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DuPont Pioneer: New Way to Control Corn Rootworm Discovered
DuPont Pioneer researchers have discovered a protein from a non-Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacterium source that exhibits promise as an alternative …
Americas
Monsanto Licenses CRISPR-Cas from MIT, Harvard
Monsanto Co. announced it has reached a global licensing agreement for the use of the CRISPR-Cas genome-editing technology in agriculture …
Agrichemicals
Meet UPI’s North America Lead, Vicente Gongora
Meet UPI’s North America General Manager, Vicente Gongora. As a native Brazilian working in the U.S. for one of the …
Americas
Micronutrients 2016: Market Updates From Key Suppliers
This is the year that people should be going back to using micronutrients. After all, to open the door, you have to …
Americas
Acadian Seaplants Limited Launches Plant Health Division
Acadian Seaplants Limited announced it has re-branded its agricultural products division and has launched the division’s new identity in an effort …
Americas
Phyllom BioProducts, Vestaron Extend Research Collaboration
Phyllom BioProducts Corp. and Vestaron Corp. have announced they will extend their research collaboration first announced in August of 2014. …
Agrichemicals
Adama Reveals Framework of Merger with Sanonda
Adama Agricultural Solutions today announced that the framework for its merger with Sanonda, a leading Chinese agrichemical producer, has been …
Americas
DuPont Pioneer: New Way to Control Corn Rootworm Discovered
DuPont Pioneer researchers have discovered a protein from a non-Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacterium source that exhibits promise as an alternative …
Americas
Monsanto Licenses CRISPR-Cas from MIT, Harvard
Monsanto Co. announced it has reached a global licensing agreement for the use of the CRISPR-Cas genome-editing technology in agriculture …
Agrichemicals
Meet UPI’s North America Lead, Vicente Gongora
Meet UPI’s North America General Manager, Vicente Gongora. As a native Brazilian working in the U.S. for one of the …
Americas
Micronutrients 2016: Market Updates From Key Suppliers
This is the year that people should be going back to using micronutrients. After all, to open the door, you have to …
Africa/Middle East
Arysta LifeScience’s Procurement Revolution
Stephen Pearce wants to change the way crop protection companies think about purchasing. When we talked in late June, Arysta …
Africa/Middle East
Africa/Middle East
Arysta LifeScience’s Procurement Revolution
Stephen Pearce wants to change the way crop protection companies think about purchasing. When we talked in late June, Arysta …
Africa/Middle East
Bayer-Monsanto Merger Creates New Global Ag Giant
During the whole of 2016, many of the companies that do business in the agricultural industry have concluded the best …
Africa/Middle East
Bayer-Monsanto: What it Means So Far
More than five months in the making, the Monsanto board of directors accepted Bayer’s $66-billion bid to buy the company. …
Africa/Middle East
ChemChina Secures Loans in Bid to Acquire Syngenta
ChinaChina (China National Chemical Corp.) “has secured commitments from lenders on a $12.7 billion loan for its purchase of Swiss …
Africa/Middle East
Environmental Respect Awards Steps Up Efforts in Response to Increased Participation
The Environmental Respect Awards has launched its 27th year of honoring stewardship among agricultural retailers with an improved online entry …
Americas
Agrichemicals
Arysta LifeScience Expands Offerings to Univar Canada
Arysta LifeScience Canada recently announced an expansion of its distribution channel in the Prairies with Univar Canada. The expansion includes …
Adjuvants
Pressure’s Up on Drift Reduction
The pressure was already on for the ag industry to reduce drift. Now, after what the U.S. South experienced over …
Agrichemicals
Despite her Iowa birth, Diane Allemang did not grow up on a farm, though living in the state means “you …
Americas
Monsanto Collaborates with Second Genome
Monsanto Co. and Second Genome, Inc. have announced a research agreement to accelerate the discovery of new microbiome-based solutions to …
Agrichemicals
Monsanto Confirms Sweetened Bid From Bayer
Monsanto Co. on Monday confirmed it has been engaged in “constructive negotiations” with Bayer AG, during which it received an …
