Who owns nature?By: Dale B. McDonald Thirteen years ago, Farm Industry News compiled an editorial series, hailed as a landmark, on the coming products of biotechnology. Today, many of those... Cloning plantsEventually corn may reproduce itself without loss in hybrid vigor.Diligent research and biotechnology have again scored another amazing feat. Researchers... Switch on crop protectionBy: Lynn Grooms New seed research aims to turn traits - such as cold tolerance or pollination timing - on and off when needed.We are all accustomed to flipping a switch... Cloning plantsEventually corn may reproduce itself without loss in hybrid vigor.Diligent research and biotechnology have again scored another amazing feat. Researchers... Farmers' "take" on trait seedBy: Jodie Wehrspann Heralded as the path to profit and cleaner fields, genetically enhanced seed has swept the market in only three years. But what do farmers really think... Accessing Seed technologies Will your local seed supplier have the seeds you want?By: Joan Olson Biotechnology is revolutionizing the seed industry and U.S. agriculture. Over the last 24 months, we have witnessed unprecedented changes in the roster... Which Bt to buy?By: Jodie Wehrspann AgrEvo expects anywhere between 1 and 1.2 million U.S. corn acres to be planted to its new StarLink Bt corn hybrids that control European corn borer (ECB),... Triple-, quad-stack hybridsNew hybrids can prevent damage from bugs, disease and herbicides.Garst Seed Company has upped the ante in the seed trait game by being the first seed... When companies converge What does "from dirt to dinner plate" mean to growers?By: Lynn Grooms "From dirt to dinner," "plow to plate" - these phrases have been used to describe the new joint ventures or collaborations between seed biotechnology... New traits of seed buyingBy: Jodie Wehrspann Genetic engineering will change the way you buy seed.Changes are coming in the way you buy seed. That's because the seed itself is changing. Through genetic... |
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