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Europe OKs Two More GM Crops
The European Union (EU) relents and approves two genetically modified (GM) corn varieties, according to the Associated Press (AP). The EU’s food safety agency…
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Fertilizer Costs May Be Hard To Recoup
In a recent issue of CropLife eNews, a Purdue University agricultural economist noted that fertilizer prices have been declining, which he felt was not…
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PotashCorp Averts Labor Strike
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) announced that employees represented by United Steelworkers’ (USW) Local 7689 at Allan, USW Local 7458 at Cory and…
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Syngenta Acquires Argentina’s SPS
Syngenta announced it has signed and closed an agreement to acquire SPS Argentina SA (SPS) to increase Syngenta’s presence is the critical soybean market…
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Generic Crop Protection Product Sales Grow
According to a well-respected agribusiness market intelligence company, the global market for crop protection products increased by 9.7 percent to $33.3 billion. Of that,…
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Researchers Find Hot Gene
Scientists at Michigan State University (MSU) have pinpointed the heat-tolerance gene in plants. This holds promising implications for the improvement of heat tolerance in…
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PotashCorp Looks To Avert Labor Strike
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) has reached tentative labor agreements with approximately 500 unionized employees at its Allan, Cory, and Patience Lake potash…
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Seed Industry Convention Set
The American Seed Trade Association’s 63rd Corn & Sorghum Seed Research Conference and 38th Soybean Seed Research Conference (CSS 2008 & Seed Expo) will…
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Pioneer Heightens SDS, SCN Protection
Recent research from Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is improving levels of resistance to sudden death syndrome (SDS) and soybean cyst nematode (SCN), providing…
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Dow AgroSciences Buying Brodbeck Seed
Dow AgroSciences LLC is acquiring assets of Brodbeck Seed Inc. of Wabash, IN. The addition of the newly formed Brodbeck Seeds LLC will build…
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