ASTA Members “Storm the Hill”
Seed industry representatives from across the country and across industry sectors came together June 17-18 to meet with policymakers in Washington, D.C., as part of the American Seed Trade Association’s […]
Illinois Soybean Association Gathers Experts to Discuss Future Ag Biotechnology Solutions
The Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) is hosting the International Biotechnology Symposium on Aug. 31, in Bloomington, Illinois. The goal of the half-day event is to bring together international agricultural stakeholders to […]
Researchers Study Diversity Among Nitrogen-Fixing Plants
Researchers at California’s Chapman University and Columbia University in New York are focusing on a question that has intrigued scientists for decades — are plants able to regulate their relationships […]
Arcadia Biosciences, Phytola Join Forces to Increase Oil Content in Soybeans
Arcadia Biosciences, a California-based 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 and […]
Federal Government Ratifies UPOV 91
The Government of Canada makes official its ratification of the 1991 Act of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV 91). The purpose of UPOV is […]
PBA Offering First Open Enrollment Advanced Module Course
Responding to the demand of the plant breeding community, the University of California, Davis Plant Breeding Academy is offering its first open enrollment Advanced Module course. The class will take place […]
Ceres Continues Realignment Toward Food and Feed Markets, Biotech Traits
California’s Ceres Inc., an agricultural biotechnology company, announces the continued realignment of its business to focus on food and forage opportunities and biotechnology traits for sugarcane and other crops. As part […]
Monsanto-Syngenta Merger Could Hike Seed Prices, NFU Says
National Farmers Union (NFU) releases a resolution passed by its board of directors opposing the potential merger between agricultural giants Monsanto and Syngenta. The merger, if achieved, would combine the […]
Seed Supporter
Learn how Seed Supporter is helping to improve the lives of farmers in Europe. Read about the organization’s mission and how it is making a difference in the agricultural industry.
Brave New World
Explore the brave new world of Europe in 2015: a continent of diverse cultures, languages, and customs. Discover the unique beauty of Europe and its people.
Company Seeds For Smallholder Farmers’ Needs
Smallholder farmers in Europe are in need of company seeds to help them increase their yields. This article explains how companies can help meet this need.
Company Seeds For Smallholder Farmers’ Needs
Smallholder farmers in Europe need help to increase their yields. Company Seeds provides a solution by providing quality seeds and training to farmers.
Ensuring Biodiversity
Protecting biodiversity is essential for a healthy planet. Learn how to conserve species and habitats with sustainable practices.
Wheat Genome Sequencing Catching up
Wheat genome sequencing is making strides in Europe, with new research and technology helping to unlock the secrets of this important crop. Learn more about this breakthrough.
China and its Relationship with Seed
China’s relationship with SEED has been growing since the early 2000s. This article explores the history of the partnership and its implications for the future.
Bringing Biotechnology to China
Bringing biotechnology to China: Learn how a Canadian company is helping to revolutionize the Chinese biotechnology industry.
Why Crop Diversity Matters
Crop diversity is essential for sustainable agriculture. Learn why it’s important and how it can help protect the environment and ensure food security.
Industry Efforts to Protect Bee Health are Paying Off: CSTA
_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Numbers hot off the press from Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) show that the seed industry’s unprecedented action to protect bee […]
Syngenta Announces Launch of Clariva pn Seed Treatment
Syngenta Canada announces the registration and launch of Clariva pn seed treatment, a new biological seed treatment that provides growers with an important tool in the management of soybean cyst […]
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 […]