04.04.2016
- Until recently, few outsiders would have called the agricultural chemicals sector exciting. It’s hard to imagine, for example, a thriller or torrid love story or even a poem set in...
09.03.2016
- The EU has again postponed a decision on whether to extend its approval for glyphosate, the controversial active ingredient for a number of herbicides including Monsanto's Roundup...
10.12.2015
- BASF has signed a three-year collaboration deal with Israeli plant technology company Evogene to discover and develop novel herbicides. Evogene will use its computational biology...
09.07.2015
- Bayer CropScience and Evonik have now officially quantified their plans for a co-investment at Evonik’s production site in Mobile, Alabama, USA. Together with Evonik, the US...
29.05.2015
- BASF has opened its new agricultural research station in Loni Kand, Pune, India. The facility, which will be the group's fifth such facility worldwide, joining the four already...
06.05.2015
- Predators are stalking not only Swiss specialty chemicals producer Clariant, but also agrochemicals giant Syngenta. Following a report by news agency Bloomberg that US rival...
21.10.2014
- Specialty chemicals company Platform Specialty Products Corp has signed a "definitive agreement" to buy rival Arysta LifeScience for about $3.51 billion from an unnamed company...
24.06.2014
- The US Environmental Protection Agency is considering an emergency request by Texas regulators to allow cotton farmers to deploy a controversial herbicide, marking a new front in...
