Imagine you have been a farmer on the Great Plains, growing canola seed for 40-odd years, and all of a sudden, in your early 70s, Monsanto Corp. lays a lawsuit on you claiming you were growing their ...

It rises each fall in the midst of northern Colorado’s farmlands, a mini-mountain that from a distance looks like a pile of dirt. About 30,000 pounds of sugar beets tumble out of each truck that backs ...

The ubiquitous Non-GMO Project—a third party that verifies and labels over $19 billion worth of products per year and quickly growing—adorns pantry staples like fresh produce, breads, pastas and ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The battle over genetically modified crops is being waged before the U.S ...

We're putting a stop to some of the myths about genetically modified seeds and when farmers can be sued over them. Having just stepped into the shouting match over patents on genetically engineered ...

Seeds are big business in Hawaii, where large biotech companies develop genetically modified crops. Megan Thompson reports on a battle being waged on the island of Kauai by residents who say growing ...

Hawaii’s genetically modified seed industry and about 1,000 jobs that go with it were big winners in a 30-page ruling handed down Friday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco ...

(Reuters) - China’s barriers to imports of some U.S. genetically modified crops are disrupting seed companies' plans for new product launches and keeping at least one variety out of the U.S. market ...

(Reuters) - Major producers of genetically modified seeds, including Monsanto Co and Bayer AG, have long barred U.S. farmers from saving seeds after harvest to replant - a condition that allows the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about food tech and science. Equinom, an Israeli startup, raised $10 million in a Series B round of funding from BASF ...

BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters) - China has issued licences to 26 domestic seed companies to produce, distribute and sell genetically modified corn and soybean seeds in certain provinces, paving the way for ...

Argentina’s government resolved a dispute over genetically modified seeds that will permit biotech companies like Monsanto Co. to collect royalties on crop genes. The country’s National Seed Institute ...