29.04.2013
- The European Union will ban three of the world's most widely-used pesticides for two years because of fears they are linked to a plunge in the population of bees critical to the...
25.04.2013
- Dow Chemical posted a better-than-expected 33% jump in quarterly profit as farmers in the Americas bought more of its seeds and pesticides, overshadowing a decline in European...
23.04.2013
- Chemicals maker DuPont's quarterly profit beat analysts' estimates as higher sales of its seeds and agriculture chemicals offset weak demand for the once-lucrative titanium dioxide...
18.04.2013
- Syngenta, the world's largest maker of crop chemicals, expects farmers to continue to invest in products to boost agricultural output despite a recent drop in commodity prices...
26.03.2013
- Monsanto and DuPont have settled a bitter legal battle over rights to technology for genetically modified seeds and will drop antitrust and patent claims against each other while...
22.03.2013
- Monsanto hopes to roll out a new bioengineered, worm-resistant soybean seed for planting in Brazil next season, the firm's local president said, but a successful launch is tied to...
15.03.2013
- EU governments failed to agree a ban on three widely used pesticides linked to the decline of honeybees on Friday, but the European Commission could force one through by the summer...
23.02.2013
- U.S. farmers are clamoring for more drought-hardy corn seeds as the spring planting season nears and soils remain parched across large swaths of key growing areas, the head of one...
