Keyword: Crop Protection

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ICL Fertilizer Arm to Expand Polyhalite Mining in England

24.04.2014 - Cleveland Potash Limited (CPL), a subsidiary of Israel-based ICL Fertilizers, has received a grant of £­4.9 billion to expand into polyhalite production at its Boulby mine in...

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Platform to Take Chemtura’s Agriculture Arm

23.04.2014 - U.S.-based Platform Specialty Chemicals has agreed to acquire the agricultural chemicals business of compatriot Chemtura for around $1 billion in cash and stocks. The activities of...

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BASF Plans New Specialty Amines Plant in Ludwigshafen

17.04.2014 - BASF is expanding its global production network of amines with a new 12,000 t/y plant for specialty amines at its Ludwigshafen, Germany headquarters. Start-up is scheduled for 2015...

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GMO Maize Crops Seen to Show Toxin Resistance

25.03.2014 - Maize crops engineered to produce insecticidal toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are planted on millions of hectares annually, reducing the use of...

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Bayer CropScience to Acquire Argentinian Seeds Firm

07.03.2014 - Subject to approval by anti-trust authorities in Argentina, Bayer CropScience will pay an undisclosed sum to acquire Buenos Aires-based Biagro Group, a producer and distributor of...

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Bayer Teams up with GreenLight on Sustainable Feedstocks

04.03.2014 - GreenLight Biosciences and Bayer CropScience have established a new partnership to explore applications of GreenLight's proprietary cell-free technologies to increase the...

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Bayer Applies for U.S. Approval of Soybean Disease Seed Treatment

03.03.2014 - Bayer CropScience has submitted an application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for registration of its ILeVO seed treatment to protect soybean seeds from the soil...

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BASF Files Legal Challenge in EU’s Fipronil Restrictions

08.11.2013 - BASF has taken the European Commission (EC) to court over plans to include the German group's insecticide fipronil in a two-year moratorium on products suspected of playing a role...