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DuPont, Syngenta Join Forces
Syngenta and DuPont have announced an agreement that will broaden each company’s crop protection product portfolios and enable them to…
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Expert: Forget Corn Replant After July 110
With corn prices at record highs, many growers are considering replanting flood-damaged fields, although years of data advise caution with…
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Replant ’08 Series: BASF
The weather across the Midwest this summer has been frightening at times, and many growers are facing replant decisions. What…
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Partners Selling Saskferco
Nitrogen fertilizer company Saskferco Products Inc. is up for sale. The Mosaic Co. and Investment Saskatchewan have announced that they…
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Corn Down But Not Out
USDA’s latest acreage report says the anticipated corn harvest is down from last year, and soybeans are expected to pick…
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Rising EU Food Costs Raise GM Questions
Despite the pressure on European governments to approve genetically modified (GM) food as food prices rise, there are still those…
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CASE IH Helps Farm Flood Victims
Responding to the difficult times being faced by flooded regions of the Grain Belt, Case IH and its dealers are…
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Syngenta Considers Price Hike
Syngenta AG, the world’s biggest maker of agricultural chemicals, may raise the price of pesticides by 10 percent next year…
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No-Till Fuels Ethanol Value
Ethanol-based corn may be getting a bum rap, in light of the growing global food crisis, but the biofuel does…
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Brazil OKs Bt Corn
Brazil’s National Biosafety Committee (CNBS) has ratified a decision authorising sales of corn containing Syngenta’s Bt11 (Bacillus thuringiensis) trait for…
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Dow AgroSciences Bean Replant Supply Adequate
Dow AgroSciences and its seed company, Mycogen Seeds, might not be the first company you’d think of when your grower-customers…
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Nozzle Tackles Tough Canopies
Dense foliage can inhibit proper spray coverage, so Lechler Inc. has designed its new IDK-T ceramic twin flat spray nozzle…