17.08.2017
- German chemical giant BASF has joined forces with Israel’s Kaiima Bio-Agritech, a genetics and breeding technology company, to work on discovery of novel herbicide resistance...
20.07.2017
- The US state of Tennessee has become the fourth to place restrictions on the use of Monsanto’s dicamba, due to damages the herbicide is said to cause to crops not genetically...
23.03.2017
- BASF has inaugurated its new $270 million world-scale production complex for dicamba, the active ingredient in its Engenia herbicide, at its Beaumont, Texas, site. The German group...
06.02.2017
- American Chemistry Council (ACC), the association representing US chemical producers, has launched a public campaign aimed at debunking claims made by the Lyon, France-based...
12.12.2016
- Dutch paints, coatings and specialty chemicals producer AkzoNobel has agreed to form a 50:50 joint venture with Indian chemicals manufacturer Atul for the production of...
05.07.2016
- Monsanto and Sumitomo Chemical have signed a new global agreement focused on next-generation solutions for weed control. The deal builds on an existing collaboration the companies...
13.06.2016
- In two non-binding resolutions, the European Parliament has called on the European Commission (EC) to withdraw its authorizations for herbicide-resistant GM carnations and maize...
07.06.2016
- At its Jun. 6 meeting in Brussels, the EU’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (Phytopharmaceuticals Section), the expert panel representing the 28 member states...
