December 17, 2007 Agronomy
Monsanto Co. on Wednesday expanded its hunt for a technology to fight nematodes, tiny pests that cost U.S. soybean farmers alone more than $1 billion a year.
The Creve Coeur-based biotechnology company is paying an undisclosed amount for exclusive rights to evaluate a seed-coating technology developed by Plant Health Care Inc., a company established in Pittsburgh and registered in London.
If the technology known as Harpin succeeds, a product could be available to farmers by 2010, the companies said. If that happens, Plant Health Care will receive additional royalty payments.
“Nematodes are obviously pretty devastating pests for growers, both here in the United States and worldwide,” said Monsanto spokesman Lee Quarles. Advertisement
Monsanto also is partnering with other companies, including Creve Coeur-based Divergence Inc., to develop genetic modifications that could give soybean seeds protection against the soybean cyst nematode.
That technology could be commercialized in four to nine years, Quarles said.
March 11, 2010
ANAHIEM, Calif. (DTN) — While a few companies will shoulder the brunt of criticism in upcoming discussions on the competitive climate — or lack of one — in agriculture, the reputation for all of agriculture may be at stake.
March 11, 2010
Editor’s Note: Dan Davidson provides insight into what farmers might do this spring to deal with wet soil conditions. The information was provided specifically to AgProfessional so that readers can talk with customers about alternative field work that might be necessary this spring and to allow consultants and ag retailers to determine recommendations for fertilizer programs fitting into a farmer’s unusual spring workload.
March 11, 2010
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March 11, 2010
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