Biotechnology, Fertilizer and Seeding

Brainfood: Food insecurity drivers, Agroecology & fertilizers, Overselling GMOs, Genomic prediction, Striga breeding, Farmers’ preferences, Farmers’ WtP, Diversity metrics

Agricultural Biodiversity

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The input reduction principle of agroecology is wrong when it comes to mineral fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa. Farmer Risk Preferences and Willingness to Pay for African Rice Landrace Seed: An Experimental Choice Analysis. Drivers and stressors of resilience to food insecurity: evidence from 35 countries. So, diversify your mind?

Agroecology

Agroecology Fertilizer Food Crop Yield

Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

World Agri-Tech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Nitrogen fertilizer is an expensive yet essential crop nutrient, supporting the food supply of half the world’s population. Current manufacturing is largely based on fossil fuels and leads to over a gigaton of CO2 equivalent emissions and many damaging environmental consequences such as fertilizer run-off and eutrophication.

Finance

Finance Seeding Fertilizer biotechnology

Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

World Agri-Tech

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Nitrogen fertilizer is an expensive yet essential crop nutrient, supporting the food supply of half the world’s population. Current manufacturing is largely based on fossil fuels and leads to over a gigaton of CO2 equivalent emissions and many damaging environmental consequences such as fertilizer run-off and eutrophication.

Finance

Finance Seeding Fertilizer biotechnology

Letter Regarding Plant-Incorporated Protectants Rule

NASDA

JULY 10, 2023

Sincerely, Agricultural Retailers Association American Farm Bureau Federation American Seed Trade Association American Society of Plant Biologists American Soybean Association American Sugarbeet Growers Association Arkansas Rice Growers Association Biotechnology Innovation Organization California Avocado Commission California Citrus Mutual California (..)

Seeding

Seeding Crop Science Minor Crop

Coalition Letter on President’s Export Council’s Agricultural Trade Proposal

NASDA

DECEMBER 7, 2023

production of ingredients such as fertilizers, vitamins, and chemicals to maintain U.S. Sincerely, American Farm Bureau Federation American Feed Industry Association American Seed Trade Association American Soybean Association Biotechnology Innovation Organization Corn Re?iners agricultural production.

Agriculture

Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain Manufacturing

Precision Ag News 10/23

Agwired

OCTOBER 23, 2024

USDA, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a new web-based tool on the Unified Website for Biotechnology Regulation for companies that develop microbial biotechnology products. Millborn Seeds, Inc. , sales of Ag tractors decreased 19.2 Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc.

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Op-Ed: Biologicals 2.0: Why Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes Are Concerning

Food Tank

AUGUST 29, 2023

On a summer day in downtown Salinas, California, a group of farmers, biotechnology start-ups and pesticide corporations gathered to talk about the benefits of biology. While the realm of pesticides and fertilizers has been dominated by chemistry for the past eight decades, it seems like biology may soon have its day. Take BASF’s 2.0

Pesticide

Pesticide Fertilizer Acre Crop

Precision Ag News 6/12

Agwired

JUNE 12, 2024

The two awards recognize biotechnology leaders who are driving cutting-edge breakthroughs in agricultural, environmental, and industrial biotechnology. potato can also reduce the environmental impact of the growing process without as many fertilizers and pesticides needed to maintain the potato during storage.

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Farm Bill Coalition Letter

NASDA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Blackland Cotton & Grain Producers Association Bongards’ Creameries California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association California Association of Wheat Growers California Citrus Mutual California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association California Dairies, Inc.

Farming

Farming Farming Grain Supply Chain

Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2024

She points out that most of the shellfish she harvests these days have been seeded manually by the town of Southampton and local universities, “almost like a science project,” she says. Rich in minerals, kelp grows quickly and doesn’t require fertilizer. Now, she says, “it takes us a while to even get a couple of dozen clams.

Farming

Farming Farming Science Harvester

The American Chestnut Tree is Coming Back. Who is It For?

Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

For years, controversy has swirled around the ethics of using novel biotechnology for species conservation. White paper bags festooned the taller trees, their flowers covered to manage fertilization. And unlike other biotechnology researchers, Powell has focused on technology for environmental restoration, not for personal profit. “I

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Precision Ag News 8/30

Agwired

AUGUST 30, 2023

Forty years ago, a desire to change the fertilizer industry brought Troy Bancroft and his father-in-law, Douglas Cook, together to start a groundbreaking company. Arva Intelligence Corp. Arva will work with MillPont, leveraging their environmental claims clearing solution platform, Atlas.

Science

Science biotechnology Technology Marketing

From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I:

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series will explore the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like.

Seeding

Seeding Agriculture Agriculture Food

The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

It alleges that Mexico’s decree constitutes a trade violation that infringes on the superseding rights of US farmers and biotechnology companies. What happens is this: The genetic code of Bt seeds are programmed to produce toxins that attack the stomach linings of crop-munching caterpillars.

Maize

Maize Science Food Crop

Agriculture Informer

Brainfood: Food insecurity drivers, Agroecology & fertilizers, Overselling GMOs, Genomic prediction, Striga breeding, Farmers’ preferences, Farmers’ WtP, Diversity metrics

Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

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Switch Bioworks Raises $17M in Series Seed Financing

Letter Regarding Plant-Incorporated Protectants Rule

Coalition Letter on President’s Export Council’s Agricultural Trade Proposal

Precision Ag News 10/23

Op-Ed: Biologicals 2.0: Why Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes Are Concerning

Precision Ag News 6/12

Farm Bill Coalition Letter

Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

The American Chestnut Tree is Coming Back. Who is It For?

Precision Ag News 8/30

From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I:

The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

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