October 08
US Department of
Agriculture awards more than $28 million in specialty crop research
Advantages of Bt corn
continue to grow
Expanded Seed Science
Center to open at Iowa State University
Agriculture holding its
own during economic crisis
BASF transfers
Weedmaster herbicide to Nufarm
Monsanto sees record sales in
fiscal year 2008 - Growth serves as strong base for 2009
Enza Zaden chooses
Fluidigm BioMark system to help assure core seed quality
Enza choisit le système
BioMark de Fluidigm pour assurer la qualité fondamentale de ses semences
Jack Spaulding joins
Seed Consultants, Inc. as Area Seedsman serving central Indiana
American Soybean
Association seeks USDA help to fund soybean rust monitoring and
early-warning system
USDA - Items of Interest
in Seed
DuPont is meeting
significant 2008 milestones in progressing advanced biofuels
USDA/APHIS seeks
public comment on proposed rule for biotechnology regulations
- American
Seed Trade Association welcomes progress in updating USDA
biotechnology regulations
- U.S.
Biotechnology Industry Organization supports modernization of
USDA plant biotech regulations
U.S. weekly
corn and soybean outlook:
Crop demand
Cottonseed
brands from Bayer CropScience claim largest share of 2008
U.S. acres
Soybean seed
quality at harvest
Benjamin L.
Morales joins United Genetics as Production Manager
Sam Cable,
Export/Seed Position Manager at Barenbrug USA, featured on
Seed World’s Giant Views of the Industry
Mycogen
Seeds varieties recognized at World’s Forage Analysis
Superbowl - Silage-Specific BMR hybrids sweep the
competition
Agri
Marketing magazine to publish salute to the American Seed
Trade Association
Syngenta
Seeds' new Agrisure 3000GT corn hybrids available for
advanced insect protection in 2009
Monsanto increases 2008
earnings-per-share guidance, with growth continuing from the
company's seeds-and-traits and Roundup businesses
Ceres adds
CFO ahead of seed business launch
Monsanto
Company completes sale of Posilac bovine somatotropin and
related business
Monsanto’s
D&PL business introduces new naming system for cotton
varieties
Syngenta
launches 2009 AgriEdge corn and soybean programs - US
growers can increase yields and receive greater incentives
in 2009
Beck’s
Hybrids breaks 300 bushel corn attempt
September 08
Michigan State
University assists in identification of lettuce as E. coli
culprit
US Agriseeds’
second annual Gilroy trials exceed expectations
Dow
AgroSciences announces agreement to acquire Renze Hybrids
Beck’s Hybrids
offers choices for reducing crop insurance costs
Syngenta's
Durivo insecticide receives U.S. registration for use in
vegetable crops
U.S. Federal Register:
Importation of
small lots of seed
University of
Georgia researcher gains sunflower grants
Bayer broadens
its manufacturing basis for biopharmaceuticals in tobacco plants
Asian soybean
rust update, USA and Mexico
Michigan State
University recognized for specialty crop leadership with a $5.4
million USDA/CSREES grant
Syngenta
Crop Protection's Voliam
Flexi insecticide receives U.S. registration
American Seed
Research Summit to address major challenges to future seed
research
Syngenta Crop
Protection's Voliam Xpress insecticide receives U.S.
registration for use on head and leaf lettuce, fruiting
vegetables, head and stem brassicas, and cucurbit vegetables
European
market holds great potential for U.S. sorghum exports, says U.S.
Grains Council
USDA's CSREES
awards US$1 million renewal grant to map wheat chromosome
Asgrow brand
AccuSure Seed Count System introduced for the brand’s Roundup
Ready 2 Yield soybean seed
Mycogen Seeds
expands agronomy services team, hires Travis Belt and Byron
Hendrix
Randy Lusher
joins BASF Turf & Ornamentals as Sales Specialist
Ellen Kullman
to become Dupont's President, Director, CEO
Wheat blends
increase chances of yield stability
Pioneer
Hi-Bred introduces new Y Series Pioneer brand low linolenic
soybeans for 2009, announces premiums for low linolenic soybean
growers
Monsanto named
a 100 Best Company by Working Mother magazine
DuPont opens
facility for corn research in Bangalore, India
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 26 new plant varieties
Syngenta
significantly expands investment in Hawaii with purchase of 848
acres in Kunia to expand research operations
Iowa State
University wins $18.5 million grant to create NSF Engineering
Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals
US Department
of Agriculture projects more wheat and more wheat feeding
Monsanto
Company supports plant breeding and genetics at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison
Georgia firm
pays $14,675 to settle seed case
Market focus
and strong innovation pipeline are key to growth strategy for
DuPont
DuPont focuses
on accelerated revenue growth and emerging markets
United Soybean
Board and Soybean Checkoff are preparing U.S. soybean farmers
for Asian soybean rust
BASF Monsanto:
Frontrunners in securing and increasing yield in crops
BASF Monsanto: Vorreiter für sichere und höhere Erträge bei
Nutzpflanzen
Bioinformatics
software company DNAStar finalizes supply agreement with U.S.
