GMO Technology
By engineering protection directly into the seed, BASF expects its new transgenic trait to deliver protection and yield benefits for soybean farmers where traditional practices and products have fallen short.
To overcome this challenge, it will take farmers like me. We can’t fight in the court of law, but we can make our voices heard in the court of public opinion.
We can make Mexican agriculture both innovative and aspirational—and turn farming into a career that attracts our best and brightest.
Since his passing, many have honored his commitment to the world’s most vulnerable. And they’re right. But he also understood something essential: that achieving food security in the 21st century demands science, technology, and a bold commitment to innovation.
Agriculture requires adaptation—but it would be easier and better if farmers like me could gain access to the latest technologies. Science offers them, but my government prohibits them.
A roundup of news for the week of October 27, 2024.
A company aims to detect yield robbers differently, and as such is finding early funding a bit differently than the norm—finding investors in farmers alongside traditional investor sources.
Research underway at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is showing promise by targeting western corn rootworm genes with RNAi technology.