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Bayer CropScience Acquires AgraQuest
Bayer CropScience has signed an agreement to purchase AgraQuest Inc. for a purchase price of $425 million plus milestone payments.…
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The Fertilizer Institute Adds Staff Member
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) has named Laura K. Kubitz manager of public affairs. Kubitz will help coordinate the Institute’s member and…
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Syngenta Receives Approval For Refuge-In-A-Bag Corn Seed
Syngenta has received EPA registration approval for two refuge-in-a-bag trait stacks. Agrisure Viptera 3220 E-Z Refuge and Agrisure 3122 E-Z Refuge…
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TeeJet Launches New High-Precision GNSS Receivers
TeeJet Technologies has introduced a new line of high-precision GNSS receivers for use in the most demanding ag applications. Both…
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Mobile Devices, Mobile Fortunes
Last week, I read online how Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturer of the BlackBerry mobile device, was in serious…
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New Publication Illustrates Energy Used In Row Crops
Each year, approximately three-fourths of Iowa’s farmland is planted with corn or soybeans. A new publication from Iowa State University…
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Syngenta Offers New Vibrance Seed Treatment Fungicide To Boost Rooting Power
Syngenta announced federal EPA registration of Vibrance seed treatment fungicide, the company’s first fungicide developed specifically as a seed treatment.…
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O’Connor Promoted To Senior Managing Executive Officer Of Topcon
Only two years after Topcon Corp. announced the promotion of Ray O’Connor to managing executive officer, the president and CEO…
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Exacto Inc. Senior Chemist Promoted In Strategic Expansion
Strategic expansion in the Technical Services laboratory at Exacto Inc. has culminated in the promotion of Senior Chemist Todd O’Connell…
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Heat Wave, Drought Visably Impacting Nation’s Corn Supply
Corn supplies in the U.S. are declining at the fastest pace since 1996 as a Midwest heat wave damages the…
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Whitefly Infestations Reported In Some Northern Illinois Soybeans
Some soybean fields in northern Illinois are currently infested with whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) said Mike Gray, University of Illinois professor…
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House Panel Okays Ag Spending Bill
The House Appropriations Committee approved the Agriculture Appropriations Bill for the 2013 fiscal year early last week. On June 19,…