BASF: The Key To Weed Control Comes Early In The Season

Six recipients will pursue research dedicated to finding solutions to help manage corn rootworm.

Bayer CropScience continued its second annual Bee Care Tour, a mobile tour designed to emphasize the important role bees play, by making its sixth stop at Purdue University in West Lafayette.

Grain prices have played a role in China’s rejection of U.S. corn shipments containing Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera trait, claims the company.

American Seed Trade Association President & CEO Andrew W. LaVigne released a statement in response to the Center for Food Safety’s report on the value of neonicotinoids in agriculture.

Clariant becomes the eighth member in an initiative aimed at lowering risk in the chemical procurement process.

Brookside Agra has hired Bill Bayless of Sparta, IL as its new Vice-President of Business Development.

Corn growers have a new dual-action option for postemergence control of broadleaf weeds, including those resistant to glyphosate.

Arysta LifeScience has stepped up its commitment to biostimulants and value-added nutrients with the launch of a new Website.

EndurX Technology is a patented technology platform that improves the activity and performance of contact pesticides.

SFP has promoted Michael Berry to a newly developed position as vice president of business relations.

In a recent Verdict herbicide study, BASF reaffirmed the importance of using a preemergence herbicide with multiple sites of action.

The Agribusiness Friendliness Index, a new study undertaken at Colorado State University, ranks the top states for agricultural inputs.

After more than 31 years of service, Antonio Galindez, president and CEO of Dow AgroSciences, will retire from the company, effective May 1.

Kansas City, MO-based Compass Minerals has signed an agreement to acquire Canadian micronutrient supplier Wolf Trax, Inc., for $95 million.

Rowbot Systems is developing an autonomous robotic machine for precise, in-season nitrogen fertilizer applications in corn fields and other row crops.

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. has hired Linda V. Moore in the newly created general counsel position.

CF Industries has completed the sale of its phosphate business to The Mosaic Co. for $1.4 billion.

Under the agreement, 16 Agrium retail agronomy locations in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan become part of the Country Operations division of CHS.