USDA's crop progress report for the week ended August 29 reported 59% of corn dented, in line with the 60% reported dented in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn dented in this week was 55%.

The new strategic alliance between the companies is designed to bring new biologicals to more farmers faster than ever.

USDA's crop progress report for the week ended August 22 reported 41% of corn dented, in line with the 41% reported dented in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn dented in this week was 38%.

Bayer announced a multi-year agreement with Berkeley Lights, a leader in the functional characterization of live biology, to develop and perform high-throughput functional screening workflows aimed at accelerating and expanding the discovery of novel traits.

Benson Hill, a food tech company, launched its advanced yellow pea breeding and commercialization program.

USDA's crop progress report for the week ended August 8 reported 8% of corn dented, below the 10% reported dented in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn dented in this week was 11%.

USDA has reported some 91% of corn crops silking, in line with the 91% reported silking in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn silking in the week was 86%.