Top news of the week: 12.08.2021.
Sustainability
‘War on glyphosate’ and the unintended negative environmental consequences of the demonization of a safe and effective herbicide and its removal...
Across social media they celebrated. The electronic victory laps commemorated Bayer’s decision to remove the herbicide Roundup from the residential
Viewpoint: Organic farming’s 44% productivity gap makes for a facile sustainability case, New Zealand agricultural scientist says
With all the research and information available it is extraordinary that the myth of organics – that the food is safer, healthier for them and kinder to
Just - Evotec Biologics opens J.POD® 1 US in Redmond, Washington
Evotec SE (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, MDAX/TecDAX, ISIN: DE0005664809) today announced the opening of the company’s late-stage clinical and commercial biologics cGMP manufacturing ...
Berkeley Lights and Bayer announce a multi-year agreement aimed at revolutionizing the discovery of next-generation traits
Agreement debuts Berkeley Lights’ rapid high-throughput functional screening capability to accelerate and expand the discovery and development of Bayer Crop Science’s seeds and traits ...
Food company Pepsico commits to sourcing all its raw materials from sustainable agriculture by 2030
This was announced by the company's CEO for Latin America, Paula Santilli, during a roundtable that she participated in with Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture, and other ...
Growmark and Indigo Ag collaborate on carbon farming program
FS branded retailers will help farmers navigate carbon markets in Carbon by Indigo program.
Helen Branswell and Amy Maxmen share 2021 Victor Cohn Prize
Her enterprise reporting has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, Wired, and other outlets in addition to Nature and has been honored with both the AAAS Kavli …
Sicily hits 48.8°C, the highest temperature ever recorded in Europe
The highest temperature ever recorded in Europe was reported on 11 August. The town of Syracuse on the Italian island of Sicily reached 48.8°C, 0.8°C higher than the previous European record