Agrochemicals

Valent Earns ISO 9001:2008 Registration In US

Posted by Matt Hopkins|20 July 2010

LIBERTYVILLE, Illinois, US -– Biorational product development and commercialization firm Valent BioSciences Corp. has achieved ISO 9001:2008 registration of its...

Herbicides

Monsanto Closer To Registering Dicamba-Tolerant Soy

Posted by Matt Hopkins|20 July 2010

Agrochemicals

Certis Recieves Annex 1 Renewal For Imazalil

Posted by Matt Hopkins|19 July 2010

Agrochemicals

Nufarm Halves Profit Forecast

Posted by Matt Hopkins|14 July 2010

Seeds and Traits

Monsanto To Extend RR1 Export Approvals

Posted by Matt Hopkins|13 July 2010

Herbicides

New US Supplier To Source Glyphosate

Posted by Matt Hopkins|8 July 2010

Agrochemicals

BASF, Monsanto Expand R&D Collaboration To Wheat

Posted by Matt Hopkins|7 July 2010

LIMBURGERHOF, Germany and ST. LOUIS, Missouri, US -– BASF...

Agrochemicals

Wilmar Acquires Sucragen

Posted by Matt Hopkins|7 July 2010

SINGAPORE — The world’s largest processor and seller of...

Insecticides

Fipronil: Courting Controversy

Posted by Matt Hopkins|7 July 2010

BASF’s fipronil, primarily used as a corn insecticide, has...

Agrochemicals

Arysta Registers Iodomethane In New Zealand

Posted by Matt Hopkins|30 June 2010

TOKYO -– New Zealand has granted commercial registration for...

Seeds and Traits

Monsanto Q3 Net Income Drops On Weak Roundup Sales

Posted by Matt Hopkins|30 June 2010

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, US -– With third quarter net...

Seeds and Traits

Agri-Food Canada Funds Innovotech Seed Treatment

Posted by Matt Hopkins|30 June 2010

EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada — Biofilm product developer Innovotech Inc. has secured funding of more than $900,000 from Agriculture and Agri-Food…

Seeds and Traits

ARS Releases Heat-, Drought-Tolerant Beans

Posted by Matt Hopkins|30 June 2010

MAYAGüEZ, Puerto Rico — Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists at the agency’s Tropical Agricultural Research Station (TARS) in Mayagüez, Puerto…

Agrochemicals

FAO: Food Prices 40% Higher By 2019

Posted by Matt Hopkins|29 June 2010

PARIS — According to the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2010-2019, food prices could rise by up to 40% on growing demand…

Seeds and Traits

Monsanto Seeks Genuity VT Double Pro Corn RIB Registration

Posted by Matt Hopkins|29 June 2010

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, US — Monsanto Co. has submitted for registration to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a 5%…

Agrochemicals

Makhteshim Acquires Albaugh

Posted by Matt Hopkins|28 June 2010

AIRPORT CITY, Israel — The world’s largest generic crop protection product manufacturer, Makhteshim Agan Industries (MAI), will buy Iowa, US-based…

Agrochemicals

BASF Acquires Cognis

Posted by Matt Hopkins|23 June 2010

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany – BASF SE has reached an agreement with Cognis Holding Luxembourg S.à r.l. controlled by Permira Funds, GS…

Agrochemicals

Vive Nano Awarded For Nanomaterial Encapsulation Innovation

Posted by Dan Jacobs|22 June 2010

TORONTO, Canada — Frost & Sullivan has chosen Vive Nano as recipient of its 2010 North American Frost & Sullivan…

Agrochemicals

Advanta Names US Business Manager

Posted by Matt Hopkins|22 June 2010

HYDERABAD, India – Advanta US, Inc., a business unit of sorghum seed research and marketing company Advanta India, Ltd., has…

Herbicides

FMC Corp. Acquires Japanese Herbicide

Posted by Matt Hopkins|22 June 2010

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, US — FMC Corp. has acquired the herbicide fluthiacet-methyl from Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., and Ihara Chemical Industry…