Articles by Sara Wyant

Despite the fact that researchers have made great strides in plant breeding, there’s not been enough attention paid to conserving and maintaining the world’s most important food crops in seed banks, says Cary Fowler, the former executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust

Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a new report today, highlighting the growing threats posed by antibiotic resistance

Business and trade organizations are concerned about the potential for provisions in the farm bill’s commodity title to trigger a WTO dispute

Chinese agricultural leaders teamed up with U.S. exporters to ink 13 contracts for 4.83 million metric tons of soybeans worth $2.8 billion

Despite efforts by agricultural groups to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from implementing new water quality standards, a judge ruled late Friday that the agency can advance plans to limit pollution from a variety of sources, including farms, from entering the Chesapeake Bay

Cargill’s board of directors elected David W. MacLennan, currently Cargill’s president and chief operating officer, as the privately owned company’s next chief executive officer, starting Dec. 1, 2013. He succeeds Greg Page, 62, who was elected CEO in 2007 and will continue to serve as executive ch

From cover crops to bat conservation, USDA is looking for more innovative ways to protect natural resources and habitat through conservation innovation grants

Monsanto’s chief technology officer told a gathering of U.S. ag leaders, investors and innovators that agriculture is at the center of significant global trends that include not only food security, the demand for healthier diets and the development of sustainable, renewable fuels, but also concerns

Grazing interests will look on with interest in late October when the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hosts the first competitive auction for three parcels of public lands in two Solar Energy Zones (SEZ) in Colorado

AgriTalk and Agri-Pulse are teaming up to host a debate on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS),