The Risk-Monger Puts the Facts into Context
Influential blogger David Zaruk talks about separating agricultural fact from pseudo-scientific fiction in the online world._x000D_ _x000D_
Maple Glen Soybean Named 2015 Seed of the Year
The Maple Glen soybean was selected as the 2015 Seed of the Year at the annual Seed of the Year competition, which encourages public breeders to highlight their research accomplishments in […]
Producer Groups Provide Leadership in Wheat and Barley Breeding
Recognizing the important role producer funding of public breeding has played in delivering new wheat and barley varieties for increased farm profitability, Western Canada’s wheat and barley commissions/associations are working […]
Winners of 2015 Pioneer Yield Challenge Contest Announced
DuPont Pioneer announces the 15 winners of the 2015 Western Canadian Proving Ground Yield contest._x000D_ _x000D_ The highest yields recorded as part of the 2015 contest were an impressive 116 […]
Canterra Seeds Adds New Saskatchewan Position
Canterra Seeds welcomes Lauren Wensley as pedigreed seed territory manager for Saskatchewan, effective Jan. 4, 2016. This newly created position will provide additional and continual service to Canterra Seeds seed grower […]
GrainCorp to Operate Elevators Across Saskatchewan, Alberta
GrainCorp Canada announces the creation of a new, fully integrated export supply chain for Canadian grain and oilseed growers._x000D_ _x000D_ GrainsConnect Canada Operations Inc. is incorporated in British Columbia and […]
Alberta Barley Board Re-Elects Chairman and Vice-Chairman
Alberta Barley’s board of directors has re-elected director-at-large Mike Ammeter as chairman and region three director Jason Lenz as vice-chairman following the commission’s 2015 annual general meeting last week._x000D_ _x000D_ […]
XiteBio SoyRhizo for Soybean Approved by CFIA
XiteBio Technologies receives approval for expanded use of XiteBio SoyRhizo in the Canadian market from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)._x000D_ _x000D_ XiteBio SoyRhizo now offers 64 days of on-seed […]
DuPont Announces Executive Leadership Changes
DuPont announces the following executive leadership changes, effective Jan. 1, 2016, to streamline the company for growth and simplify the organization. James C. Collins, executive vice president, will lead the DuPont Agriculture […]
Marrone Bio Innovations Hires New Marketing Leadership
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. announces that Nancy Hood has joined the company as its Vice President of Marketing. In this role, Nancy will be responsible for the strategic marketing of MBI’s […]
SIPA Hosting Technical Education Unit
The Seed Innovation and Protection Alliance (SIPA) is hosting a technical education unit in Anaheim, California on Feb. 2, 2016, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in conjunction with the […]
Plant Pathogens on the Prowl
As global trade expands and the climate changes, experts predict the battle against pathogens will only intensify. Since the dawn of agriculture, pests and diseases have challenged humanity’s ability to […]
UC-Davis African Plant Breeding Academy Begins its Second Class
Contributing to fill a critical need for trained plant breeders in Africa, the University of California, Davis, African Plant Breeding Academy started its second class of students with a session […]
Texas Researchers Develop Tastier, Tougher Tomatoes and Spinach
The revival of the once-thriving vegetable production industry in south Texas will begin with the development of new tomato and spinach varieties designed to perform well in the area’s harsh […]
Dow-DuPont Merger a “Reality Check” for Syngenta, Shareholder Group Says
The recent announcement of the mega-merger between Dow and DuPont is a “final reality check” for Syngenta, according to the Alliance of Critical Syngenta Shareholders. In a statement posted on […]
The Quest to Predict Yield
Often hard to predict, yield sets the foundation for crop improvement, and researchers are deploying new tools that measure phenotype with the hopes of more accurately predicting yield over more […]
Seed Industry on Display at ASTA CSS & Seed Expo
This year’s American Seed Trade Association CSS & Seed Expo once again allowed the seed industry to show what it has to offer. Seed industry stakeholders — and those looking […]
Novozymes CEO Comments on Paris Climate Agreement
Novozymes CEO Poul Schou comments on the Paris Climate Agreement and its potential to reduce global emissions. Learn more about his views on the agreement.
Studying Soil to Understand Drought
A University of California, Riverside assistant professor and a team of researchers are using an often overlooked tool to fight the drought: soil. Samantha Ying, an assistant professor of environmental […]
Long-Term Study Looks to Improve Wheat Breeding
A consortium led by Bristol wheat geneticist Professor Keith Edwards has been awarded £3.68 million by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) for a major long-term study to […]
Novozymes CEO Applauds Paris Climate Agreement
After decades of extremely complicated negotiations, Paris proved to be the historic turning point in international efforts to tackle the evident dangers posed by climate change. That’s according to Novozymes chief […]
Giants by the Numbers
4 Years Time it takes to deliver a biological seed treatment to the market. In seeking to help protect seeds and improve their yield potential, companies turn their focus to […]
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 […]