Keyword: Agriculture

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Group Seeks Court Order on USDA Over GMO Alfalfa

18.03.2014 - A U.S. public interest group, Center for Food Safety (CFS), is asking a Washington, D.C. court to force the Department of Agriculture to turn over nearly 1,200 documents related to...

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CF Industries Completes Sale of Phosphates to Mosaic

18.03.2014 - U.S. fertilizer maker CF Industries Holdings (CF) has completed the sale of its phosphate business to compatriot The Mosaic Company of Plymouth, Minnesota, for $1.4 billion. The...

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BASF Opens Global R&D Center in Mumbai

13.03.2014 - BASF has opened a new €2 million global research and development center at Thane, Navi Mumbai, India. Operated by BASF Chemicals India, the facility employing 60 scientists in the...

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WeylChem U.S. Inc. expanding at Kershaw County facility

11.03.2014 - WeylChem U.S. Inc., a provider of custom manufacturing and tolling services, as well as advanced intermediates and reagents is announcing the expansion of its Kershaw County...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Sub-Saharan Chemicals Market

05.03.2014 - Urbanization And Diversification - Africa is set to enter a growth cycle. Although Asia is anticipated to continue dominating the global chemicals industry with expected market...

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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 Revises Crop Protection Pipeline Value Upward

28.02.2014 - BASF has revised upward to €2.1 billion the expected peak sales potential of its crop protection R&D pipeline up to 2020. This represents an increase of €400 million over the...