
Tag Archives Seed companies

Calling grain farmers: Feedback needed on seed modernization next steps
Online survey next step in debate over who should control what under seed regulations, and how that will affect farmers

BrettYoung flags efficiencies with new seed plant
Company says turf-focused addition will open space at legacy facilities for ag-related products

Comment: Agribusiness competition and the danger of the middle road
Hemming and hawing avoids tougher action and ‘us’

Analysis: Seed Summit long on rhetoric, short on specifics
Seed firms may not like the rules, but they don’t seem to have much sense of what they’d like to see replace them
Seed regulation discussion has a long history
This conflict has been raging for years with few answers

Comment: Farmer push-back on cereal seed royalty proposals
Most people don’t like change or paying more but a lack of trust could be a factor too
KAP passes resolutions on seed royalties
Delegates are apprehensive about changing the system and want to preserve publicly funded plant breeding

Battle of the beans
Monsanto faces a tough fight for the soybean market
Comment: Closing the barn door after the fact
Sudden concern about mergers on the part of politicians is too little, too late
Monsanto is dead. Now what?
The lightning rod for resentment won’t be there to kick around anymore