spring wheat in Africa in the near future. Dr. Shuyu Liu, […]
Western Integrated Seeds to Expand Processing Facility
Western Integrated Seed has broken ground on its latest expansion phase at the Hooper, Nebraska, seed processing and shipping facility. Construction is underway on a new project that includes expanded […]
S&W Seed Chairman To Retire
S&W Seed Company’s Grover Wickersham who serves as chairman of the board intends to retire prior to the end of 2014. In 2008, Wickersham led the purchased of S&W Seed […]
Refuge-In-A-Bag Moves Industry Forward
The American Seed Trade Association kicked off its annual corn, sorghum and soybean seed research conference, also referred to as CSS 2014 & Seed Expo, in Chicago today (Dec. 8). […]
The Climate Corporation Acquires 640 Labs
Today (Dec. 8), The Climate Corporation announced the acquisition of Chicago-based 640 Labs, an agricultural technology startup, to strengthen the company’s efforts to build the industry’s leading data science platform […]
Koch Ag Services Acquires Mendel Biotechnology
A subsidiary of Koch Agronomic Services LLC (KAS) has purchased the biological research and development business of Mendel Biotechnology Inc. “The Mendel team has expertise in understanding how plant processes, […]
S&W Files Patent For New Variety
S&W Seed Company has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for stevia plant variety SW107. “This patent marks a significant milestone in our stevia development […]
Puzzling Truths In Labeling
The issue of seed testing uniformity is a complex and convoluted problem with many players and facets involved. There’s thousands of seed species, nearly a hundred labs, multiple testing methods, […]
Dividend VL orchard grass named 2014 Seed of the Year
Orchard Grass, a high-yielding, disease-resistant grass seed, has been named the 2014 Seed of the Year. Learn more about its benefits and how it can help your farm.
Trait Stewardship a Shared Responsibility
Should China dictate what new technologies U.S. farmers have access to? Some of the trading issues between the United States and China have brought trait stewardship front and center in […]
Changing the LLP Landscape
National seed associations around the globe now have a new tool that can be used to work with governments on implementing low-level presence policies. The seed industry is increasingly global, […]
Valent U.S.A. Plans North American Expansion
Valent U.S.A. Corporation will expand its commercial business aimed to support the company’s growing specialty and row crop portfolio. Through this series of expansions, Valent reports that it will enhance […]
Plant Breeders Without Borders makes new inroads
One plant breeder is committed to making a difference in feeding an ever-growing global population. Plant Breeders Without Borders is the concept of Anthony Leddin, an Australian plant breeder who […]
Standards to Bring Predictability
More harmonized phytosanitary regulations are poised to alleviate trade woes but it will take time. SINCE 2008, the seed industry has worked to improve phytosanitary regulations through the International Plant […]
Pinnacle Announces New Investment, Adds Staff
Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings LLC invests in a new Midwestern wholesale business, Meridian Agriculture Distribution. In addition to providing retailers with supplier-branded products at service levels that retailers expect, Meridian will […]
A Push to Ratify
The U.S. seed industry diligently works to educate congress about the importance of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture with the hopes of ratification. No […]
Going Hormonal
Researchers study how hormones can be used to control seed dormancy and germination, saving millions of dollars of crop loss each year. After lengthy periods of drought, this past summer […]
Knowledge is Power
UPOV’S databases offer a wealth of information for the seed sector. In the past few years, The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) in Geneva […]
Golden Opportunities
Throughout the food supply chain, companies focus efforts on sustainability and science? How does an individual with an electrical engineering degree and a focus on aeronautics become the CEO of […]
Shedding Light on LED Technology
Being able to control the entire spectrum of light brings innumerable benefits to the seed industry. Thanks to a technologythat’s become increasingly popular within the seed industry, growers are able […]
EU Reaches Provisional Agreement On GMOs
Yesterday evening (Dec. 3), European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis welcomed a provisional political agreement on GMO cultivation in the European Union. “I am glad to announce […]
A Bountiful Harvest of Trained Plant Breeders
Joint initiatives between industry and academia have revitalized plant breeder training and preparatory programs, and initial efforts are beginning to pay off. Greater numbers of talented young men and women […]
GENETICS vs. TRAITS
When selling seed balance customer priorities and potential. With tighter margins and constantly-evolving pest and disease issues, growers are looking to fine-tune their 2015 seed order. With those considerations, among […]
University Of Arkansas Releases RR Soybean
The University of Arkansas’ System Division of Agriculture has released its first soybean variety that features Roundup Ready technology. “The new variety, called UA 5414RR, offers the weed control advantages […]
Corn Conundrum
Corn owes much of its success to plant breeding advances that have increased yields and produced more and better stress-tolerant varieties. But with corn prices lower than they’ve been in […]
Plowing Ahead
Dow AgroSciences President and CEO Tim Hassinger shares his perspective on risk. Named president and chief executive officer of Dow AgroSciences May 1, 2014, Tim Hassinger has been plowing ahead. […]