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Leadership Positions Appointed
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. and Arysta Life Sciences select new top officers. Valent U.S.A. Corp. has promoted President and Chief…
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Valor OK’d For Preplant Corn
Growers can now use Valor Herbicide from Valent U.S.A. Corp. 14 days prior to planting no-till or minimal till field…
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Dow AgroSciences Buys Dairyland Seed
The acquisition of Dariyland Seed Co., Inc. and its affiliate, Bio-Plant Research, will build Dow AgroSciences’ corn, soybean, and alfalfa…
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BASF Boosting Spending
Amid rising demand for crop commodities, BASF Crop Protection will invest more than $225 million over the next two years…
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EPA Rejects Ethanol Waiver Request
EPA denied a request by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to waive 50 percent of the 9-billion-gallon Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)…
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In Memoriam: Paul Zimmerer
An inventor who helped advance irrigational technology across the globe, Paul Zimmerer, died late last week at the age of…
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DuPont, Hexima Join Forces
DuPont and Melbourne, Australia-based Hexima Ltd. announced a development and commercialization agreement for certain biotech fungal disease resistance technology in…
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DeWitt To Lead Sulphur Plant
Continuing its strategic growth, H.J. Baker & Bro., Inc. has hired a new plant manager for its Wilmington, CA, sulphur…
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Deal Puts Croplan Genetics In Tennessee
Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, a CropLife 100 member, will now be marketing Croplan Genetics seed products as its proprietary line of…
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Fungicides: Consider Risks Vs. Rewards
With grain prices at unprecedented levels and some fungicide companies implementing aggressive marketing campaigns, many corn and soybean producers are…
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Bill Seeks Infrastructure Credit
Bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives looks to offset the costs of setting up alternative fuel equipment at…
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Endigo Soybean Insecticide OK’d
EPA has issued a Section 3 registration for the use of Syngenta Crop Protection’s Endigo insecticide on soybeans. With proven…