Research Explains How Plants Drop Leaves, Fruit
A new study from the University of Missouri sheds light on the process that governs how and when plants shed their parts. When parts of a plant, such as dead leaves, flowers […]
Cameras See Big Picture for Wheat Breeding
Wheat breeders at Washington State University are sizing up experimental crops from a new perspective: cameras that see far better than the human eye. Scientists deploy tractor- and cart-mounted multi-spectral […]
Wyffels Releases 2016 Corn Hybrids
Wyffels Hybrids has rolled out 14 new products, including six new base genetics, for the 2016 growing season. Corn growers in Illinois, Iowa, southern Wisconsin, southern Minnesota and surrounding areas can take […]
DuPont Sues Monsanto Over Royalties
DuPont has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto over royalties DuPont says it is owed. According to a brief statement issued to Seed World by DuPont, the company filed a complaint against Monsanto […]
Bayer CropScience Launches Feed a Bee Initiative
Bayer CropScience is launching Feed a Bee, a major initiative to increase forage for honeybees and other pollinators, including growing 50 million flowers and providing additional forage acreage in 2015. By collaborating […]
Breakthrough in Varroa-Resistant Honeybee Research
In an effort coordinated by the Arista Bee Research Foundation, a group of European beekeepers has bred the first generation of European honeybees that can detect the Varroa mite. This […]
Weather Station Logs Environmental Data
Onset, a leader in data loggers and weather stations, announced the HOBO RX3000 Station — the company’s next-generation data logging weather station that provides scientists, meteorologists and others with instant […]
Syngenta Expands 2015 Soybean Lineup
For the 2015 growing season, Syngenta is introducing 22 new NK soybean varieties in limited volumes that will set the stage for a larger volume product launch in 2016. The […]
Arcadia Biosciences Hires New CFO
Arcadia Biosciences Inc., an agricultural technology company focused on developing products that benefit the environment and human health, has hired Thomas O’Neil as chief financial officer. O’Neil brings more than […]
SGS Investment Delivers GLP Audit Excellence and New Field Station in USA
A state-of-the-art field station in Wyoming, Il., and successful field research sponsor GLP audits boost SGS Agricultural Services in the U.S. At 10,000 square feet, including a 40 percent shop […]
Jacklin Seed Introduces New Innovative Grass That Reduces Mowing
This spring, Jacklin Seed by Simplot is introducing a Kentucky bluegrass that can be mowed as little as once a month, as opposed to the one or two mows per […]
Two U.S. Agriculture Professionals Join Inocucor as Sales Managers in Southern States
Two veteran U.S. agriculture professionals, Scott Houston and David Lilly, have joined agriculture biotech company Inocucor Technologies Inc. as sales managers in the southeastern U.S. Inocucor produces biological soil, seed […]
New Patent for Environmentally-Friendly Bumblebee Hive
Koppert Biological Systems was awarded a patent for its Natupol Booster on the Dutch market at the beginning of November 2014. By using a different material, the company has succeeded […]
New Genome Editing Strategy Could Improve Crops
A novel strategy to enhance genome editing promises to increase the efficiency of making genetic improvements in a wide range of organisms, a new study suggests. The results could help […]
NewLeaf Symbiotics Recruits Leading Business Development Expert
NewLeaf Symbiotics — a Missouri-based non-GMO biotech company that researches and commercializes beneficial plant bacteria and is a leading player in the rapidly-expanding agricultural biologicals space — announced the appointment […]
Seedway Offers New Pest-Fighting, Yield-Boosting Alfalfa
New York-based seed company Seedway offers farmers in the northern U.S. three new alfalfa options this growing season ― all pioneered by Cornell University researchers as a way to combat […]
Advanta Launches New Website
Advanta launched its new website, PhoenixCorn.com, which is dedicated to the sale of Phoenix corn hybrids. The website showcases the Phoenix product lineup featuring hybrids selected for the U.S. High […]
Arysta Lifescience Adds to Sales Team
Arysta LifeScience North America hired Jonathan Tone as territory sales manager in the U.S. Midwest sales region. Tone’s primary role will focus on working with retailers in Ohio, Michigan and […]
