Jacob Bunge
Crispy plant-based bacon is the alternative protein ‘holy grail’
[Beyond Meat’s] burgers, meatballs, sausage links and other plant-based meat products are projected to generate more than $500 million in ...
Bayer, BASF claim new chemical mixed with drift-prone dicamba weedkiller can minimize off-target damage
Chemical makers Bayer AG and BASF are pushing to keep a controversial weedkiller on the market after a federal court ...
Bayer, 6 plaintiffs firms agree on draft settlement terms in Roundup-cancer litigation, but thousands of cases could still go to trial
Bayer has agreed on draft settlement terms with half a dozen law firms representing tens of thousands of plaintiffs alleging ...
Impossible Foods cuts prices 15% as new competitors enter plant-based meat market
Makers of plant-based meat alternatives are cutting prices, as startups compete with food-industry giants for slices of the rapidly growing ...
Bayer and BASF hit with $265 million verdict for damages jury concludes were caused by dicamba weedkiller
A jury ruled against Bayer and BASF SE in a crop-damage case, awarding $265 million to a Missouri peach farmer ...
Bayer faces ‘almost impossible’ task of ending glyphosate-cancer litigation while its Roundup herbicide remains in stores
Bayer faces an extraordinary challenge as it tries to settle tens of thousands of claims that its Roundup weedkiller causes ...
With Enlist, biotech firm Corteva aims to displace Roundup as top-selling herbicide as Bayer fights glyphosate litigation
Before it was targeted by tens of thousands of plaintiffs in lawsuits, Roundup was the king of the field—the world’s ...
US meat industry goes to ‘war’ against Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat
On a rainy September morning, a pair of cattle ranchers browsed the refrigerated meat cases at a Walmart Inc. store ...
CRISPR pigs can survive deadly disease, but regulatory uncertainty slows development
Cutting-edge gene-editing techniques such as Crispr-Cas9 will enable scientists to make precise genetic changes to pig physiology, they say, leading ...
Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat can’t keep up with demand for plant-based burgers
Fast-food restaurants are rushing to add meat-free burgers to their menus, hoping these higher-priced alternatives will help them capture additional ...
Following debut of biotech firm Corteva, farm sector ‘more consolidated than ever’
Corteva Agriscience Inc.’s first day as a stand-alone company is a milestone in an agricultural deal making spree that has ...
Many farmers endorse glyphosate as safe weed killer while Bayer battles Roundup-cancer lawsuits
Farmers are standing by Bayer AG’s Roundup herbicide despite rulings from two juries that the world’s most widely used weedkiller caused ...
China’s decision to import next generation US-grown GMO herbicide-resistant crops will help American farmers struggling to fight hardy weeds
China’s approval of new genetically engineered crops will open a new front in U.S. farmers’ long-running war against hard-to-kill weeds ...
Announcing appeal of reaffirmed Roundup-cancer verdict, Bayer develops defense strategy of Monsanto’s flagship product
Bayer AG’s $63 billion acquisition of Monsanto .... made the German drug and chemicals company the world’s biggest supplier of crop seeds and ...
North American trade deal includes ‘science-based’ gene editing regulations
Farmers and agribusinesses welcomed the agreement on a new North American trade pact, easing fears that the Trump administration’s tough ...
Bayer asks judge to toss ‘flimsy’ $289 million glyphosate-cancer verdict
Bayer on [September 18th] said it wants a California state court judge to overturn the jury’s verdict, order a new ...
China seeks to dislodge US dominance in CRISPR gene-edited crops
China is seeking a lead in editing plant genes, potentially shifting the epicenter of the emerging agricultural technology toward the ...
‘Will people eat it?’: The public opinion battle over CRISPR gene-edited food is just beginning
Zachary Lippman, a plant biologist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, stood among 2 acres of his experimental crops, including some ...
US tentatively approves Bayer’s $62.5 billion takeover of Monsanto
The Justice Department has decided to allow BayerAG’s megadeal to acquire Monsanto Co., valued at more than $60 billion, after the ...
Monsanto v. Arkansas: Dispute over dicamba herbicide drift damage moves to the courtroom
A fight over one of the most powerful new weapons against hard-to-kill weeds, developed by agricultural giant Monsanto Co., is spilling into the ...
Monsanto, other seed developers invest in gene editing in hopes of sidestepping GMO fears
Seed developers including Monsanto Co. and DowDuPont Inc. have invested in gene-editing technology, which enables scientists to make precise changes ...
Bayer-Monsanto merger faces delay as European regulators hone in on antitrust concerns, impact on farmers
Bayer AG’s takeover of Monsanto Co. faces deeper scrutiny from European antitrust regulators who say they have “serious doubts” about ...
CRISPR race: Gene editing’s lower costs, regulations open door to more competition, improved crops
Monsanto ... is investing in gene editing in an effort to keep an edge over rival suppliers of high-tech crop seeds ...
Flood of organic imports has US farmers concerned, asking for more scrutiny of overseas growers
Organic grain is flooding into the U.S., depressing prices and drawing complaints from domestic organic farmers who fear their harvests ...
Big Ag megamerger? Trump meets with Bayer, Monsanto CEOs
Top executives of Bayer AG and Monsanto Co. met with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday in New York to pitch the ...
EPA approves Monsanto’s new dicamba formulation for use with herbicide-tolerant cotton, soy plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on [Nov. 9] approved Monsanto Co.'s XtendiMax, a powerful new formulation of the powerful weed killer ...
Food company executives know GMOs safe, but cater to consumers’ desire for labeling
Consumers’ desire for deeper transparency into how food is made will continue pushing food companies to label ingredients made from ...
Is the GMO crop boom over?
Behind a wave of multibillion-dollar mergers in the agriculture business is a moment of change in American farming. The dominance ...