Americas
Dips in U.S. Farm Sector Profitability Expected Into 2016
U.S. farm sector profitability is forecast to decline for the third straight year. Net cash farm income for 2016 is …
Americas
Six DEKALB Disease Shield Corn Products to Launch in 2017
Six new DEKALB Disease Shield products are being introduced for 2017 that provide protection against today’s top corn diseases, along …
Asia
Agrichemicals
Indogulf Crop Sciences Earns Star Export House Status
Indogulf Crop Sciences Ltd has earned the coveted Star Export House Status from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The …
Agrichemicals
11 New Active Ingredients to be Fully Approved in China
On 25 Aug 2016, China MoA released the meeting-minutes of the 19th session of the eight National Expert Committee of Pesticide …
Asia
Agricen Announces Operations in Australia
Loveland, Texas-based plant health company, Agricen, has begun operations in Australia as Agricen Australia. Agricen Australia product portfolio includes a series …
Asia
Seed Companies Unite Against India’s Technology Proposal
Several big seed companies have formed an alliance opposing the Indian government’s insistence that the seed companies share their technology …
Asia
Monsanto Withdraws Application for GM Cotton Seed in India
Seed giant Monsanto has chosen to withdraw its application to introduce its newest GM cotton seed variety in India in …
Africa/Middle East
Live From the Trade Summit: More Generics, More Mergers to Follow a Tough Year
The global crop protection market fell 9.8% to $55.6 billion in 2015, the first decline in the last five years, …
Africa/Middle East
“Humic substances are recognized by most soil scientists and agronomists as the most important components of a healthy, fertile soil,” …
Europe
Agrichemicals
BASF Sees Challenging Rest of 2016, But Ag Market Remains Attractive
For the remainder of 2016, BASF expects the agricultural market to remain volatile and the business environment to be challenging, …
Biostimulants
Success Story: How Valagro Overcame Hurdles in the Biostimulant Market
AgriBusiness Global recently sat down with Prem Warrior, Chief Operating Officer of Valagro, a top producer of biostimulants and specialty …
Agrichemicals
Certis Europe, K&N Efthymiadis form JV in Eastern and Southern Europe
Certis Europe and K&N Efthymiadis have announced the creation of a new company, KNE Certis, a joint venture which will …
Agrichemicals
From the Editor: Brexit and Other Chaos
Uncertainty breeds fear. Unfortunately, Britain’s vote to leave the EU created layers of uncertainty around financial and currency markets around …
Agrichemicals
BASF Agricultural Solutions Sales Fall 13% in Q2
BASF’s Agricultural Solutions business saw a 13% decline in sales in the second quarter, citing a market environment that remains …
Agrichemicals
Bayer Boosts Monsanto Offer, Provides ‘Certainty on Financing and Regulatory Matters’
Monsanto all-cash offer increased to $125 per share on July 1 after additional information received in private discussions.
Europe
EuropaBio Reacts to European Commission Approach to GMO Testing Requirements
EuropBio, which promotes and supports biotechnology in the European Union, expressed its disappointment over the European Commission’s decision to disregard …
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Syngenta Opens North America Seedcare Institute in Minnesota
Syngenta unveiled its new Seedcare Institute in Stanton, Minnesota. More than 150 industry leaders, government officials, Syngenta customers and employees …
Industry News
APHIS to Extend Deruglation Status for Two J.R. Simplot GE Potato Lines
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has preliminarily determined that it will extend …
Industry News
Nufarm Announce Year-End Results
Nufarm Limited announced a statutory profit after tax of $27.5 million for the 12 months to 31 July, 2016. This …
Industry News
BASF Opens Application Technology Center to Improve Crop Protection Product Testing
BASF opened a new Application Technology Center at its Crop Protection division headquarters in Limburgerhof, Germany. The facility offers a …
Industry News
Syngenta Announces Several Management Changes
Syngenta appointed Jeff Rowe to the new role of President Global Seeds and North America. In this new role Rowe will …