A caterpillar crawls on the leaf of a genetically-engineered soybean plant Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at a research farm in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) CORRECTS: Spelling of Champaign from Champagne

Genetically-engineered soybeans grow Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at a research farm in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) CORRECTS: Spelling of location to Champaign from Champagne

A device measures carbon levels in soil Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at a research farm in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Wolfgang Busch, director of the Harnessing Plants Initiative at the Salk Institute, holds up a soybean root that was genetically-engineered to grow downward Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at a research farm in Urbana, Ill. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Ashish Rajurkar, a research scientist at the Salk Institute, examines a greenhouse of genetically-engineered soybeans Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at a research farm in Champaign, Ill. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Ashish Rajurkar, a research scientist at the Salk Institute, digs out root samples from genetically-engineered soybeans Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at a research field in Urbana, Ill. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Houston quarterback Conner Weigman (1) attempts to pass the ball against Texas Tech during the first half of an NCAA college football game Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Justin Rex)

NHRA driver Tony Schumacher gets ready for qualifying at the Nevada Nationals, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at The Strip at Las Vegas Speedway in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Justin Daniels/NHRA via AP)