Agriculture

Phytoinitiator mRNAs as a Game Changer in Agriculture

Unlocking nature’s resilience: phytoinitiator mRNAs empower plants to thrive in deserts, saline soils, and harsh climates—no gene editing required.

Egrobots – New Technologies for a more Sustainable Agriculture

Egrobots, a start-up from Egypt, developed a solution for efficient farm monitoring and management using AI and robotics. Their innovation includes an autonomous robot, that roams around the farm, scanning the plants on a leaf-level with high resolution and an AI that analyses this data.

Bayer to Build New R&D Facility at German Site in Monheim

Bayer’ Crop Science division plans to invest €220 million in a new research and development (R&D) facility at its Monheim, Germany site. This is the company’s largest single investment in its crop protection business in Germany since the founding of the Monheim campus in 1979, Bayer said.

Yara Details Clean Ammonia Plans

Yara International has outlined an ambitious growth plan for its Clean Ammonia business, with “significant” investment decisions targeted over the next three years.

AgBiome and Lamberti Collaborate on Crop Protection

US biotech AgBiome and Italy’s Lamberti are collaborating to develop biological crop protection solutions. AgBiome has expertise in discovering and commercializing new biological active ingredients for agriculture, while Lamberti supplies formulation technology and specialized chemistry.

ChemSpec Europe 2018: Online Partnering Program Creates Smart Networking Opportunities

Uproar in Germany over Glyphosate Vote

DowDuPont Delays Split, Plans Share Buyback

K+S Combines Potash and Salt Businesses

Univar Buys Tagma Brasil

Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks Start new Company

DowDuPont Realigns Three-way Split

Dow Sells Brazilian Seed Assets to China’s CITIC

BASF, Cargill and P&G Join Coconut Oil Initiative

Chemspec Europe 2017 in Munich bigger than ever

Chemspec Europe 2017 Show Preview now available

EPA Denies Petition to Ban Chlorpyrifos

Chemspec Europe 2017: Register now for the International Exhibition for Fine and Speciality Chemicals

DowDuPont a Patriotic Venture?

Bayer Promises Trump $8 Billion for US Research?

EU Says DowDuPont Approval “Still Open”

Two US States to Rein in Neonic Pesticides

Erik Fyrwald Named Syngenta CEO

Valent BioSciences, Lidochem in Technology Pact

Syngenta and Dow in Talks with DuPont on Agribusiness Mergers

BASF Expands Biological Solutions for Agriculture

Protecting Environment and Yields

How 20 Years Have Transformed the Chemical Industry

Activist Investor Urges DuPont to Split in Two

Eastman to Pay $2.8 Billion for Alkylamines Producer Taminco

Bayer to Launch New Broadleaf Herbicide in US

Mitsui to Acquire DuPont Agrochemical Fungicide Assets

DuPont Revises 2014 Outlook on Weaker Agriculturre

Bayer CropScience in $29.6 Million Global Seeds HQ Expansion

Bayer Settles Serenade Litigation With Bion Tech