Farm Industry News
Home > Seed > Biotech Traits > More in Biotech Traits

More in Biotech Traits

  • Mar. 1, 2012
    Article

    Monsanto to add dicamba-tolerant trait to RR soybeans

    Monsanto announced at the 2012 Commodity Classic a dicamba-tolerant trait that will be stacked with Genuity RR 2Yield soybeans. The new soybean line will be called RR 2 Xtend. Accompanying the new trait will be a dicamba and glyphosate herbicide premix called Roundup Xtend for pre and post applications....More
  • Feb. 28, 2012
    Article

    Surge in seed treatments, crop protection

    Very soon, 100% of corn and soybean seed will be sold with seed treatments. While corn already is at 100%, soybeans are expected to reach that level soon as companies perfect just-in-time seed treating for beans....More
  • Feb. 10, 2012
    blog

    An inside view of Syngenta's global financial report to media

    Farm Industry News blogger Mark Moore gives his impressions of attending Syngenta's 2011 financial report to the media in Basel, Switzerland....More
  • Jan. 10, 2012
    Article

    Dow AgroSciences, German firm to conduct biotech research

    Dow AgroSciences has signed a research agreement with Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Ecology to collaborate on novel biotech approaches to improving crops....More
  • Dec. 15, 2011
    Article

    Pioneer Hi-Bred to work with Israeli genetics firm

    Pioneer Hi-Bred will have a new source of genes to test for drought tolerance. DuPont, Pioneer’s parent company, signed a research agreement with Rosetta Green, an Israeli plant genetics company....More
  • Dec. 8, 2011
    Article

    Biotechnology and U.S. crop yield trends

    Introduction...More
  • Dec. 5, 2011
    Article

    Monsanto's next single-bag refuge product approved

    Monsanto’s Genuity VT Double Pro RIB Complete is now on the market for growers who need above-ground pest control and not corn rootworm protection....More
  • Oct. 27, 2011
    blog

    DuPont's Pioneer, Plant Sensory Systems share nitrogen use traits

    DuPont's Pioneer Hi-Bred will work with Plant Sensory Systems to develop traits for more efficient use of nitrogen in hybrids....More
  • Oct. 27, 2011
    video

    Pioneer Optimum AcreMax receives EPA approval

    Pioneer's new refuge-in-a-bag products — Optimum AcreMax and Optimum AcreMax Xtra — recently received EPA approval....More
  • Sep. 28, 2011
    Article

    Court denies Syngenta request against Bunge

    Syngenta's complaint against Bunge has been denied by a U.S. federal district court....More
  • Sep. 12, 2011
    Article

    How seed companies analyze vast amounts of data

    Plant breeders must analyze vast amounts of data to bring new hybrids and varieties to the market. In 2001, Pioneer generated about one million data points for the year. In 2010, the company collected one million data points a day....More
  • Aug. 22, 2011
    Article

    Syngenta files complaint against Bunge for not accepting Viptera corn

    Syngenta just filed a complaint against Bunge North America for its refusal to accept corn with Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera trait. The complaint was filed by Syngenta North America in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa....More
  • Aug. 9, 2011
    video
    Farm Industry News

    Agricultural crops keep up with slow rate of climate change

    A panel of science fellows found "unequivocal" evidence that climate change is occurring. David Gustafson, senior fellow with Monsanto, was part of the panel and explains how climate change started occurring in the 1960s....More
  • Jul. 25, 2011
    Article

    EPA approves Syngenta’s new corn trait stack with 5% refuge

    EPA has granted registration approval for Syngenta’s new Agrisure 3122 corn trait stack. The stack features two modes of action against both corn borer and corn rootworm, with a structured refuge of only 5% in the Corn Belt....More
  • Jun. 14, 2011
    article

    Monsanto's new SmartStax refuge-in-a-bag hybrids sold fast 1

    The first complete refuge-in-a-bag product from Monsanto has been planted across about 300,000 corn acres. Monsanto corn traits marketing manager Matt Kirkpatrick explains how the Genuity SmartStax RIB Complete product was developed and how he expects a fast adoption of RIB seed....More
  • May 24, 2011
    article

