How Dutch hybrid potato and vegetable seeds can contribute to SDG 2 (Zero Hunger)Sep. 28, 2018

Hybrid seeds are key to improving the productivity of smallholder farmers and necessary to meet projected food demands by 2050. FMO is invol...

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Calyxt signs agreement with American Natural Processors to crush and process its high-oleic soybeansSep. 28, 2018

Calyxt, Inc., a consumer-centric, food- and agriculture-focused Company, announced today an agreement with American Natural Processors (ANP)...

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Syngenta Seedcare Institute interviews - Darian BlanchardSep. 28, 2018

I have been working with the Seedcare Institute in Canada since April 2017. Prior to this, my time was split between teaching at a local aca...

Tomatoes 'mixing chemical cocktails': Early detection of disease resistance in food cropsSep. 28, 2018

Bacterial wilt devastates major food crops world-wide; so far farmers had to wait for mature plants to observe resistance to the disease. No...

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Plant Genetic Resources Ensure Ag’s FutureSep. 27, 2018

Plant genetic resources are any plant materials, such as seeds, fruits, cuttings, pollen, and other organs and tissues from which plants can...

Gene editing remains priority for CortevaSep. 27, 2018

“It is about 50:50 seeds and crop protection. Gene editing will be the future revolution in agriculture as it is faster to add specific tra...

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Monsanto India names Cherukuri Ravishankar as Managing DirectorSep. 27, 2018

Seed firm Monsanto India, a subsidiary of Bayer group, Monday announced the appointment of Cherukuri Ravishankar as the Managing Director fo...

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The pitfalls of FDA’s GMO food labelingSep. 26, 2018

Some companies in California were surprised recently when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates food labeling, announced t...

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Worry about tissue culture as source of mutations and not the genome editing itself!Sep. 26, 2018

A large scale comparative study conducted by Tang et al., (2018) in rice by using whole genome sequencing analyses reveals that tissue cultu...

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High yield modern farming better for the environment, says Nature studySep. 26, 2018

A new study in Nature Sustainability reports that "Extensive field data suggest that impacts on wild populations would be greatly reduced th...

Indigo Ag's natural seed-coating technology helps plants thriveSep. 26, 2018

Indigo Agriculture, a tech startup in Boston, Massachusetts, makes seed treatments that help plants grow. The technology involves coating th...

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Syngenta launches Vibrance Maxx in ArgentinaSep. 25, 2018

Syngenta launched in Argentina Vibrance Maxx, a new treatment for soybean seeds that contains sedaxane - the first carboxamide designed excl...

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Fitó Seeds: From tomatoes to grass for football fieldsSep. 25, 2018

Discretion has always been typical of Catalan firms. For this reason, when ordinary citizens think of Catalan historical multinationals, one...

Worldwide collaboration to breed better dry beansSep. 25, 2018

On a recent warm, late-summer day, as many dry edible bean growers in Nebraska were watching their fields turn color and preparing for harve...

Over-regulating gene editing slows down innovation, Bayer saysSep. 25, 2018

An extensive regulatory process on gene editing adds more bureaucracy, increasing costs and slowing down innovation, Liam Condon, President ...

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A new generation of farming: South Mountain MicroFARM increases lettuce yield by 60% and microgreens yield by 10%Sep. 25, 2018

South Mountain MicroFARM is a 100% LED-lit, aquaponic leafy greens cultivator in Maryland. The 7,500 square foot greenhouse is situated on t...

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Vilmorin-Mikado presents an innovative solution to combat the nematodes Heredodera carotaeSep. 25, 2018

On the occasion of the 2nd International Symposium on Carrot and Other Apiaceae (Poland, 19 - 22 September), Vilmorin - Mikado, the world le...

Zimbabwe eyes $2bn oil seed exportsSep. 24, 2018

Zimbabwe is eyeing a cumulative figure of $2 billion over the next two years on growing demand of sunflower and other oil producing seeds on...

GMO cotton prompts dramatic drop in China’s pesticide useSep. 21, 2018

China has experienced large and sustained reductions in pesticide use as a result of adopting GMO cotton, according to the largest-ever scie...

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Burkina Faso farmers call for return of Bt cottonSep. 21, 2018

Cotton farming in Burkina Faso is in a fast slump two years after the suspension of Bt cotton.

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S&W Seed Company sales down 15% in FY2018Sep. 21, 2018

September 20, S&W Seed Company announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.

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Scientists urge new EU rules on gene editing cropsSep. 21, 2018

The European Commission needs to quickly propose new rules for crops created by modern targeted plant breeding techniques such as Crispr –C...

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After the ECJ ruling: KWS continuing to invest in precision breedingSep. 21, 2018

Even after the ruling by the European Court of Justice on new plant breeding methods, KWS will continue to invest in them. “The new means o...

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China is making its vegetables grow bigger, faster and stronger ... using electricitySep. 21, 2018

Chinese growers have the answer to a question that has been baffling scientists for three centuries: Can electricity boost plant growth?

Beyond China: A closer look at Asia’s other soybean marketsSep. 20, 2018

Every farmer knows that his or her soybeans have a good possibility of ending up in China, but there are many other strong export markets on...

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ILeVO Seed Treatment in BASF PortfolioSep. 20, 2018

One of the new products to join the BASF portfolio is ILeVO® seed treatment which offers effective protection against sudden death syndrome...

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Inside China's strategy in the soybean trade warSep. 20, 2018

The executive from one of China’s biggest soybean crushers sat on a panel at a Kansas City agricultural exports conference, listening to an...

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