biotechnology

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Monday announced a proposal to modernize regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering. The Department of Agriculture will move forward with the rulemaking…

The controversy about bio-technology and genetically modified crops is an ongoing concern to agricultural producers across the world, and a new documentary movie highlights the facts surrounding the issues. FOOD…

  PHOENIX, January 10, 2017 – Delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 2017 Annual Convention today approved a host of public policy measures designed to help assure a prosperous…

Monsanto's Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer says it doesn't have to be one or the other. The following opinion/editorial article is from Dr. Robert T. Fraley, Executive Vice…

The National Research Council is inviting non-scientists to discuss biotech crops. by Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) — The National Research Council, a prestigious organization whose studies carry…

According to MIT Technology Review, a group of Chinese researchers has now used “wheat editing” to come up with a strain of wheat.  Wheat naturally has proteins that, by repressing…

by Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent SAN DIEGO (DTN) — Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed enthusiasm for biotech seeds here Wednesday but told members of the Biotechnology Industry Organization they should…

ARLINGTON, VA — Sixteen organizations in the Australia, Canada and the United States representing producers and millers together publicly confirmed  support for innovation in wheat, including the future commercialization of…

by Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) — The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved the fiscal year 2015 appropriation for the Agriculture Department with a whirlwind of amendments…