Syngenta Reports 2017 Half-Year Results

Transaction marks continued progress in proposed Dow and DuPont transaction.

Market launch is planned in Mexico by the end of 2017.

The decision follows recent conditional approvals from global antitrust authorities in Canada and Mexico and from the U.S. Department of Justice on June 15.

Neonicotinoids are projected to be the fastest-growing chemical sub-type between 2017 and 2022.

CropLife America issued the following statement on July 10: Over the last couple weeks, both Missouri and Arkansas state governments…

The U.S. and Brazil remain major markets for China’s crop protection exports.

“We sympathize with any farmers experiencing crop injury, but the decision to ban dicamba in Arkansas was premature since the causes of any crop injury have not been fully investigated.”

Missouri, Arkansas take action to stop sale and use of dicamba following hundreds of drift complaints.

Trish Malarkey, Head of R&D and Mark Peacock, Head of Global Operations will leave Syngenta at the end of September 2017.