In-furrow corn treatment 

EMD CROP BioScience has launched Torque IF, which contains the company's proprietary LCO Promoter Technology, a naturally occurring molecule that enhances plant development by turning on the plant's growth processes...

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...

Biofuels Corn and Beyond 

By: By Lynn Grooms

In December, the U.S. ethanol industry was reported to be producing up to 7.3 billion gallons of ethanol annually. Figuring that it takes one bushel of...

A shallow gene pool 

By: By Mark Moore

Today's High-Yielding corn hybrids and soybean varieties didn't just emerge by accident. Significant investments in research, along with the tireless...

Seeds for global warming 

By: By David Hest

If global climate change occurs, seed companies say they will be ready for it. They are confident that their efforts to breed seeds that better handle...

Dealing with drought 

By: By Lynn Grooms

It is easy to see why corn-breeding companies are emphasizing drought tolerance. Just read some of last year's reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Booked Solid 

By: By Mark Moore

AS PRODUCERS harvest this year's massive corn crop, the transportation network that shuttles grain from the field and delivers it to its final destination...

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...