Patent Dispute Resolved 

A patent dispute related to low-linolenic soybeans between the Iowa State University Research Foundation (ISURF) and Monsanto is resolved. Monsanto receives...

Eight-gene stack 

Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences recently announced plans to cross-license genes and offer an eight-gene-stack hybrid for corn...

Trait Rates (Why Prices are up) 

By: BY MARK MOORE

Producers have ever-increasing options when it comes to buying seed in 2008, but those new traits are expected to come with a higher price tag. Corn and...

Stacked Lineup 

By: BY MARK MOORE

Corn is expected to remain the commodity of choice for many producers, buoyed by continued strong demand. Seed companies are responding by increasing the availability ...

Next Roundup Ready product 

The next generation of Roundup Ready soybeans, called Roundup RReady2Yield, recently received U.S. and Canadian regulatory approvals. Monsanto is waiting...

Hubner, Lewis Purchased 

Monsanto's American Seeds Inc. (ASI) recently acquired the seed sales and marketing arms of Hubner Seed, West Lebanon, IN, and Lewis Hybrids, Ursa, IL....

A Perfect Drought 

By: From the Editor, Karen McMahon

Commodity Classic, held every winter, has become an important barometer of what Midwestern corn and soybean growers are thinking....

Triple Stack Approved 

Syngenta announces it received EPA registration for a triple-stack corn hybrid. The Agrisure CB/LL/RW corn trait stack should be available...

Biotech Bandwagon 

By: By Mark Moore

The trait development bandwagon continues to roll right along, as companies respond to the growing demand for this revolutionary technology by adding...

Ground rules for refuge 

By: By Mark Moore

If you decide to plant insect-resistant corn hybrids in 2007, it is important that you also plant refuge acres, not only to meet EPA requirements, but...

Biotech's Third Wave 

By: By Peg Zenk

It was first applied in medicine, then in agriculture. Now biotechnology is being used to improve manufacturing processes...

Biotech Traits: WHAT'S NOW 

By: By Lynn Grooms

Last year marked the 10th anniversary of the commercialization of transgenic crops (commonly called biotech crops). At the same time, some farmer somewhere...

Biotech Traits: WHAT'S NEW 

By: By Lynn Grooms

Frequent industry observation is that consumers will not fully appreciate biotechnology until it directly benefits them. That is why many people in the...

Biotech Traits: WHAT'S NEXT 

By: By Lynn Grooms

Although the biotech and native gene trait pipeline is already extensive, it is just the start of something even bigger. It is not unusual to hear a phrase...

BIOTECH'S BIRTHDAY 

BIOTECH CROPS officially turned 10 years old this past summer. Monsanto celebrated the milestone by staging an event at its research facility in Jerseyville,...

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