Keyword: herbicides

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Agrochemicals – a Modern Love Story

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...

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EU Commission Postpones Glyphosate Vote

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...

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BASF and Evogene in Novel Herbicide Collaboration

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...

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Bayer and Evonik Finalize US Herbicide Project

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...

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BASF Opens New R&D Station at Pune

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...

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Monsanto Said to be Stalking Syngenta Again

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...

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Chemical Producer Platform to Buy Arysta LifeScienc

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...

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Texas Seeks OK from EPA on Controversial Herbicide for Pigweed

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...