Cargill opens lab in Great Falls to begin omega-3 research and developmentDec. 12, 2018

Cargill has chosen Great Falls for a new location to conduct groundbreaking research developing omega-3 fatty acids from canola plants to re...

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Zero Gravity Solutions announces the Introduction of BAM-FX to the rapidly growing legal hemp and cannabis market segmentsDec. 12, 2018

Zero Gravity Solutions, Inc. (“ZGSI” or the “Company”) (Pink Sheets: ZGSI), an agricultural biotechnology public company commercializing...

With reasonable regulation, we can turn wild plants into food with gene editingDec. 12, 2018

The crops we rely on today have been bred over thousands of years to enhance certain characteristics. For example, sweetcorn started life as...

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$1.51 billion Syngenta settlement wins final approvalDec. 12, 2018

U.S. District Court Judge John W. Lungstrum recently approved Syngenta’s $1.51 billion settlement regarding MIR162—Agrisure Viptera. This ...

Nucelis, the subsidiary of Cibus, partners with Darwin to build business in China; signs first development agreementDec. 11, 2018

Nucelis, the microbial strain development subsidiary of agriculture biotech company, Cibus, announced a partnership agreement with Nanjing D...

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Should you use a fungicidal seed treatment on low-quality soybean seed?Dec. 11, 2018

With this year’s harvest of soybeans delayed beyond what is considered an ideal window of time, the opportunity for diseases to infect seed...

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Ghana: Alliance for Science pushes for passage of Plant Breeders Bill into lawDec. 11, 2018

Civil Society Group Alliance for Science Ghana is appealing to President Akufo-Addo to help ensure passage of the Plant Breeders’ Right Bil...

Report outlines USDA technology innovationsDec. 11, 2018

Research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) generated 166 new inventions and 68 patent applications in the 2017 fiscal year, accor...

China’s approval of three canola traits uncertain as February deadline loomsDec. 11, 2018

It’s been six years in the making as the Canadian canola industry waits for the approval of three canola traits for export into the Chinese...

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Seed treatments need to work — all the timeDec. 10, 2018

You’ve got the genetics, now how do you take full advantage of them. Most producers in Western Canada plant seed with applied treatments, f...

ESA regrets the decision of the European Patent Office declaring restriction of patentability of plants invalidDec. 10, 2018

On December 5, 2018, in an oral hearing on a patent on pepper plants, the European Patent Office declared the new rule 28(2) invalid[1] pavi...

Canada: Why is canola winning acres and not wheat?Dec. 10, 2018

Wheat needs more research money to compete with crops like canola. That’s the message organizers delivered at the first consultation meetin...

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Sustainable hybrid seed sector key to Africa’s Green RevolutionDec. 10, 2018

Africa’s demand for food will more than double by 2050, driven by population growth and rapid urbanisation.

Zambia government launches the SADC seed certification and harmonized seed regulation systemDec. 7, 2018

Zambia government has launched the Southern African Development Community (SADC) seed certification and harmonized seed regulation system.

Education may be key ingredient in CRISPR technology adoptionDec. 7, 2018

Will consumers accept the CRISPR Cas9 gene editing technology and the wealth of new products and cropping innovations it promises to usher i...

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Researchers breed new edamame plants suitable for U.S. productionDec. 7, 2018

Virginia Tech researchers are collaborating on a research project that focuses on growing stronger and sweeter edamame in the U.S. to boost ...

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British farmers 'could lead the way' on gene editing after BrexitDec. 7, 2018

Michael Gove has said that British scientists and farmers could “lead the way” on gene editing after the UK leaves the EU.

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World premiere: KWS acquires exclusive license for long-lasting encapsulation of biologicalsDec. 7, 2018

A major advance for sustainable agriculture: Using a new method, KWS is the first company to make long-lasting seed capsules containing biol...

Marrone Bio Innovations launches TerraConnect new biological seed and soil platformDec. 7, 2018

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. launches TerraConnect, a new global biological soil applied and seed treatment platform delivering growers hig...

We have enough supplies' says Seed CoDec. 6, 2018

The Zimbabwe’s largest seed producer, Seed Co Limited, says it has enough capacity to meet local market’s seed requirements for the 2018 /...

With a temperature sensor in hand, UC Riverside researchers can engineer crops that produce yields in warmer climatesDec. 6, 2018

When it gets hot outside, humans and animals have the luxury of seeking shelter in the shade or cool, air-conditioned buildings. But plants ...

Uganda: Parliament approves GMO BillDec. 6, 2018

Parliament has finally passed a Bill intended to provide a regulatory framework that facilitates the safe development and application of bio...

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Latest developments in seed markets: new OECD report released todayDec. 6, 2018

This OECD report provides an in-depth assessment of structural changes in global markets for seed and biotechnology based on new data on mar...

Texas A&M AgriLife receives sponsored support for agrigenomics lab from PerkinElmerDec. 6, 2018

Texas A&M AgriLife announced PerkinElmer Inc. has agreed to further support the growing field of agrigenomics through a sponsored collaborat...

After investing $ 40 million, Sakata Seed Corporation opened its office in ArgentinaDec. 6, 2018

The Japanese company of seeds of vegetables and flowers Sakata Seed Corporation inaugurated his commercial offices in Argentina with an init...

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Syngenta partners with Ram Trucks to help farmers maximize ROI potential through NKDec. 5, 2018

Syngenta is joining forces with Ram Trucks to add value for the American farmer through NK® corn and soybeans. Eligible buyers of a new Ram...

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Nunhems offers with F1 Coliseum the first frog skin melon with resistance to the New Delhi virusDec. 5, 2018

The Nunhems® brand has managed to reinvent the concept of frog skin melon with the launch of the F1 Coliseum.

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New KWS varieties deliver high yield and excellent disease resistanceDec. 5, 2018

KWS sees two new high-yielding quality wheats, a two-row winter barley and a conventional oilseed rape added to the 2019-20 AHDB Recommended...

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Seed Care Dedication, innovation and repeated testing goes into every seed treatmentDec. 5, 2018

Seed treatments have come a long way over the past 20 years. In most modern seed treatments – fungicides, insecticides, nematicides, benefi...

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