19.09.2012
- In a study that prompted criticism from other experts, French scientists said on Wednesday that rats fed on Monsanto's genetically modified (GM) corn or exposed to its top-selling...
19.09.2012
- Syngenta announced today that it has agreed to acquire Pasteuria Bioscience, a US-based biotechnology company. Since 2011 Syngenta and Pasteuria have had an exclusive global...
16.09.2012
- A U.S. farmer group on Tuesday dropped its opposition to efforts by Dow AgroSciences to roll out a new biotech crop system in exchange for some concessions by Dow, including help...
31.07.2012
- Germany's largest drugmaker Bayer on Tuesday raised its full-year earnings outlook much more than expected as high grain prices fuelled demand at its farming pesticides unit and a...
27.07.2012
- Syngenta, the world's largest agrochemicals company, posted forecast-beating results in the first half and was optimistic for the remainder of the year, betting on Latin America...
04.07.2012
- Bayer's pesticides arm CropScience is to buy California-based firm AgraQuest for $425 million plus milestone payments to boost its vegetable and fruit protection business. The...
03.07.2012
- German chemicals maker BASF and oil major Shell have been told by a Brazilian court to pay 1.06 billion Brazilian real ($525.23 million) into a compensation fund for former...
02.06.2012
- France said it plans to ban a pesticide made by Swiss agro-chemical group Syngenta that is widely used to treat rapeseed crops after scientists suggested it could pose danger to...
