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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Corteva and Syngenta, two major seed and crop protection companies, reported lower overall sales for their third quarters but higher sales of seeds, as they look to navigate what one of their CEOs called “complicating geopolitical, macroeconomic and ag-specific factors.”
A European Commission (EC) draft proposal could lead to a loosening of regulations long criticized by plant breeders as inhospitable to new genetic engineering techniques such as gene editing.
With all business units experiencing double-digit growth, Syngenta Group sales for 2022 were $33.4 billion, up $5.2 billion or 19% from the previous year, the company reported.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Friday dismissed a dire forecast of Mexico slashing corn imports from the U.S. because of a scheduled Mexican ban on genetically modified corn.
Researchers at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, are conducting experiments on plant root systems to develop crops they say will be able to sequester carbon.
Leaders of the three largest seed and chemical companies say it’s technologically possible to reduce farming’s environmental footprint while feeding a growing global population, but they worry policymakers and regulators will stand in the way.
The CEO of seed and chemical giant Corteva Agriscience believes farmers must play a major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and says he's working with other companies as well as academics and non-governmental organizations to address the climate issue.
A team of leading African scientists organized by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) recently visited Israel to explore the possibility of establishing an Israel-Africa Agriculture Innovation Center.
Syngenta says it is establishing a major Global and North American Seeds office in the western suburbs of Chicago and relocating approximately 50 U.S. employees to the new location.
