Days after the European Court of Justice ruled that EU member states could no longer grant temporary exemptions to farmers wanting to use expressly banned bee-toxic...
25.10.2017
- Australian farm chemicals producer Nufarm has agreed to pay a total of $540 million to acquire a suite of crop protection products, known as the Century Portfolio, from ChemChina...
22.09.2017
- Bayer Crop Science has voiced its optimism that long-term trends in the agricultural sector remained positive despite the market’s recent weakness and volatility. Speaking at the...
19.06.2017
- The final go-ahead for the long planned $130 million merger of US chemical giants Dow and DuPont appeared all but assured on Jun. 15 as US antitrust authorities gave the green for...
12.06.2017
- Australia's regulatory authority has taken DowDuPont a step closer to becoming reality with the announcement that it will not oppose a merger of the two US chemical giants Dow and...
01.11.2016
- Genetic modification of crops in North America has not increased crop yields or led to a reduction in the use of chemical crop protectants – in particular compared with Europe...
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...
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...