    Refuge-in-a-bag seed approved for crop insurance discount

    Monsanto’s refuge-in-a-bag product has been approved for crop insurance discounts based on biotechnology. Growers planting Genuity SmartStax RIB Complete will receive a crop insurance premium reduction as part of USDA’s Risk Management Agency’s Pilot Biotechnology Endorsement (BE) program....More
  • May 23, 2011
    article

    EPA approves Syngenta's new Viptera corn trait

    The EPA recently granted registration approval for Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera 3220 corn trait stack....More
  • May 20, 2011
    article

    Syngenta to build $71 million seed genetics research center

    Syngenta plans to build a new $71 million genetics research facility that will look at seed traits to tolerate drought, to enhance crop productivity and to improve plant performance....More
  • May 17, 2011
    article

    New genetic research alliance between DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred, Biotique Systems

    DuPont and Biotique Systems announce a research collaboration that should help Pioneer Hi-Bred develop more new crops through new genetic research technology....More
  • Apr. 25, 2011
    video

    Pioneer Hi-Bred's Optimum AcreMax 1 includes rootworm refuge in the bag

    Pioneer Hi-Bred's first refuge-in-a-bag product, Optimum AcreMax 1, has seen strong sales for 2011, according to Bill Belzer, senior marketing manager, North America corn. The next generation of refuge products should be approved for use in 2012....More
  • Apr. 14, 2011
    video

    Pioneer Hi-Bred considers farm seed selling a 12-month cycle 1

    The business of selling seed to farmers is no longer seasonal, but a year-long cycle, according to Bill Belzer, Pioneer Hi-Bred senior marketing manager, North America corn....More
  • Apr. 14, 2011
    blog

    Dekalb offers single-bag corn refuge product

    Monsanto has announced limited availability of Dekalb brand Genuity SmartStax RIB complete corn, a single-bag solution for refuge management. Dekalb Genuity SmartStax RIB Complete corn combines a blend of 95 percent Dekalb Genuity SmartStax corn seed and 5 percent refuge (non-Bt) seed for farmers in the Corn Belt.  This technology eliminates the need for a separate, structured refuge when planted across a whole field....More
  • Apr. 11, 2011
    blog

    Monsanto receives approval of refuge-in-a-bag product

    Monsanto just received full regulatory approval for a single-bag refuge product for corn. The product is called Genuity SmartStax RIB Complete and can be planted across a corn grower’s entire field. It is a blend of 95% Genuity SmartStax corn seed and 5% refuge (non-Bt) seed. No separate, structured refuge is needed for either above- or below-ground pests in the Corn Belt. Monsanto does caution that growers planting Genuity SmartStax without the RIB Complete will still need a refuge....More
  • Apr. 8, 2011
    blog

    Syngenta, Bayer CropScience to develop HPPD-tolerant soybean trait

    Growing weed resistance is driving the seed trait business. Syngenta and Bayer CropScience just announced that the two companies will collaborate on the development of an HPPD-herbicide-tolerant trait for soybeans. Adding HPPD-tolerance to the trait mix will help growers combat weed resistance, particularly to glyphosate. The trait is in the early development and will not be launched in North America until the “second half of this decade,” according to a news release from Syngenta....More
  • Apr. 1, 2011
    article

    New corn trait targets ethanol

    Syngenta releases a new corn trait for more efficient ethanol production....More
Commodity Prices


Market Data provided by Barchart.com

Continuing Education
New Course
Current Status of Herbicide Resistance in Weeds

Accredited for 2 hours/CCA Soil & Water credits. The 2,000 member...

Agronomic Principles and Efficient Chemigation and Fertigation Using Center Pivot/Linear Sprinkler Systems
This online CE course details sound mechanical irrigation design and management practices to...
Spray Drift Management
Keeping crop protection chemicals on the crop for which they are intended has been a...
View All Courses
FarmIndustryNews.com
Penton Agriculture Market

Copyright © 2013 Penton Media, Inc