Reuters

This was the second time EU governments have voted on the proposal after giving no clear opinion a month ago.

EU governments will try again in November when another failure to produce a clear opinion would leave the decision with the European Commission.

Bayer has said decades of studies have shown it is safe, but EU approval was set to expire at the end of the year.

Global seed companies have long complained about China’s slow approval process for GM crops.

Indian agriculture chemicals producer reported a 28.4% rise in quarterly profit on Tuesday.

Omnia supplies fertilizer to both commercial and smallholder farmers in several sub-Saharan African countries.

Nutrien is assessing the duration of the Ukraine conflict to determine whether there is a need to ramp up production.

Tom Vilsack says he hopes companies would not take unfair advantage of the situation, amid already high fertilizer and crop prices.

In late 2016, Monsanto withdrew an application seeking approval from New Delhi for the GM variety Bollgard II Roundup Ready Flex.

Pilot projects promote practices that cut greenhouse gas emissions or capture and store climate-warming carbon.

Delayed Brazil harvest helped widen U.S. export window early ’21.

The rules indicate another sign that Beijing is gearing up to allow greater use of GM technology in agriculture.

U.S. farmers have been gearing up for a spike in how much it will cost them to produce their corn and soybean in 2022.

Supply chain woes now pose a threat to the U.S. food supply and farmers’ ability to get crops out of fields.

Cargill’s RegenConnect program will pay growers for production practices that lower emissions and capture more climate-warming carbon in soils.

The coronavirus pandemic caused many farmers to give up on their corn crop before it was even in the ground.

The settlement is the “right action at the right time for Bayer to bring a long period of uncertainty to an end,” said CEO Werner Baumann.

India’s “e-plant clinic” enables farmers and experts to meet online to discuss crop pests and blight.

The destructive pest is expected to affect about 100 million mu (6.67 million hectares) of corn acreage this year.

The coronavirus outbreak already threatens the trade agreement outlined in the deal.