Germination Strategy Session Webinar and Podcast: Discover the Products that Protect Cereal Seed
This webinar will help you understand the diseases that pose the biggest threat to wheat, oats, barley and rye in Canada today. Our speakers will walk you through some of […]
ESA Annual Meeting Brings Global Seed Industry Together
ESA’s Annual Meeting brings together the global seed industry to discuss the latest trends, innovations, and challenges in the industry. Join the conversation!
Vilsack Praises TPP for Facilitating Discussion of Biotech
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is praising the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement as an historic one that will open the doors to productive discussion of biotechnology and issues surrounding it. In […]
Land O’Lakes Enables Students to Address Global Hunger
An increase in population from 7 to 10 billion by 2050 will require a 70 percent increase in food production at the same time that natural resources are decreasing. Ten […]
Bayer CropScience Celebrates Agriculture Literacy Week
In a community-wide effort to support the future of agriculture and to help solve the world’s most pressing food issues, Bayer CropScience is celebrating Agriculture Literacy Week. Today through Friday, Bayer […]
American Takii Expands Operations With New California Facility
American Takii opens a new, modern and highly sophisticated facility on the outskirts of Salinas, California that gives the international seed company greatly enhanced seed processing operations. American Takii is […]
Two Unique Business Opportunities Planned for ASTA’s CSS 2015 & Seed Expo
Mark your calendars for two unique business opportunities during ASTA’s CSS 2015 & Seed Expo, both complimentary to registered attendees. The Seed Innovation and Protection Alliance (SIPA) is hosting a […]
New Texas Vegetable Research Facility Aims to Rebuild Produce Industry
The new Rio Grande Valley Vegetable Research and Education Building opens in Weslaco, Texas. The facility, part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, is dedicated toward helping Texas regain […]
Syngenta’s U.S. Corn Seed Sales Up Significantly in 2015
Syngenta corn seed sales increased significantly in the United States in both the branded and Greenleaf Genetics business, the company announces. But despite sales rising by 2 percent at constant exchange rates […]
UC Davis Wins Specialty Crops Grant for Lettuce Project
Improving lettuce crops is the aim of a new $4.5 million grant awarded to University of California, Davis, researchers by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and […]
Arysta LifeScience Enhances Integration of French Company Goëmar
Arysta LifeScience announces several organizational changes that will more fully integrate the French company Goëmar, which Arysta LifeScience acquired in March 2014. The changes are designed to ensure integrated coordination […]
Syngenta Announces Corn Traits Licensing Agreement
Syngenta announces an expansion of its licensing collaboration with KWS and Limagrain and their joint ventures AgReliant and Genective. The new agreement is for 20 years and covers the AgReliant […]
Koppert Launches New Biostimulant
Koppert Biological Systems develops a seed-applied biostimulant for arable crops. The product was launched this week during an international seminar on the benefits of microbials in seed treatment and crop growth. […]
ESA Annual Meeting Breaks Records Once Again
The European Seed Association held its 2015 Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, from Oct. 10-13, again bringing together more than 900 seed sector representatives from around the globe, with a growing […]
Arcadia Biosciences Receives Patent for Resistant Starch Wheat Technology
Arcadia Biosciences announces that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company US Patent No. 9,150,839, entitled “Wheat with Increased Resistant Starch Levels.” The patent covers Arcadia’s non-genetically […]
Study Finds Glyphosate and Acetamiprid Have Little Effect on Honeybees
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) and Mississippi State University test 42 commonly used pesticides in a realistic field setting in order to determine their […]
Pinnacle Purchases Eight Regional Seed Companies
Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings purchases eight regional seed companies to advance its seed business. Pinnacle has acquired ProSelect, Inc., Kearney, Neb.; Seed Services of Nebraska, Inc., Minden, Neb.; AVN Seeds Partners, […]
European Seed Association Makes Financial Contribution to FAO IT
At its annual meeting in Vienna, the European Seed Association makes a voluntary financial contribution of €300,000 to the FAO International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources in Food in Agriculture (FAO IT). […]
BioConsortia Obtains U.S. Patent for Discovery of Microbial Products
