20 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW 

Organic food production cannot feed the world. OPINIONS ABOUT the potential for organic food production vary widely...

All About AcreMax 

By: By Rhonda Brooks

OPTIMUM ACREMAX 1 may be the proverbial silver lining in 2010 for seed company giant Pioneer Hi-Bred, a subsidiary of DuPont. After weathering a tough...

Optimum GAT delayed 

LAST DECEMBER, Pioneer Hi-Bred announced the delay of its Optimum GAT technology in corn and in soybeans for two very different reasons, according to...

Eight traits 

SMARTSTAX corn contains eight genetically modified traits that are combined or stacked: six for insect resistance and two for herbicide tolerance. There are some stacked GM trait crops on the market now...

Refuge reduced 

By: By Lynn Grooms

THE NUMBER of refuge acres required for crops from multi-stacked seeds is decreasing thanks to new technology from seed companies. The first big drop...

SmartStax receives U.S., Canadian approval 

The SmartStax corn trait has cleared a major regulatory approval, gaining registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and regulatory authorization from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency...

Dow/Syngenta cross-licensing agreement 

Dow AgroSciences and Syngenta now have access to each company's corn traits. Under a recent agreement between the two companies, Syngenta will receive...

CRW Combos 

By: By Lynn Grooms

Growers In some areas have observed yield benefits from using both corn rootworm (CRW)-resistant hybrids and soil insecticides. But are these combos a...

Farmindustrynews.com 

ISOBUS for tractors, implements Tractors and implements are moving to a universal language called ISOBUS that lets equipment from different companies...

One More Acquisition 

By: From Guest Editor Mark Moore

When Dow AgroSciences announced its intention to acquire Dairyland Seed Company, a 100-year-old, family-owned seed company, the news wasn't exactly shocking....