Biotech education 

By: Kurt Lawton

Biotech companies unite to promote the safety of their new crops.In an effort to combat misinformation and help ensure that genetically engineered crops...

Business of buying 

By: FIN Staff

Farmland-Cenex vote delayed A second round of voting for the merger of Farmland Industries and Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives has been delayed. After...

Crops department 

By: FIN Staff

90-bushel beans Wayne Schulte of Dorchester, IA, won the titles of Champion Soybean Grower and Champion Conservation Tillage Soybean Grower with a yield...

Business of buying 

By: Kurt Lawton

Are Roundup Ready seed prices fair in the U.S.? Many farmers seem to be echoing this question in light of a recent General Accounting Office report that...

Business of buying 

By: FIN Staff

e buying Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives, Cargill and Dupont have joined as equal investors in a new venture called Rooster.com, aimed at becoming an...

Lowdown on product labeling 

By: Kurt Lawton

New biosafety treaty on biotech grain trading appears to be confusing and difficult to enforce.Certain grain shipments for export must now be labeled...

Separating good from bad 

By: Karen McMahon

New technology decodes corn genomes quicker to bring better hybrids to market.The process of unlocking the corn plant's complex genetic code will become...

When does bt corn pay? 

By: Joan Olson

It all depends on prices and the unpredictable European corn borer.Market uncertainty about genetically modified crops, low commodity prices and two years...

GMO free zone? 

By: Joan Olson

The demand for non-GM grain is small but growing as more foreign markets demand labels for GM foods. The big question is, What seed should fill your planter...

Team FIN weighs seed buy 

By: Karen McMahon

Growers lean toward GM soybeans, away from GM corn. Wondering what seed to buy this spring? You're not alone. Growers this year have found their choice...

Business of buying department 

By: FIN Staff

Europe needs more science A coherent scientific approach to food safety to prevent trade disputes and allay consumer fears over genetically modified (GM)...

Crops department 

By: FIN Staff

Demand for GM grains "[Demand for non-genetically modified grains] is by far the minority. We currently estimate it at around 2 to 2_1/2% of total export...

Crops department 

By: FIN Staff

Product packaging Novartis's new purchase program, called AgriFit, guarantees that all prices for NK-brand seed will remain the same for 2000. Also, options...

Business of buying department 

By: FIN Staff

Save on seed, chemicalsTechnology-enhanced seed with the Asgrow brand will be lower in price next year. Low commodity prices have prompted Monsanto to...

Butterflies are free 

By: Business of buying

The highly publicized Cornell University study that reported that monarch butterflies died after ingesting pollen from Bt corn is being contradicted by...

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