In the Nifty pack, 40 stocks were trading in the green, while 10 stocks were in the red.

Climate change is threatening 120-million farmers and over 500 cos of India’s Rs 15,000 cr seed industry.

Cotton, largely BT cotton, was grown over 122 lakh hectares in India in 2017-18. In recent years, pest infestation, high input costs and dr...

This kharif season the cotton acreage is expected to jump over four-lakh hectares in Punjab after two-years of consecutive decline in area ...

MMBL on December 19 had filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court challenging certain provisions of the order that seeks to regulate li...

The GM crops issue will test the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch’s will as well as the resolve of Narendra Modi's government.

Reps of Swadeshi Jagran Manch and Bhartiya Kissan Sangh met Prakash Javadekar yesterday, seeking a ban on field trials of genetically-modif...

The Indian hybrid seed market, with over 300 companies, has been growing at 15-20 per cent annually over the past several years and is proj...

Companies that sell vegetable seeds to farmers have come under the scanner in Maharashtra following a rise in complaints about dud seeds.

Seed distributors in Gujarat have accused country’s largest cotton seed producer Nuziveedu Seeds of creating artificial shortage and pushin...

The top Bt cotton seed companies in Maharashtra have got show cause notice from the state agriculture department for not abiding by their s...

Mumbai outpaced Bangalore, with a margin of about Rs 200 crore, to become India's top biotech city in terms of revenue.

This season’s production likely to drop by 3 million bale from 33 million bale.

At Monsanto India, engaged in the business of production and sale of pesticides and hybrid seeds, the season has been very fruitful.

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and Rasi seeds Ltd have entered into an agreement to develop disease resistant cassava crops, aim...

For the kharif 2007 season (July-October), Salem-based private seed major Rasi Seeds (RSPL) is planning to launch a range of genetically-mo...

US Biotech seed major Monsanto is in for big trouble on the Bt cotton trait fee front. Nine top cotton-growing states of the country have d...