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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in a hearing on Thursday promised the Senate Agriculture Committee that his office is working to ensure Mexico continues to […]
Vilsack tells Senate GMO corn exports to Mexico will continue Read More »
By editing a piece of a gene to achieve results faster than we could with traditional cross breeding, scientists produced tomatoes with high vitamin
Scientists breed tomatoes with high vitamin D content Read More »
While concerns about the Ukraine war’s impact on food security garnered a lot of attention as world leaders met in Davos this week, the
Biotech needed to counter climate change’s threat to food supply Read More »
World Biodiversity Day on Sunday marked an urgent challenge: Researchers warn that our continued failure to save diverse plant and animal species could ultimately
Biotech helps address biodiversity challenges Read More »
The Coalition for Responsible Gene Editing in Agriculture has launched a voluntary framework for utilizing gene editing ethically in food and agriculture. The framework,
Coalition launches framework for ethical gene editing in food and agriculture Read More »
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds joined the groundbreaking on construction of a new facility in Eddyville, Iowa, to produce bio-based butanediol, a sustainable version of
Iowa breaks ground on first U.S. plant producing bio-BDO Read More »
A new bill with bipartisan support would promote the development and use of biostimulants, which can help farmers and improve the soil by facilitating
Bipartisan bill would boost plant biostimulants Read More »
President Biden announced May 4 that the White House will hold a Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health in September, for the first time
White House will host the first food insecurity conference in 50 years Read More »
The United States is experiencing its worst avian flu epidemic in years, Bloomberg reports. A new strain with “a near 100 percent mortality rate,”
Deadly bird flu has knock-on effect on people Read More »
A record-breaking heatwave is threatening to scorch India’s wheat harvest, CNBC reported. This is only a glimpse of what is to come if countries
Heatwave batters India’s wheat crop, adding to urgency of biotech solutions Read More »
