Insights and Stories on Seeds

Bayer, Corteva in ‘two-dog battle’ over U.S. soy market

Apr. 9, 2021 at 8:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Bayer is launching a new genetically modified soybean in the United States, striking back against rival Corteva in a bid to retain its dominant position supplying seeds to the $40 billion U.S. soy industry. Billions of dollars are on the table for companies producing a growing […]

China building world’s largest seed bank

Jan. 7, 2021 at 4:37 am CST

By Reuters

Unasked-for seed packets considered ‘low-risk’

Aug. 10, 2020 at 8:03 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. warns against planting unsolicited seeds from China

Jul. 28, 2020 at 7:36 am CDT

By Tom Polansek

USDA limits review requirements of some biotech farm products

May. 15, 2020 at 1:23 am CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Climate change has U.S. fund managers adjusting agriculture investments

May. 2, 2019 at 8:21 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — After historic floods devastated Midwestern agricultural states this spring, some fund managers are evaluating how climate change will affect the long-term value of companies that make or sell products ranging from tractors to fertilizer. The issue is not simply the unpredictability of weather. Instead, fund […]

By David Randall

Manitoba soybean yields disappoint

Sep. 27, 2017 at 8:49 pm CDT

CNS Canada — With Manitoba farmers starting to bring in their early-maturing soybeans between intermittent rains, they may start to see the toll from the dry summer. Many crop analysts see soybean yields below what farmers have enjoyed for the past couple of years, but they stress that fields are […]

By Terry Fries

EU starts in-depth probe of Bayer-Monsanto deal

Aug. 22, 2017 at 2:04 pm CDT

Brussels/Frankfurt | Reuters — The European Commission has started an in-depth investigation of Bayer’s planned US$66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds group Monsanto, saying it was worried about competition in various pesticide and seeds markets. The deal would create the world’s largest integrated pesticides and seeds company, the Commission said, […]

By Ludwig Burger Robert-Jan Bartunek

Agricultural merger mania fuels fears among small seed sellers

Sep. 26, 2016 at 8:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Justice Department is looking into concerns that global consolidation among major seed and agricultural chemical companies may squeeze supplies of the building blocks for widely used genetically modified seeds, a farm group told Reuters. The department has asked the American Soybean Association for details […]