DuPont, Bayer sign biotech cross-licensing agreements 

DuPont and Bayer CropScience have announced a series of business agreements related to plant biotechnology traits and weed and insect control products...

Drought-tolerance gene by 2012Drought-tolerance gene by 2012 

By: By Mark Moore

BASF Plant Science and Monsanto have jointly announced the discovery of a naturally occurring gene that will be used in drought-tolerant corn...

DuPont, BASF at odds over herbicide patents 

DuPont and BASF have filed separate lawsuits on the same day, each accusing the other of patent infringement relating to herbicide tolerance technology...

Monsanto, DuPont in court over RR technology use 

By: By Mark Moore

Monsanto has filed suit in federal court in St. Louis against E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred International...

Dow AgroSciences develops precise trait engineering technology 

By: By Mark Moore

New research published in the journal Nature confirms that a new trait engineering technology developed by Dow AgroSciences and Sangamo BioSciences can provide effective genome modification in corn...

Pioneer names products Optimum 

As Pioneer Hi-Bred gears up for the anticipated launch of its Optimum GAT corn and soybean products in 2010 and 2011, the company has announced that it...

Dow/Syngenta cross-licensing agreement 

Dow AgroSciences and Syngenta now have access to each company's corn traits. Under a recent agreement between the two companies, Syngenta will receive...

Dow/Syngenta cross-licensing agreement 

By: By Mark Moore

Dow AgroSciences and Syngenta now have access to each company’s corn traits. Under a recent agreement between the two companies, Syngenta will receive global nonexclusive licenses, with stacking rights...

Monsanto names seed traits Genuity 

By: By Karen McMahon

Monsanto Specialty crop traits have a new name and look for the 2010 crop season. The new brand name Genuity covers Monsanto's entire family of technology...

Monsanto names seed traits Genuity 

By: By Karen McMahon, Editor

Monsanto specialty crop traits have a new name and look for the 2010 crop season. The new brand name Genuity covers Monsanto’s entire family of technology traits — from VT Triple PRO and SmartStax to Roundup Ready 2 Yield. ...

New trait for pest control 

Now that the EPA has given registration approval to Syngenta's new Agrisure corn trait event, MIR162, the company has given the trait a name: Agrisure...

Gene research for insect control 

DuPont and Athenix are collaborating to develop the next level of insect-resistant trait genes. Under their agreement, DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred...

What's up with seed? 

By: By Mark Moore

For a few days in December, the American Seed Trade Association brings the who's who of the seed industry together in Chicago for its annual Seed Expo....

Regional companies still thrive 

After Hearing that his obituary had been published, Mark Twain quipped, The report of my death was an exaggeration. The same might be said for regional...

CRW Combos 

By: By Lynn Grooms

Growers In some areas have observed yield benefits from using both corn rootworm (CRW)-resistant hybrids and soil insecticides. But are these combos a...