Keyword: Crop Protection

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Nufarm Buys Ag Assets from Adama and Syngenta

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...

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Univar Buys Tagma Brasil

03.10.2017 - Chemicals distribution group Univar has acquired Tagma Brasil for an undisclosed sum, expanding its presence in the agricultural market. Based in Paulinia, Sao Paolo, Brazil, Tagma...

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American Vanguard Buys Grupo Agricenter

18.09.2017 - AMVAC Netherlands, a wholly owned subsidiary of US specialty and agricultural products company American Vanguard, is to acquire Grupo Agricenter, a Costa Rica-based distributor of...

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Syngenta-ChemChina Deal Clears US and EU

06.04.2017 - Within two days, one of the three mega mergers influencing in major part the agrochemicals sector moved two steps closer to becoming reality. On Apr. 4-5, the US Federal Trade...

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DuPont Swaps Pestidices for FMC’s Nutriceuticals

03.04.2017 - Complying with the EU’s conditions for approval of its $130 million merger with Dow Chemical, DuPont has agreed to sell its chewing pest insecticides, broadleaf herbicides...

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DuPont Informs Ag Employees on Sell-offs

30.03.2017 - DuPont has begun talks with employees of agrochemicals facilities it plans to divest in exchange for EU approval of its $130 million merger with Dow Chemical. According to US...

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BASF Inaugurates Texas Dicamba Plant

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...

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ECHA Says Glyphosate not a Carcinogen

16.03.2017 - The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Committee for risk assessment, RAC, has cleared the chemical compound glyphosate – the active ingredient in herbicides such as Monsanto’s...