To find out more about the potential of [new gene-editing and data science technologies], The Wall Street Journal’s Dennis Berman spoke with Hugh Grant, chairman and chief executive of Monsanto Co., and James C. Collins Jr., chief operating officer of the agriculture division at DowDuPont.
…
BERMAN: What about Crispr [gene editing] is new and potentially exciting for you?
COLLINS: I think the real aspect of Crispr is the fact that technology that we’ve known for hundreds of years, some of our oldest technology, is actually now our newest technology. It will allow us to do the same kind of things that we’ve always been able to do. The breeding work that we do every day, much faster. We can do in six months now what used to take us six or seven years.
GRANT: Like gene editing, data science is going to touch broad swaths of our life. What we are seeing is more efficient, more specific, accurate applications of fertilizer, a much deeper understanding of disease in plants and addressing disease at a much earlier stage.
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Read full, original post: How Data Science and Gene Editing Will Transform Farming