While not entirely explaining increased yields for corn and soybeans over the past 15 years, one Ohio State University agricultural economist said statistical evidence on linear yield trends shows ...

Genetically engineered crop plantings increased 15 percent last year despite continued consumer resistance in Europe and elsewhere, according to a group that promotes use of the technology in poor ...

The growth of biotech crops in the U.S. appears to have hit a plateau, but farmers are accelerating plantings in Asia, although it still remains a much smaller market, according to an industry report ...

Have you ever wondered where our agricultural crops come from? And what were they like thousands of years ago, or hundreds of years ago? Our food crops today are in fact very different from the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Connie Bowen is an investor who covers agrifoodtech venture capital. Connie: You are one of the most passionate people about ...

ELKTON, S.D. -- Some day in the not-too-distant future, European farmers will be planting biotech crops. Some already are planting insect-protected corn, and many more want to plant it and other ...

Good judgement and common sense prevailed when North Dakota lawmakers recently defeated a bill that would have required biotech seed developers to bear much of the liability relating to the planting ...

ALAMEDA, Calif., Aug. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- San Francisco Bay Area-based crop biotechnology firms genXtraits, Inc. (genXtraits) and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. (Mendel) have announced that they ...

The Agriculture Department's system for overseeing field trials of genetically engineered (GE) crops is in disarray, says a report from the USDA's Office of Inspector General (OIG). The deficiencies ...

The antibiotechnology crowd has adopted a new talking point, claiming that biotechnology does not increase yields. Have these people never been to a farm to see what weeds and insects do to crop ...

Feb 19 (Reuters) - Developing countries accounted for the first time last year for more than half the global biotech crop area, though the United States remains the primary nation making use of ...