HB4 wheat is a transgenic wheat trait owned and sold by Bioceres Crop Solutions, based in Argentina. The trait incorporates drought tolerance transferred through a sunflower gene.

At the same time, USDA has given HB4 wheat, which features a trait for drought tolerance, ... Wheat ranks third behind corn and soybeans among U.S. field crops in planted acreage, ...

HB4 is not the first GMO wheat trait to be considered for deregulation. Monsanto developed a glyphosate-tolerant or Roundup-ready wheat variety in 1996, which started a revolution in agricultural ...

Moreover, HB4 played a crucial role in maintaining a double-digit topline growth in the year-over-year comparison of the quarter. From an annual perspective, the quarterly growth resulted in full ...

Farmers have for decades grown genetically modified soybeans and corn, mostly used for livestock feed or biofuels. ... HB4 remains banned in swaths of Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.

The HB4 trait, which can be added ... Most GMO crops are corn and soybeans eaten by livestock or made into processed food ingredients such as cornstarch, soybean oil and high fructose corn syrup.

“HB4 also has shown environmental benefits,” he said. “Under no-till practices, HB4 soy-wheat rotations result in an estimated 1,650 kg of carbon fixed into the soil per hectare per year, compared to ...

The Generation HB4® program is an identity-preserved farming program that utilizes HB4® drought-tolerance technology to enable soybean-wheat crop rotations and improve agricultural sustainability.

Extend this perspective to no-till farming practices that incorporate HB4 Soy-Wheat rotations, and we're looking at a significant carbon sequestration potential - an estimated 1,650 kg per hectare ...

In July, Bioceres, Arcadia and TMG announced a collaboration to develop and commercialize Verdeca’s HB4 stress tolerance trait in soybeans. Earlier this year, ...

Bioceres said it also seeks to increase the area planted with HB4 soybeans in Brazil to 10,000 hectares in the 2023/2024 season, the report added. Reporting by Maximilian Heath; ...