General Services Administration
Chemtura
receives U.S. EPA approval for Enhance AW seed treatment
CSREES awards
more than US$9 million in grants to study fruit, vegetables and
sunflower genomes
U.S. National
Science Foundation funds Iowa State University's soybean disease
project
Monsanto revises
full-year 2008 earnings per share guidance based on better than
anticipated results for seeds and traits
New University
of Illinois study says high grain prices are likely here to stay
Mike Langan
named Sales Manager ag Burrus Hybrids
Siegers Seed
Company announces new professional seed consultant
U.S. weekly corn and soybean
outlook:
- Corn and
soybean prices
-
Production forecasts cut
New agronomist
brings Miscanthus expertise to Iowa State University
In Kansas,
environmental changes have opened the door to crops such as
cotton, canola - and now sesame
Beck's Hybrids
releases new seed genetics, traits and treatments
U.S. growers
and retailers “Race to Innovation” with Bayer CropScience -
Event at Iowa Speedway highlights robust product pipeline
U.S. Federal Register:
Potato cyst
nematode - update of quarantined areas
American
Soybean Association plays a key role in protecting U.S. soy
exports to Europe
Monsanto sees
growing opportunity for biotech traits globally - R&D pipeline
products poised to deliver yield benefits and value to farmers
Monsanto
scientists are a step closer to unlocking greater yield
potential of corn - Agriculture company produces genetic
blueprint of female corn line
White paper on the organic food industry in the United States
and the European Union
Cotton seeds
scattered by hurricane Dolly in the Rio Grande Valley threaten
2009 cotton crop: volunteer cotton plants could provide winter
food, shelter for boll weevil
Bayer
CropScience promotes Rod Merryweather to North American Oilseeds
Business Operations Manager
Iowa State
University reception highlights soybean research
Ceres trials
energy crops at Georgia biofuel facility
Growmark
reports estimated year-end financial results
Idaho firm
pays $3,250 to settle seed case
Kentucky firm
pays $2,025 to settle seed case
U.S. weekly
corn and soybean outlook:
Corn and
soybean exports expected to decline
Monsanto
announces groundbreaking for DEKALB corn seed production
facility
Plant Health
Care to supply The Scotts Company with natural products for
inclusion in their line of lawn and garden products for the
retail market
Kansas,
Nebraska corn farmers eligible for insurance premium savings -
Monsanto triple stack technologies only product approved for
irrigated acres
EnviroLogix
introduces improved QuickTox Kit for Vomitoxin
iCORN.com
launches $30,000 video contest to help students pay for college
- Farmers can win a matching share of free seed
Checkoff-fueled
global marketing strategies
to expand demand for U.S.
soybeans
U.S. Federal Register:
Amendment of
the Karnal bunt regulations to remove certain areas or fields in
Baylor, Knox, Throckmorton, and Young Counties, Texas
Sudden death
syndrome on soybeans in Iowa and Minnesota, USA
University of
Georgia researcher studies sunflower potential
Monsanto's
Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans receive regulatory approval in
China
American
Soybean Association welcomes China’s regulatory approval for
Roundup Ready 2 Yield
Syngenta
enters patent licensing and marketing agreements for
heat-tolerant broccoli varieties
New Pioneer
corn numbering system provides growers more information, makes
CRM and technology identification easier
American Seed Trade
Association (ASTA) reinvents the Seed Expo to feature services and
suppliers across all seed types
Newest Giant Views of
the Industry interview posted on seedworld.com
Belt SC insecticide
(flubendiamide) from Bayer CropScience receives U.S. federal
registration
Horizon Genetics
strengthens executive team and positions company for future growth -
Consumer products veteran Brian Kiernan named President and CEO
U.S. weekly
corn and soybean outlook:
Crops and
energy
SGS
Mid-West Seed Services, Inc. soil laboratory is now open for
business
Monsanto
and Pilot Grove Coop reach settlement of a two-year dispute
involving patent infringement
Dow
AgroSciences completes acquisition of Dairyland Seed Co. and
Bio-Plant Research Ltd.