Nufarm Appoints General Manager for North America
Nufarm — a manufacturer, supplier and marketer of crop protection products in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the Americas and Europe — welcomes Brendan Deck as regional general manager for its North American […]
Limagrain, HM.CLAUSE and University of Florida Announce Strategic Partnership
Today, March 9, leadership from HM.CLAUSE, a business unit of Limagrain, and the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) held a press conference in Gainesville, Florida, […]
dataTHRESH Introduces New Tools
dataTHRESH Inc., an independent data platform based in Ames, Iowa, released several new independent tools for farmers that allows them to search for seed. The SEEDSEARCH Basic Data Tool is […]
Munson Hybrids Adds District Sales Manager
Munson Hybrids, headquartered out of Galesburg, Illinois, has added Tommy Fehlhafer as its new Princeton district sales manager. He joins Munson with more than 30 years in the FS system […]
Research Shows Plants Differentiate Attacking Insects
Often, insect damage is visible in the form of areas where the plant has been chewed. However, much of the important responses plants make to insect bites takes place out […]
Development of a Certification in Sustainability for Certified Crop Advisors
The United Soybean Board (USB), American Society of Agronomy (ASA), and the International Certified Crop Adviser (ICCA) Program have partnered to develop new training for a specialty certification focused on […]
Florida Farmer Loyal to Red Silk Radishes
Today, March 6, Rick Roth and his son Ryan of Roth Farms in Belle Glade, Fla., talk about why they have grown the same radish variety for more than 20 […]
BASF Hosts Future of Food Discussion
The future of food was the focal point of a two-day Creator Space TM jamming event held by BASF in Washington, D.C., which brought together 30 stakeholders representing the entire […]
Advanced Biological Marketing Improves Efficiency of Research
Advanced Biological Marketing provides solutions for commercial agriculture by identifying and developing enhanced biological solutions for different kinds of crop production, not only domestically but also around the world. One […]
BMR and Conventional Hybrids Allow for Greater Flexibility
DuPont Pioneer has announced its 2015 corn silage hybrid offerings, including the addition of a brown midrib (BMR) with integrated refuge and three non-BMR products. Pioneer has developed BMR hybrids […]
Commodity Classic Sets New Records
With nearly 8,000 attendees, the 2015 Commodity Classic and trade show, held in Phoenix, Arizona, shattered previous records for the landmark event. “The 2015 Commodity Classic was a terrific event […]
Study Reveals Disease Risk to Wild Bees
Researchers have discovered that a network of viruses, previously associated with managed honeybees, might now pose a widespread risk to wild bumblebees, according to a new study published in the […]
New Database Helps Identify Plant Genes
Analysis of the structures of thousands of plant proteins by Tetsuya Sakurai and colleagues from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan has led to the construction of […]
Valent BioSciences Acquires Mycorrhizal Applications Inc
Valent BioSciences Corporation, a developer of biorational products, has acquired Mycorrhizal Applications Inc., the world’s largest producer of mycorrhizal fungal inoculum. “The acquisition of Mycorrhizal Applications will allow us to […]
Inocucor Technologies Elects Bayer’s Jim Blome to Its Board
Jim Blome, president and CEO of Bayer CropScience L.P. and head of crop protection for its North American region, has joined the board of directors of Montreal-based agriculture biotech company […]
Improving Production of an Essential Enzyme for Plant Growth
Australian scientists have found a way to improve production of an enzyme essential to plant growth. The discovery advances efforts to improve global food security that aim to increase the […]
KeyGene Opens Expanded Plant Phenotyping Facility
KeyGene expands its digital phenotyping facility, PhenoFab — a fully automated greenhouse where plant growth can be analyzed, plant traits can be measured and root development characterized. “KeyGene has obtained the expansion […]
Genomics-Driven Surveillance to Tackle Emerging Crop Pathogens
A new robust and rapid genomics strategy that tracks the devastating wheat yellow rust pathogen has been developed by scientists in the United Kingdom from The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC), […]