California’s BioConsortia Inc. is granted a patent for its Advanced Microbial Selection (AMS) process by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Issuance of the patent marks an important milestone in the company’s development, […]
Bayer CropScience to Expand Presence in Greenhouse and Nursery Markets in 2016
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, announces that its North American turf and ornamentals (T&O) business will move to fully serve the production ornamentals market on Nov. 1, 2016. […]
GroGenesis Names New Chairman
Tennessee’s GroGenesis, the rights holder, developer and manufacturer of agricultural enhancement products marketed under the trade names “AgraBurst” and “AgraBlast,” names Grant B. Walsh as a director and chairman of the […]
Monsanto Net Sales Down for 2015
After announcing it plans to eliminate 2,600 jobs in a restructuring effort, Monsanto reports net sales for the full 2015 fiscal year were $15 billion, a 5.4% decrease from the […]
New Gene Drive Technology May Allow Control of Pesticide-Resistant Pests
The idea of introducing a novel gene into a few individuals that then spreads through an entire population sounds like a premise for science fiction. And yet fiction can be […]
Enogen Corn Said to Deliver More Ethanol, Bigger Profits
According to Syngenta, 16 ethanol plants have agreed to use grain from Enogen corn seed, designed to enhance ethanol production. The 16 plants have a combined ethanol production capacity of more […]
Conference to Focus on Talent Management for Ag
Purdue University will host it’s annual National Conference for Agribusiness Nov. 10-11 in Lafayette, Ind. This year’s conference will focus on people, performance and productivity. The conference is designed to […]
Limagrain Inaugurates New Seed Factory in Brazil
Limagrain South America (LSA) inaugurated its new seed factory in Brazil. With a production capacity of 1 million corn seed bags, LSA hopes to have 6 percent to 7 percent […]
Bayer Seedgrowth Coatings: The Perfect Recipe
What started as a small seed breeding business is now the heart of innovative seed-applied technologies at Bayer CropScience. In 2015, Méréville celebrates its 100th year anniversary – time for […]
MSU to Lead $6.5 Million Research on Disease Resistance in Cucurbits
A national team of 20 scientists, led by Michigan State University, has been awarded $6.5 million grant to accelerate the development of disease-resistant cucurbit crops through leveraging applied genomics. Rebecca […]
DuPont and Caribou Biosciences Announce Strategic Alliance
DuPont and Caribou Biosciences, a developer of CRISPR-Cas technologies for genome editing, announce a strategic alliance. As part of the agreement, DuPont and Caribou have cross-licensed their respective patent portfolios, with DuPont receiving […]
Researchers Explore the Genetics that Allow Hybrid Plants to Perform Better than Parents
An Iowa State University agronomist helps uncover the genetic mechanisms in sorghum plants that allow hybrids to perform better than parent varieties, a process known as heterosis. The new study fills […]
UC Davis European Plant Breeding Academy Begins its Fourth Class
Helping to fill a critical need for trained plant breeders, the University of California, Davis European Plant Breeding Academy (EPBA) started its fourth class of students this week with a session […]
Univar Acquires Future Transfer and Bluestar Distribution
Univar Canada acquires all of the outstanding stock of Future Transfer Co., BlueStar Distribution Inc., and BDI Distribution West Inc._x000D_ _x000D_ Founded in 1973, Future/BlueStar specializes in logistics, warehousing, packaging […]
Alberta Wheat Commission Welcomes Conclusion of Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Alberta Wheat Commission congratulates the federal government on concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which holds the potential for expanded market opportunities in key wheat export markets. AWC looks forward […]
Arcadia Biosciences Receives Final Regulatory Approval for Stress Tolerant Soybeans in Argentina
California-based Arcadia Biosciences announces that its joint venture with Bioceres S.A., Verdeca, has received approval of its HB4 stress tolerance trait in soybeans by Argentina’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. […]
Growing Plants on Mars? It’s Not Science Fiction Anymore
University of Arizona scientists have figured out how to grow food on Mars, including sweet potatoes and strawberries. The project, a NASA Steckler Space Grant collaboration, brings together some 20 researchers […]
Monsanto Set to Cut 2,600 Jobs in Restructuring Effort
Monsanto Company is set to restructure its global operations in order to “enhance competitiveness by delivering cost improvement and to support long-term growth.” The changes were announced during the company’s unveiling […]