Biotechnology breakthroughs 

By: By Mark Moore

Biotechnology has changed the face of U.S. agriculture. In 1996, the first year of commercial production, glyphosate-tolerant soybeans were planted on...

Lower crop insurance premiums 

By: By Mark Moore

New pilot program gives premium rate discount for planting Monsanto triple-stack hybrids.
Corn producers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota will have the opportunity this year to participate in a pilot program from USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) aimed at lowering their crop insurance premiums...

A premium on traits 

By: By Mark Moore

Corn and soybean producers are in for an increase in their seed bill in 2008. On average, corn seed prices are up an estimated 15% over 2007 prices, and...

New chapter in biotech 

By: By Mark Moore

The New cross-licensing agreement between Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto marks a new chapter in biotech trait licensing. Under the terms of their agreement,...

Japan Approves Agrisure RW 

Syngenta recently received full regulatory approval from Japan for its Agrisure RW biotech trait. Now grain from the RW hybrids will be accepted by elevators...

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 ...

YieldGard VT hybrids from Monsanto 

Monsanto says its YieldGard VT is a new rootworm technology that results in better performance of the traits. According to the company, the VecTran technology allows more precise...

Monsanto's VT Products 

Monsanto's new second-generation insect control technology will be called YieldGard VT. The first products out in 2007 will be YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2...