Indonesia in Sugar, Pesticide Deal with Australia

FMC Freedom Pass, started Sept. 1, 2017, is available to growers who purchase FMC crop protection products from an authorized retailer.

DowDuPont and Syngenta AG are also competing for Bayer’s canola, cotton and soybean seed varieties, as well as the Liberty herbicide system.

The deal provides a Series A investment of $100 million by its parent companies and Viking Global Investors LP.

With the ability to tank-mix with glufosinate, farmers can use Enlist One in their weed control programs that feature multiple modes of action.

This collaboration will seek to reveal key aspects of insect gut physiology and discover novel targets for the development of insect control solutions.

Three of the biggest funders of African agricultural transformation have launched a new $280 million partnership at the 2017 Agricultural Green Revolution Forum in Abidjan.

The acquisition of Grupo Agricenter, a well-established distributor of multiple crop protection products in seven Central American and Caribbean countries, will considerably expand AMVAC’s product and service offerings in the region.

Monsanto on Thursday filed a petition with the Arkansas State Plant Board to halt what it called an “unwarranted and misinformed ban on dicamba,” in a move to ensure that growers in Arkansas have access to the weed-control tool next year.

Aerial agricultural tools in China affects less than 2% of farm area, highlighting the huge potential for the technology.