Monsanto officials held a press call on Friday regarding “suspicious” evidence in the investigation of genetically engineered wheat plants found in an Oregon field last month that suggests it was possibly intentionally planted. “The evidence now collected, the fact patterns established and the original Roundup Ready CP-4 event appearing suddenly after 12 years, out of nowhere in a single field … Read More
Monsanto Summer Learning Opportunities
Farmers throughout the country will have many opportunities to attend learning events this summer as the industry pushes for more education on diversified weed management practices (DWMPs) and insight into the seed, trait and herbicide technologies expected to soon become available. A greater number of in-field, educational events in 2013 reflects the motivation of academics, farmers, manufacturers and retailers to … Read More
Farmers Field Test Monsanto FieldScripts
We first told you about Monsanto’s FieldScripts last fall at Farm Progress Show. Now we will be hearing much more from farmers using it on a trial basis in the field. This planting season, more than 150 farmers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota are trialing the first offering from Monsanto’s Integrated Farming SystemsSM (IFS) research platform – FieldScriptsSM. With … Read More
Monsanto Ground Breakers Week
Farmers and seed dealers from major U.S. crop production regions recently gathered in St. Louis and Peoria, Ill. for “Monsanto Ground Breakers Week.” The nearly 250 farmers in attendance are part of Monsanto’s on-farm trial program, Ground Breakers, experiencing two new innovations from Monsanto: Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System, and FieldScripts. At the events, farmers participated in educational sessions in … Read More
Monsanto Acquires Select Assets of Agradis, Inc.
Monsanto Company announced it has purchased select assets of Agradis, Inc. Monsanto’s purchase includes the Agradis name and its collection of microbes that can improve crop productivity. Monsanto has also acquired the company’s R&D site in La Jolla, Calif. Agradis was formed in 2011 by Synthetic Genomics Inc and Plenus. The assets of Agradis not purchased by Monsanto include castor … Read More
2013 FFA Chapter Challenge Begins
FFA members in 15 states can now register for the 2013 FFA Chapter Challenge presented by Monsanto. The 2013 FFA Chapter Challenge, challenges FFA members to make meaningful connections with local agriculturists with a new twist. FFA chapters will now compete in one of two contests with the FFA Chapter Challenge: option one requires FFA members to interview and document … Read More
Importance of Technology in Feeding the World
Biotechnology and precision agriculture technology are twin advancements in farming that are working together to help increase productivity to feed the world. Monsanto‘s executive vice president and chief technology officer Dr. Robert Fraley addressed the topic of game changing innovations that are shaping the future of green technology during the 2012 World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue last week in Des … Read More
Monsanto Commits to Invest An Acre Program
In keeping with the company’s commitment to sustainable agriculture and improving lives, Monsanto Company is partnering in Invest an Acre, which is focused on addressing rural hunger in America. In partnership with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, Feeding America and Archer Daniels Midland Company, Monsanto is proud to be the first seed company to join the program and match the … Read More
Monsanto FieldScripts Featured at FPS
Monsanto’s new FieldScripts service, the first from their Integrated Farming Systems, is changing the company’s pipeline and testing programs. During a media visit at the Monsanto Huxley, IA location on Farm Progress Show eve, we learned more about this from Tracy Klingaman. In the video below you’ll see him talking in front of one of their field trial plots. Here’s … Read More
DEKALB Anniversary Bike Auctioned
The DEKALB® brand’s custom 100th Anniversary Bike by Paul Jr. Designs revved up the excitement at the 2011 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill., when the bike made its engine-roaring debut to a crowd of onlookers at the main gate of the show. At the 2012 Farm Progress Show in Iowa on Tuesday, the bike’s year-long tour came full circle … Read More