Keyword: herbicides

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American Vanguard Buys Corteva Herbicides

15.01.2020 - US specialty agricultural products company American Vanguard has bought four herbicide brands from Corteva Agriscience, namely Classic, First Rate, Hornet and Python. American...

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Nufarm Buys FMC’s European Herbicides

14.11.2017 - Australian farm chemicals producer Nufarm has snapped up some more agrochemical assets in Europe, this time from US chemical company, FMC. The Melbourne group will pay $90 million...

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South Africa Conditionally Approves Bayer-Monsanto

08.05.2017 - South Africa’s competition commission has conditionally approved Bayer’s plan to acquire Monsanto, thus becoming the first antitrust authority to do so. It will require divestments...

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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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Lanxess Expands European Intermediates Plants

17.03.2017 - The Advanced Industrial Intermediates business of German chemical producer Lanxess will invest around €100 million to expand production capacities over the next three years. About...

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GM Crop Yields not Higher, Analysis Claims

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...

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EP Proposes Seven-year Glyphosate Reauthorization

14.04.2016 - After the European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) last month passed a resolution urging the EU Commission not to renew the authorization of the herbicide ingredient...

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DuPont Won't Reopen La Porte Plant

06.04.2016 - DuPont will not reopen its herbicide plant at La Porte, Texas, idled since a leak of 24,000 lbs of methyl mercaptan killed four employees at the facility in November 2014. In...