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Clariant receives Frost & Sullivan Award for EcoTain Crop Protection Products
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has received the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation Leadership. The Award recognizes Clariant's EcoTain label for products designed to address strict regulatory requirements and customer demand for safer and more eco-friendly products in the agrochemical industry. Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award ...
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CropLife America Study Finds U.S. Agricultural Exports Threatened by EU Pesticide Regulation
CropLife America on Thursday released a new report that finds more than 40 percent of U.S. agricultural commodity exports, including soybeans, could be blocked by upcoming changes in the European Union (EU) Plant Protection Regulation. According to a news release from CropLife America, if the EU regulation is implemented as proposed, it could block more than $4 billion of U.S. agricultural ...
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Workshop: Development of biological control products
Wageningen Plant Research and its partners in the BIOCOMES EU project are organising a workshop for PhD students and young scientists active in the field of biological control. The workshop will take place in January 2017 in Kiel (Germany). Students can register via www.biocomes.eu/workshop. The workshop will focus on the development of sustainable biological control products based on ...
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Global Crop Protection Industry Outlook to 2016 - Bio-pesticides: The Next Generation Crop Protection Products
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Crop Protection Industry Outlook to 2016 - Bio-pesticides: The Next Generation Crop Protection Products ...
By ReportLinker
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Syngenta Statement on unsolicited Preliminary Approach from Monsanto
Noting media reports, the Board of Syngenta confirms that it has received an unsolicited proposal from Monsanto to acquire the company at a price of CHF449 per Syngenta share with approximately 45 percent in cash. Syngenta’s Board of Directors, in conjunction with its legal and financial advisers, has undertaken a thorough review of all aspects of Monsanto’s offer and has unanimously ...
By Syngenta
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CropLife Asia Promotes Role of Plant Science & Benefits to Thai Farmers at Tech4Farmers Asia 2.0
Dr. Siang Hee Tan, Executive Director of CropLife Asia, participated today at the Tech4Farmers Asia 2.0 event held in Bangkok. He took part on a panel looking at the issue of 'Creating an Enabling Environment for Market Access'. "The population in Asia is projected to have one billion more people by 2050," said Dr. Tan. "Our farmers need to produce more food to feed a growing world while coping ...
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Filing of 2013 Annual Report on Form 20-F
Syngenta announced that the 2013 Annual Report on Form 20-F has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The document is available on the Syngenta website at www.syngenta.com; hard copies of the audited financial statements are available to shareholders free of charge upon request. Syngenta is one of the world's leading companies with more than 28,000 employees in over 90 ...
By Syngenta
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Treated Seed and Soybeans Don’t Mix
After you’re finished planting, you may be tempted to dump your remaining seed in with any soybeans you still have from last year’s harvest. Don’t. “It is illegal in the United States to put treated seed into your soybeans and take them to the elevator. It is unacceptable not only in the United States, but worldwide, as well,” says Dwain Ford, United Soybean Board ...
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Agricultural Biotechnology Company | Trishul BioTech
We are the leading Agricultural Biotechnology Company Specialized In Manufacturing of Bio Products to Improve the Soil Health & Productivity. With our expertise in biotechnology, we have revolutionized the agriculture fertilizer industry, offering innovative and sustainable products that promote healthy plant growth, increase crop yields, and enhance soil Health. As a dedicated ...
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Independent variety trials show productivity of wheat varieties continues to increase
Nowhere in the world is the average grain yield as high as in the Netherlands, where it is over ten tonnes per hectare. Research by Wageningen UR shows that the introduction of new varieties has caused yields to increase by approximately 8 to 10 per cent per decade. Converted to a hectare of winter wheat, this represents an increase of 800 to 1,000 kilograms; a huge achievement for breeders of ...
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CropLife Asia Makes the Case in Malaysia for Crop Protection Regulatory Harmonization for ASEAN
At the fourth ASEAN-EU Business Summit held at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur today, CropLife Asia's Executive Director Dr. Siang Hee Tan spoke about the benefits a common regulatory framework for crop protection products would bring to the member states of ASEAN - among them, providing farmers with greater access to the tools and technology to ensure future food security across the ...
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Bayer expands site in Switzerland
Bayer CropScience is expanding production at its Muttenz site in the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft, and today inaugurated a new production facility. The new facility is a reaction to the growing demand for agricultural commodities and will expand Bayer's production capacities in the area of crop protection. "This recently undertaken investment of approximately EUR 100 million will make ...
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Bayer launches new collaboration with Oerth Bio to further advance innovations in crop protection
Oerth’s unique PROTAC® protein degradation technology is expected to be a new, game-changing generation of more sustainable crop protection products The agreement recommits to the combination of Oerth Bio’s specialized expertise designing PROTAC® degraders for agriculture with Bayer’s global infrastructure testing, developing and commercializing leading crop ...
By Bayer AG
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Moving biorationals from protected into field crops is the topic of discussion
The demand for alternative crop protection products is growing across the agricultural and horticultural sectors due to pressure from retailers, and a loss of plant protection products. At next week’s AAB IPM conference, (16 and 17 November) we’ll hear from Selchuk Kurtev, Certis’ IPM manager on how the use of biorational products is gaining traction across many sectors. ...
By Certis UK
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Syngenta files 2013 annual report for Syngenta Finance NV
Syngenta announced that the 2013 annual report for Syngenta Finance NV has been filed with the London Stock Exchange and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). The document is available on the Syngenta corporate website here. Hard copies of the financial statements are available to investors free of charge upon request. PDF version Syngenta is one of the world's leading ...
By Syngenta
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Syngenta announces successful EUR 750 million Eurobond issues
Syngenta announced today the successful issue of EUR 750 million in Eurobonds. This issue comprises a EUR 500 million Eurobond with maturity date in November 2021 and a EUR 250 million Eurobond with maturity date in October 2017. John Ramsay, CFO, said: "We have taken advantage of current favorable market conditions in order to further enhance our debt maturity profile. These bond issues are ...
By Syngenta
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DNA of banana fungus unravelled for more sustainable banana crops
An international consortium led by scientists from Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) has unravelled the DNA of Pseudocercospora fijiensis, the fungus that causes the much-feared black Sigatoka disease in bananas. The findings provide leads for increasing the sustainability of banana cultivation, for instance through the development of a resistant banana plant. The results were ...
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Testing new biological plant protection products for effectiveness and practical feasibility
A naturally occurring fungus codenamed ‘H39’ might be the long-sought biological defence against the dreaded apple scab. “This fungus has not only been tested for its ability to fight the pathogen. The new Select BioControl method was also used to immediately assess the practical feasibility of deploying it as a commercial product,” says Dr Jürgen Köhl of ...
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Bayer to distribute pheromone-based biological crop protection solutions from M2i Group
Biological pheromones present a non-toxic, innovative opportunity for biological crop protection while safeguarding biodiversity and beneficial pollinators M2i’s patented bio-sourced micro-encapsulation technology means long-lasting pheromone controls with no residues and no plastic waste First products to provide 90 days minimum of protection in high-value fruit and vegetable crops ...
By Bayer AG
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Syngenta and DuPont agree on technology exchange to launch new fungicide solutions
Syngenta and DuPont today announced technology licensing agreements that will broaden each company’s crop protection product portfolio and enable both to bring new products to market more efficiently. Syngenta has obtained a global license from DuPont to develop products containing DuPont’s fungicide oxathiapiprolin. The development of this new piperidinyl thiazole isoxazoline class ...
By Syngenta
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