August 08
AgVenture extends
its reach to central Minnesota growers
Acceleron brand
seed treatments provide growers new seed performance technology
from Monsanto Company
SGS North America
announces new audit capabilities for agricultural biotechnology
Columbia Machine,
Inc. & Columbia/Okura LCC to feature the latest in flexible
palletizing solutions at the upcoming Pack Expo Show
Wheat breeder
Professor Stephen Jones named Director of Washington State
University's Research and Extension Center at Mount Vernon
Pioneer Hi-Bred
FIT mapping service combines product-specific information with
yield performance
Monsanto and
Evogene collaborate on yield and stress research
New technology
improves native grass seed harvest
SGS Mid-West Seed
Services, Inc. announces September seed sampler training
workshop
Monsanto
announces launch of Acceleron brand seed treatment
Monsanto Company
pledges $1 million to renovate offices and programs serving
students in agriculture and life sciences at Iowa State
University
Syngenta Seeds
celebrates expanded corn seed production facility in Waterloo,
Nebraska
New DuPont laser
technology speeds development of higher yielding corn and
soybeans
Wyffels Hybrids
hosts “Corn Strategies: Generation III” seminar on maximizing
corn profits
Herbicide
tolerance sought for southern peas
U.S. Department
of Agriculture announces open teleconference meeting of the
Plant Variety Protection Board
Goss's bacterial
wilt on maize in Indiana and Iowa
MayerSeedLine
announces the formation of SeedBin, LLC
Brayton/North
joins forces with MayerSeedLine
ASTA Seed Expo
reinvented
BASF launches
online training modules for the ornamentals market
Syngenta Seeds,
Inc. and Enterprise Minnesota kick-off collaboration - Lean
product design and development training program to increase
efficiencies, reduce waste
Triticum mosaic
virus threatens wheat crop in the Texas High Plains
Novel pathogens
on tomato and potato in the USA
Eli Lilly and
Company to acquire Monsanto's Posilac brand dairy product and
related business
Minnesota farmers
receive $17 million money judgment from BASF
USDA germplasm center celebrates 50th anniversary
Centro para la preservación de
germoplasma celebra su 50º aniversario
RFD-TV goes live
at the Farm Progress Show: noon television shows feature Bayer
CropScience's new LibertyLink soybeans and new corn herbicide
technology for US growers’ use in 2009
USDA approves
Syngenta and John Deere for broadened biotechnology endorsement
for corn crop insurance
DuPont obtains
biotechnology endorsement for Pioneer brand products: U.S.
growers planting Pioneer products with Herculex XTRA will
qualify for lower crop insurance rates
U.S. corn farmers
who use Monsanto advanced technology are eligible for lower risk
insurance premiums
Ahern
International Seeds hires veteran seedsman Joe Sands as
Director, Sales & Marketing for the Gulf of Mexico and Central
America
Great Lakes Hybrids' Jeff
Reinbold wins Limagrain's prestigious AGORA Sales Award
American Seed Trade
Association launches Guide to Seed Quality Management Practices
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 16 new plant varieties
Access Plant Technology
obtains US patent for “New Locus in Soybean for Resistance to
Phytophthora sojae”
Karen Withers of
Pennington Seed is the recipient of Seed World's second annual Future
Giants of the Seed Industry Award
American Seed Trade
Association introduces new slate of leadersship
Belt SC insecticide from
Bayer CropScience receives U.S. federal registration
Worldwide SoyTechnologies
LLC adds molecular biologist to staff
Trait scores help growers
make informative seed selections - Pioneer seed rating charts offer
field-by-field management
Rust diseases on maize in
Nebraska, USA
U.S. weekly
corn and soybean outlook:
- Mixed signals
- Production
forecasts
Syngenta Crop
Protection's federally approved Platinum 75SG insecticide
receives registration for use in California
USDA/NASS
releases August crop production report
University of
California releases production costs for several commodities
Washington State
University wheat breeder will partner in multi-nation, $9
million EU grant
University of
California Riverside graduate student discovers, names bacterium
linked to psyllid yellows
América, un
referente mundial en el cultivo de OMGs
Monsanto is
extending its industry leadership through 2012, executives tell
investors at annual field event
DuPont Rynaxypyr
wins 2008 R&D 100 Award - Novel chemistry in new insect control
products recognized as a top technology by Research &
Development magazine
First the Seed
Foundation kicks off fund raising effort
University of Nebraska's CropWatch
newsletter -
Focus on wheat: variety selection, planting, pest management
Dow AgroSciences
announces agreement to acquire Dairyland Seed Co., Bio-Plant
