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...

Weeds rebound 

By: By Mark Moore

If Growers don't protect current weed-control chemistries, they may someday find their fields infested with resistant weeds with virtually no way to control...

Monsanto loses appeal 

Syngenta Received a favorable ruling from an appeals court in a patent dispute with Monsanto over Agrisure GT (GA21 corn). The U.S. Federal Appeals Court...

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,...

Eight-gene stack 

Monsanto and Dow AgroSciences recently announced plans to cross-license genes and offer an eight-gene-stack hybrid for corn...

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 ...

Next Roundup Ready product 

The next generation of Roundup Ready soybeans, called Roundup RReady2Yield, recently received U.S. and Canadian regulatory approvals. Monsanto is waiting...

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...

Test for tolerance 

By: By Lora Berg

WHAT IF the crop isn't really glyphosate tolerant when the sprayer is full of Roundup and ready to go? Or what if the hay is glyphosate tolerant and the...

SYNGENTA'S GLYPHOSATE PLAN 

SYNGENTA CROP Protection announced its 2006 Touchdown Assurance Plan (TAP) for growers in the northern U.S. This plan applies to the Touchdown brand of...