Keyword: Crop Protection

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Plant Impact and Bayer CropScience Update Soy Pact

17.02.2015 - Plant Impact of the UK and German-based Bayer CropScience have signed an additional agreement to develop yield enhancing technologies for soy cultivation. The latest agreement...

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Bayer Said to Have Tapped Rothschild for BMS Float

23.09.2014 - Bayer is said to have chosen investment bank Rothschild to advise on its plan for an initial public offering (ipo) of engineering plastics sub-group Bayer MaterialScience (BMS)...

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FMC Set to Acquire Cheminova for $1.8 Billion

11.09.2014 - Danish holding company Auriga Industries is selling its crop protection unit Cheminova to US diversified chemical producer FMC for $1.8 billion. The holding had announced in July...

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Bayer to Launch New Broadleaf Herbicide in US

01.09.2014 - Bayer CropScience plans to release a new broadleaf corn herbicide, DiFlexx, which it said will offer growers flexibility for a broad range of application while also fitting a...

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Bayer, Syngenta, Seeking Neonicotinoid Niches

14.07.2014 - Bayer CropScience is seeking approval from the EU's Chemicals Regulation Directorate (CRD) for use of its foliar neonicotinoid insecticide Biscaya in niche applications this autumn...

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DuPont Revises 2014 Outlook on Weaker Agriculturre

07.07.2014 - DuPont has revised its outlook for operating earnings per share for Q2 and full year 2014, due primarily to lower than expected quarterly performance of its Agriculture segment and...

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Bayer Settles Serenade Litigation With Bion Tech

27.06.2014 - Bayer CropScience and Bion Tech of Taiwan, Republic of China, a producer of biological crop protection agents, have settled a patent infringement case in Korea. No financial...

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EU Environment Ministers to Vote on GMO Opt-Out Clause

02.06.2014 - Environment ministers of all 28 EU member states are due to vote June 12 on an opt-out clause for genetically manipulated crops, including those officially approved for planting by...