ALEXANDER - It's David vs. Goliath, and Latham Hi-Tech Seeds is holding the sling. But instead of stones, representatives with the small north-central Iowa seed company say they're armed with unbiased ...

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -An association representing soybean farmers nationwide asked Brazil's antitrust watchdog to formally complete a pending review of a case challenging the legality of "breeding ...

Figure 1: Time at which the climate change signal for crop duration is detected. The length of time taken to develop and disseminate maize varieties adapted to novel conditions is dependent on access ...

We have probably all seen a soybean plant, about 1 meter high with leaves and pods compactly arranged on a main stem with a few short side branches. The wild relative of the domesticated soybean is a ...

When I'm hungry for a tomato, I walk across the yard, pick the reddest, roundest fruit I can find and march back to the kitchen with it. When my buddy Scott Benson has a tomato craving, it's 105 times ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about food tech and science. Equinom, an Israeli startup, raised $10 million in a Series B round of funding from BASF ...

WARMINSTER, Pennsylvania -- If you've ever pulled a Burpee carrot out of the ground, munched on a salad of Burpee iceberg lettuce or sniffed a bouquet of Burpee zinnas, it's because those plants ...