Research Ltd. - Acquisition builds on Dow AgroSciences’ corn,
soybean and alfalfa businesses
Bayer CropScience
licenses Ariadne Pathway Studio with ResNet Plant database
Local Beck’s
Hybrids field day showcases insect-control research in simulated
dry conditions
Valent's Valor
herbicide registered for preplant corn application in the USA
New commercial pea cultivars from
USDA/ARS withstand the fungus Fusarium solani
Nuevas
líneas de los guisantes de primavera
New Cornell
University institute focuses on invasive species
Seed World's
Giant Views of the Industry features Karen Withers of Pennington
Seed
BASF Turf &
Ornamentals announces Onetime herbicide for broadleaf and grassy
weed control
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 21 new plant varieties
Monsanto Company
declares quarterly dividend
DuPont and Hexima
Ltd. partner to develop and commercialize fungal disease
resistance technology
Tobacco
collaboration between universities benefits all
Evolutionary biologist
and author Jared Diamond to speak at international symposium on
agricultural biodiversity at UC Davis
Wyffels Hybrids names new
Recruitment and Skill Development Manager
World soybean yield
champion Kip Cullers showcases leading technology at largest field-day
in Missouri history
U.S. weekly
corn and soybean outlook:
Crop production
GreenLeaf Genetics names
Dr. Dana Eaton head of product development
Fontanelle Hybrids adds
Krista Schifferns as a District Sales Manager
Saving our bees -
Ecologists assess the impact of people on pollinators
Mycogen Seeds
announces temporary R&D breeding station near Huron, South
Dakota
July 08
Deltapine
soybeans to transition to Asgrow brand - Integration to offer
southern U.S. soybean farmers faster breeding advances, higher
yield potential
Complex factors
drive food price increases, according to Farm Foundation report
A good year to a
good year to test wheat varieties for drought tolerance and
disease resistance in Texas
New corn herbicide
safener in development: Bayer CropScience plans to introduce
unique safening chemistry with two new corn herbicides
Giant perennial
grass Miscanthus can meet U.S. biofuels goal using less land
than corn
U.S. Department of
Energy and USDA announce more than $10 million in bioenergy
plant feedstock research
Syngenta's Endigo
insecticide registered for soybeans in the United States
BASF to invest more
than €150 million in additional capacity for key crop protection
products
BASF investiert mehr als 150 Millionen € in den Ausbau der
Produktionsanlagen für Pflanzenschutzmittel
Pioneer Hi-Bred
expands MarketPoint resource into Iowa and Nebraska - Web-based
service tool links growers, end users to market quality grain
Mycogen Seeds
accelerates growth of its US corn business
Mystery bacteria
found in New Zealand linked to potato disease in the US
U.S. Federal Register:
- Availability of
determination of nonregulated status for Monsanto corn
genetically engineered for insect resistance designated as
transformation event MON 89034
- Determination of
nonregulated status for Pioneer Hi-Bred soybean genetically
engineered for tolerance to glyphosate and acetolactate
synthase-inhibiting herbicides designated as transformation
event 356043
DuPont Danisco and
the University of Tennessee partner to build innovative
cellulosic ethanol pilot facility - Fast-track pilot plant will
develop commercialization technology for corn, stover and
switchgrass
Becker Underwood
expands inoculant production capacity to meet growing demand
Alliance for
Abundant Food and Energy to highlight promise of agriculture to
sustainably meet food and energy needs
U.S. agriculture production
costs on the rise, according to new Rabobank report
New insect protection
technology from Monsanto Company deregulated by USDA - Second generation
corn borer technology offers greater control of common pests and
provides reduced refuge opportunity for Southern U.S. growers
Monsanto announces key
regulatory approvals for Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans in Mexico,
Australia and New Zealand; product remains on track for 2009 launch
- American Soybean
Association applauds regulatory approvals for Roundup Ready 2 Yield
soybeans in Mexico, Australia and New Zealand
Jim Rouse named
executive director of the Iowa Crop Improvement Association
Department of
Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
offers distance-delivered courses for academic credit, noncredit
professional development and CEU credit
USDA/PVPO grants
protection to 25 new plant varieties
Oregon firm pays
$3,700 to settle seed case
AgBioForum
Bulletin Volume 11 Number 1
- Biofuels in the US: today and in the future
Agriculture leads
DuPont to solid second quarter growth
Jim Blome joins
AgriCapital Advisors
Seed industry
veteran Michael Stephenson joins energy crop company Ceres, Inc.
