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Monsanto, Dow Form Licensing Agreement
Monsanto Co. has granted a new royalty-bearing, Roundup Ready 2 Yield license to Dow AgroSciences. The new agreement expands Dow…
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Pioneer Purchases Three Seed Companies
DuPont has entered into agreements to acquire AgVenture, Kentland, IN; Hoegemeyer Hybrids, Hooper, NE; and NuTech Seed, Ames, IA as…
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New Canola Variety Stands Up To Weather, Weeds
The weed control and yield increase benefits of the BASF CLEARFIELD Production System are now available to a new segment…
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Major Supplier Sells Fertilizer Unit
Lange-Stegmann plans to transfer its wholesale fertilizer sales unit to United Suppliers of Eldora, IA, effective immediately. Terms of the…
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Why We Hate Big Glyphosate
Driving to work this morning, I was listening to National Public Radio’s continuing coverage of the Gulf oil spill. Besides…
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Changes At Waconia
Waconia Manufacturing, a global supplier of fertilizer blending and handling equipment for more than 50 years, has established an Employee…
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Seed Treatment Portfolio Expands
BASF’s Stamina fungicide seed treatment use has been expanded to include a number of crops, including cotton, dried peas and…
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Insecticide Offers Better ROI
Bayer CropScience has reduced the price of Leverage 2.7 insecticide, providing soybean growers protection for their crop and a better…
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McCormick Appoints News CEO
Agricultural equipment industry veteran, Doug Rehor, has been appointed the new CEO of McCormick International USA, Inc., a division of…
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Topcon Acquires Distributor
Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has acquired InlandGEO, one of Topcon’s top performing distributors. InlandGEO is headquartered in Madrid, Spain, and…
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BASF Develops New Pesticide With Japanese Firm
BASF and Japanese company Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. have agreed to co-develop a new insecticide — code-named ME5343 — for…
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PotashCorp Executive To Retire
James F. Dietz, executive vice president and COO at PotashCorp, has elected to retire at the end of June. Named…