GM safety concerns 

General Motors is under government investigation for alleged failure of brakes, power steering and windshield wipers on many of its vehicles. Among the...

EU warms up 

Monsanto recently received a favorable scientific opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on the company’s NK603 Roundup Ready corn. Monsanto’s...

Crops department 

By: Karen McMahon

Double protection

Business of buying department 

Biotech class action claims dismissed. UAP forms Loveland Products. Brazil GM crop fiasco.

Crops department 

NK-brand new offerings. Wide variety from Pioneer. Insect control from NC+. Seed treatments for CRW. New Mycgen offerings. Bulk seed handling. Golden Harvest releases. Garst offers YieldGard. DeKalb offerings. New from Asgrow. CRW control from Fielder's Choice. SCN-resistant soybeans. Western bean cutworm protection....

High-tech wheat with 20/20 vision 

By: by John Russnogle

Wheat industry hopes to avoid mistakes made with other biotech crops.

Seeds of change 

By: Kurt Lawton

Genetically modified crops are rewiring agriculture. Some farms, as well as a few of the big companies that pushed the technology, won't survive the tumult. But as doors close through consolidation and attrition, others will open for farmers and seed companies that are prepared for change.

Getting it right with Bt 

By: Rhonda J. Brooks

New EPA regulations demand greater accountability.

Who owns Bt corn, RR cotton?  

By: Wayne Wenzel

Syngenta has filed two separate lawsuits against some of its largest competitors in the seed industry. The company’s legal action asserts that YieldGard...

Business of buying 

Test drivers needed; New EPA manure rules; GM offers rebate; Monsanto, Pioneer call a truce; Claas buys Lexion factory; Number of biotech seed acres grows...

Business of buying 

Challenger buy complete. Ag lending strong. StarLink settled. Syngenta sues Monsanto. Farm size survey. Monsanto delays RR wheat. New corn-based sweetener....

Bt rules 

By: by Rhonda J. Brooks

To grow Bt corn, you must follow EPA requirements.

Crops department 

Endangered corn borers? EPA reregisters Counter. Soil probe measures moisture. Healthy plastic. Monsanto seed sites ISO certified. Chemical labels online. Hitch sprayer.

A final hurrah? 

By: by David Hest

Resistant seed may further shrink the rootworm insecticide market.

The lone danger 

By: by Gil Gullickson

Overuse of a single herbicide can render that tool useless....