Agrochemicals

Progress In Dicamba-based Weed Control Allows Application Flexibility

Posted by Matt Hopkins|9 November 2010

LUDWIGSHAFEN , GERMANY and ST. LOUIS — BASF and Monsanto Co. recently announced significant progress toward launching next-generation dicamba-based weed...

Agrochemicals

Gowan Canada Appoints New GM

Posted by Matt Hopkins|3 November 2010

Seeds and Traits

Bayer CropScience to invest US$ 30 million in new seed processing facility in the United States

Posted by Matt Hopkins|3 November 2010

Agrochemicals

Arysta Makes Distribution Deal With Asahi Chemicals

Posted by Matt Hopkins|2 November 2010

Herbicides

Monsanto Partners With Manufacturers To Stem Glyphosate Resistance

Posted by Matt Hopkins|2 November 2010

Seeds and Traits

Seed Money

By David Frabotta|1 November 2010

Agrochemicals

Production Agriculture Withdraws From Sustainability Standards

Posted by Matt Hopkins|26 October 2010

Agricultural representatives withdrew en masse today from the Leonardo...

Agrochemicals

Plan Said To Be Vital In Feeding World’s Hungry

Posted by Matt Hopkins|18 October 2010

by Philip Brasher, DesMoinesRegister.com The Obama administration says its...

Agrochemicals

Dr. Akin Adesina Receives Borlaug CAST Communication Award

Posted by Matt Hopkins|12 October 2010

The 2010 Borlaug CAST Communication Award recipient, Dr. Akin...

Agrochemicals

Food Prize Symposium Focuses On Small Farmers

Posted by Matt Hopkins|11 October 2010

The world’s poorest farmers may start getting some of...

Agrochemicals

Wiser About Water

By David Frabotta|1 October 2010

There is a regrettable irony in Pakistan’s recent floods:...

Americas

Brazil Bans Endosulfan

By Flávio Hirata|1 October 2010

Endosulfan Uses and Replacement Products Crops Replacement Products Registered Brands Registrants Coffee Chlorpyrifos EC 1 3 2 1 2 1…

Agrochemicals

Bayer Creates COO Position

Posted by Matt Hopkins|28 September 2010

Bayer CropScience will establish a chief operating officer to further develop customer-based solutions in its regional Crop Protection and BioScience…

Herbicides

Poll: Farmers Taking Action Against Glyphosate Resistance

Posted by Matt Hopkins|28 September 2010

Nearly 60 percent of farmers who responded to a recent national poll said they are changing their weed management plans…

Herbicides

FMC Launches New Authority XL Herbicide

Posted by Matt Hopkins|16 September 2010

FMC Corp. has introducted Authority XL herbicide, part of the Authority herbicide line of products for soybeans. This new product…

Seeds and Traits

Bayer CropScience Expands Seed Facility

Posted by Matt Hopkins|16 September 2010

Bayer CropScience’s vegetable seed business Nunhems will invest EUR 12 million in the expansion and modernization of its research center…

Seeds and Traits

Monsanto, AgraQuest To Collaborate On New Seed Treatments

Posted by Matt Hopkins|14 September 2010

Monsanto Co. and AgraQuest Inc. have entered into a collaboration to evaluate the potential use of AgraQuest’s pipeline of biopesticide…

Agrochemicals

Cotton Hits 15-Year High

Posted by Matt Hopkins|7 September 2010

Cotton rose to 15-year highs in early trading this week as global demand continues to outpace production and inventories shrink…

Agrochemicals

Deal Dies Between Makhteshim, Albaugh

Posted by Matt Hopkins|7 September 2010

The only US glyphosate plant that doesn’t belong to Monsanto will remain idle for a little longer as a result…

Herbicides

Bayer Registers Indaziflam in US

Posted by Matt Hopkins|7 September 2010

Bayer CropScience received the first registration worldwide for its new herbicidal active ingredient Indaziflam in the United States. Indaziflam will…