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Hostage to GMO Hysteria: Golden Rice Saga Lingers as Malnourished Suffer
Hostage to GMO Hysteria: Golden Rice Saga Lingers as Malnourished Suffer

What if a partial solution to the plight of millions of dying children was a mere bowl of grain, but the sustaining food was pushed away in the name of science? Welcome to the saga of Golden Rice.

Bayer Signs on to Distribute Enlist E3 Technology, Works toward Launch of HT4 Soybeans
Bayer Signs on to Distribute Enlist E3 Technology, Works toward Launch of HT4 Soybeans

The new agreement means farmers will have "more choices and additional tools" for integrated weed management. In the process, Bayer remains committed to marketing its current crop systems and developing new technologies.

Calyxt's Next Generation High Oleic, Ultra-Low Linolenic Profile Soybeans
Calyxt's Next Generation High Oleic, Ultra-Low Linolenic Profile Soybeans

Having completed foundation seed production, HOLL will be advancing into seed production for a potential 2023 launch.

Bayer: The Beginning of What’s Next
Bayer: The Beginning of What’s Next

With a $2 billion euro investment every year in R&D, Bob Reiter provides these updates in key areas of Bayer’s pipeline and strategy:

A new variety of corn, bottom, compared to a non-engineered variety, top. Both types were grown under warm nighttime temperatures, but the new variety had 40% greater yield. Photo by Camila Ribeiro
Florida Researchers Design Corn to Handle Heat Stress

University of Florida researchers have developed corn that can thrive in nighttime heat.

"Our OpenAg Purpose is tearing down limits and borders to create partnerships that will transform agriculture by delivering broad value across the entire food production network,” says Adrian Percy.
UPL Announces R&D OpenAg Center In North Carolina

The OpenAg Center consists of high-tech laboratories and a newly recruited team of seasoned, sought-after scientists able to quickly validate a wide range of technologies. 

Yield10 Bioscience Expands Research License with Bayer
Yield10 Bioscience Expands Research License with Bayer

Yield10 is advancing several yield traits it has developed in crops such as canola, soybean, rice, wheat and corn.

Corteva Continues to Invest in Biologicals
Corteva Continues to Invest in Biologicals

As part of this investment, Corteva will have rights to Lavie’s corn and soybean product pipelines.

The newly formed Bayer Crop Science division cites three platforms driving innovation: seeds & traits, crop protection, and digital ag.
Bayer Gives Glimpse At Future

After five months of being unified as one new company, officials detail what’s in the product pipeline

Bayer Executives Unfurl Industry Giant’s Goals For Ag
Bayer Executives Unfurl Industry Giant’s Goals For Ag

The world got one of its first public images of the biggest ag company on the globe Tuesday in Germany as leadership from Bayer and former Monsanto employees spoke at the newly minted Bayer Future of Farming Dialogue.

The J.R. Simplot company started as an Idaho-based potato producer/processor but has grown into a vertically integrated food company. It has acquired gene editing licensing rights in agreement with DowDuPont.
JR Simplot Acquires Gene Editing License

J.R. Simplot Company on Monday announced a licensing agreement with DowDuPont Inc., MIT & Harvard, developers of the nascent gene editing technology. Simplot is the first agricultural company to receive such a license.

Monsanto Invests a Total of $125 Million In Pairwise for Gene Editing
Monsanto Invests a Total of $125 Million In Pairwise for Gene Editing

Monsanto is partnering with an ag startup, Pairwise Plants, that studies gene editing technology.

Cibus, a leading plant breeding company, has appointed Noel Sauer to the scientific management team as Vice President of Research.
Cibus Promotes New Vice President of Research

Cibus, a leading plant breeding company, has appointed Noel Sauer to the scientific management team as Vice President of Research.

Spotlight on Success: Robert Saik
Spotlight on Success: Robert Saik

Here's a Q&A with the founder and global business development leader of Agri-Trend

Scout The Tech Horizon
Scout The Tech Horizon

A 2014 Top Producer of the Year honoree, producer Jay Myers is continuously seeking out new equipment and technology to improve operational efficiency.

RNAi Key for Pest Research
RNAi Key for Pest Research

The soybean aphid can cost U.S. agriculture up to $2.4 billion when left untreated.