Wheat
Those yield gains would occur with the first commercial product, which the company is developing via conventional and biotechnology approaches.
State-by-state crop and weather report details.
The historic 2012 drought is far from over, but it has at least subsided in parts of the country.
Scarce stocks could send prices soaring or crashing just as they did in 2008 and 2009, when prices rose to record-highs only to crash following the Great Recession.
Chip Flory and Brian Grete discuss the wheat market in this week’s Pro Farmer Profit Briefing.
Even though stocks are declining, supply remains secure worldwide.
Wheat production to be down 26% from last season.
Virtually no rain has been seen for a month in southern Kansas, Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.
Among other benefits, the project multiplies the number of available genetic markers that plant breeders can use to improve drought tolerance.