Corn rootworms, pests responsible for billions of dollars in yearly crop losses, are evolving resistance that weakens even ...

Octavia Avesca Spandiel reports on how biotechnology has revolutionised agriculture, offering innovative solutions to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Concerned that genetically modified plants will spread their genes to related crops in nearby fields, researchers have developed a system aimed at preventing such crossbreeding. It's a method they ...

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 ...