To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the ...

One example of public debate over the use of a genetically modified plant involves the case of Bt corn. Bt corn expresses a protein from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. Prior to construction ...

According to a March 21, 2025 report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Foreign Agricultural Service, the ...

The US continues to press India to open its farm sector for American exports, despite complaints about India's ...

A method using free software and a drone with a low-cost camera has made it possible to select drought-tolerant corn plants.

Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop's most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is ...

In the face of U.S. efforts to require Mexico, under a trade agreement, to import genetically engineered corn, last week the Mexican legislature approved a constitutional amendment identifying native ...

The Office of the United States Trade Representative released a report highlighting foreign trade barriers that could ...

A worker unloads corn at a processing facility in Misantla ... a constitutional amendment to ban the planting of genetically modified seeds. (Hector Quintanar / Bloomberg / Getty Images) ...

This week, Mexico's leaders voted to enshrine that concept in the Constitution, declaring native corn "an element of national identity" and banning the planting of genetically modified seeds.