as Vice President of Operations
Gray leaf spot in
Kansas corn near epidemic levels in some areas
Washington State University
wheat varieties dominate Washington State crop for 2008
Iowa Soybean Association
urges soybean farmers to begin scouting their fields for soybean aphids
Gowan Company acquires
rights to the global zoxamide fungicide business of Dow AgroSciences
USDA awards $4.1 million to
study colony collapse disorder
DuPont soybean leadership
advances with U.S. approval of Optimum GAT trait - Regulatory milestone
key step in bringing higher productivity to soybean growers
American Soybean
Association encourages Midwest growers to participate in Syngenta demo
days
Bayer CropScience
introduces new Rely 200 herbicide for potatoes in the U.S.
Bayer CropScience's Movento
insecticide receives U.S. federal registration - Product with unique
‘2-way systemic’ activity available in wide range of crops
- Movento insecticide
receives California Department of Pesticide Regulation registration
University of Illinois
study projects average 2008 corn and soybean yields in the U.S.
US Federal Register:
- Exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus thuringiensis
Cry 1A.105 protein in or on corn when used as a plant-incorporated
protectant in the food and feed commodities of corn
- Exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of the Bacillus thuringiensis
modified Cry1Ab protein as identified under OECD Unique Identifier
SYN-IR67B-1 when used as a plant-incorporated protectant in the food and
feed commodities of cotton
Illinois corn and soybean
farmers face dramatic cost increases in 2009
Bayer CropScience adds new
option to the Poncho family of products
U.S. weekly
corn and soybean outlook:
Corn and soybeans
REA Hybrids
launches new company website
Iowa State
University's Dr.Manjit Misra named Dean's Chair for Distinction
in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
USDA announces
$28.4 million in funding for specialty crop research
Texas AgriLife
Research professor and cotton breeder Dr. John R. Gannaway
retires
Downy mildew
confirmed on cucumbers in Delaware, Maryland, Michigan
Plant Variety
Protection wheat seed case settled for $25,000
Tom Peterson
joins Becker Underwood's Seed Enhancement Business Unit as
Western Territory Manager
Kansas State
University's 2008 Wheat Variety Disease and Insect Ratings
guide now available
Pioneer brand
soybeans from DuPont deliver step-change in soybean yields -
New generation of soybean varieties is largest product
launch in Pioneer Hi-Bred's history
Becker
Underwood launches new web site
USDA/ARS and Summit Seed, Inc.
examine commercial potential of ethanol coproduct
USDA/ARS
y una compañía de semilla examinan el potencial comercial de
los granos secos de destilería
American Seed
Trade Association launches Guide to Seed Quality Management
Practices
New seed
company launches in South Dakota
Andy Bowen
joins Fontanelle Hybrids as District Sales Manager covering
several counties in northeast Nebraska
Seminis
Americas leadership changes
Fusarium head
blight on wheat in Missouri and Nebraska
Plant Powered
Production (P3) research group aims to boost molecular
biology research in Arkansas
Cereal
diseases: Anthracnose and holcus spot on maize in Iowa
University of
Delaware researcher is building a better lima bean
Bayer
CropScience strengthens global position in insecticides
market: insecticide Movento approved in United States and
Canada - Launch planned for 2008
Bayer CropScience stärkt weltweite Position im
Insektizidmarkt: Insektizid Movento® in USA und Kanada
zugelassen - Markt-Einführung für 2008 geplant
Adoption of
genetically engineered crops in the U.S.
AgVenture
Hobart Brothers expands territory, adds three District Sales
Managers
USDA/PVPO
grants protection to 74 new plant varieties
USA 2008: GM
cultivation almost at 60 million hectares
Mehmet Tulbek
named Technical Director of the Northern Crops Institute
Iowa schools
fail to meet the needs of the agricultural industry
Lanworth
estimates on track with USDA acreage report - Present
analysis indicates less damage from flooding than reported
by USDA
