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Agrium Sells Commodity Management Business
Cargill, Inc. has agreed to acquire a majority of Agrium Inc.’s commodity management businesses of AWB Ltd. The purchase price…
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Farm Credit Banks To Pursue Merger
U.S. AgBank and CoBank, two of the five banks in the Farm Credit System, have announced they intend to pursue…
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Dow AgroSciences Expands Seed Research
Dow AgroSciences has announced the construction of a new seeds research and development expansion in Olivia, MN. Research on corn…
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Syngenta, DuPont Sign Corn Rootworm Trait Agreement
Syngenta has granted DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred a non-exclusive, global license to its corn rootworm trait MIR604 (Agrisure) for corn…
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Expert Shares Beltway Outlook
Despite what would appear to be a favorable turnover in national legislators for agriculture during the most recent election cycle,…
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Every Vote Counts
Winter has arrived in earnest in Northeast Ohio. Since the start of December, our area (and several others across the…
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Bayer CropScience Adds Biological Seed Treatment
Bayer CropScience LP has finalized a licensing agreement with Heads Up Plant Protectants Inc. for access to Heads Up seed…
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Ethanol Subsidy Extended
Congressional negotiators have agreed to extend the 45-cent-per-gallon subsidy for ethanol for one year and also continue a tariff on…
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OSHA Honors Pioneer Facility
Pioneer Hi-Bred’s Rushville, IN, production location recently was recognized by the Indiana Department of Labor (IDOL) for continued excellence in…
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TFI: EPA’s Florida Nutrient Rule Is All Cost, No Benefit
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) expressed its intense opposition to the EPA’s rule to establish numeric nutrient criteria for nitrogen and…
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The Value Of Residual Herbicides
In systems where glyphosate is not providing the effectiveness of weed control as it has in the past, there’s a…
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Stepping Forward On Standards
The lack of data standards in precision agriculture has hampered broader adoption of high-technology products and techniques for years. But…