IPSA News
Time of Reflection
Greetings from Branson, Missouri! I write this update mid-way through the USSSA National 10-Under fastpitch softball tournament, where our daughter's team is competing with 60 other teams from across the country. We are half-way through the week's activities are doing well, but each game gets more competitive. Like the thousands of oth... read more »
MONSANTO COMPLETES KEY REGULATORY SUBMISSION FOR SOYBEANS WITH DICAMBA HERBICIDE TOLERANCE TRAIT
Monsanto Company has taken an important step toward commercializing a new soybean product that will provide growers with a highly effective and economical weed control package on a soybean platform with higher yield opportunity. The company announced that it recently completed regulatory submission to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for dic... read more »
SYNGENTA AND BAYER CROPSCIENCE SIGN GLOBAL COTTON TECHNOLOGY LICENSING AGREEMENT
Syngenta and Bayer CropScience have entered into a long-term business agreement relating to a key plant biotechnology trait. Under the agreement, Syngenta has granted Bayer CropScience a worldwide, non-exclusive license for use of VIPCOT insect control technology in cotton. The VIPCOT technology expresses two insecticidal proteins that are hig... read more »
BASF SHOWCASES ITS 2010 TOP PLOT CUSTOMERS IN A NEW VIDEO SERIES
Four Midwestern corn and soybean growers will tell their crop management stories this year as part of the 2010 BASF Crop Protection Top Plot series. The high-yield growers will each appear in a sequence of videos throughout the 2010 growing season. Using both past experience and expectations of this year's season, they will share advice, tools and ... read more »
Researchers Evaluate Corn Root System Complexity Relationship to Genotype
Urbana-With corn being a critical U.S. crop expected to help feed livestock and people around the world and also be a source for the production of clean energy, plant breeders are continually seeking ways to make the plants more productive. To better understand the role corn roots play in this regard, an agricultural engineer and a crop scientist ... read more »