seed protection News
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Bayer CropScience closes acquisition of DuPont Crop Protection Land Management assets
Bayer CropScience has completed the acquisition of certain DuPont Crop Protection Land Management assets in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. The transaction closed on December 1, 2014, following receipt of required antitrust approvals. The acquisition significantly boosts Bayer CropScience’s non-agricultural pest and weed control business. “We are ...
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Bayer CropScience Announces Specticle FLO and Celsius Now Registered for Use in California
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, today announced Specticle® FLO and Celsius® are approved for use in California. Specticle FLO, a pre-emergent herbicide, protects against a broad spectrum of broadleaf and grassy weeds including Poa annua, crabgrass and goosegrass. Celsius delivers post-emergent control of more than 150 weeds, and offers reduced risk of ...
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Bayer CropScience opens Weed Resistance Competence Center in Frankfurt, Germany
Herbicide-resistant weeds are a growing global problem. The official opening of Bayer CropScience’s Weed Resistance Competence Center (WRCC) in Frankfurt on 19 November is a major step forward in tackling weed resistance, as it will develop new weed control strategies, and share knowledge within the global community of farmers, agronomists and scientists. Understanding weed resistance and ...
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Bayer CropScience Introduces Bayer Specticle G
Environmental Science, a division of Bayer CropScience LP, has launched Bayer Specticle® G – a versatile, pre-emergent herbicide that provides green industry professionals up to six months of broad-spectrum weed control for use in landscapes, including mulched areas and around ornamentals, and in warm-season turf. The company will feature Bayer Specticle G at the upcoming 2013 Golf ...
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Bayer innovations help secure world record barley harvest
Innovative crop protection solutions from Bayer CropScience have helped a New Zealand farming couple break the world record yield for barley. Warren and Joy Darling, from Timaru in the country’s South Island, produced 13.8 tonnes per hectare, easily breaking the previous record of 12.2 tonnes held by Scottish grower Stockton Park since 1989. The new record was officially ratified by ...
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Bayer CropScience and the Grains Research & Development Corporation Team up to discover Innovative Weed Control Solutions
Bayer CropScience and the Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) based in Australia have signed a five-year agreement to join forces to establish the Herbicide Innovation Partnership for the discovery and development of innovative weed management solutions. The major aim is to provide growers with new technologies to manage resistant weeds and support the sustainability of modern ...
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Bayer CropScience acquires certain DuPont Crop Protection Land Management business assets
Bayer CropScience and DuPont announced today the signing of an agreement for Bayer to purchase certain DuPont Crop Protection Land Management assets in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand. Closing of the transaction is expected in the fourth quarter of 2014, subject to customary regulatory approvals. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. This acquisition ...
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USDA approves new modified corn seeds, soybean seeds
The Agriculture Department has approved the use of genetically modified corn seeds and soybean seeds that are resistant to a popular weed killer. However, farmers won't be able to take full advantage of the seeds until the Environmental Protection Agency issues a second ruling allowing the use of Enlist, a new version of the 2,4-D weed killer that's been around since the 1940s. The EPA has said ...
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Bayer sees more than doubling of accessible markets and potential to shape regenerative agriculture on more than 400 million acres
Expectation to tap into more than 100 billion euros of value in accessible and ag-adjacent markets Unparalleled pipeline with estimated peak sales potential of more than 30 billion euros to promote regenerative agricultural practices and enable farmers to support both global food security and mitigation of climate change Includes transformative technologies like the Preceon Smart Corn System, ...
By Bayer AG
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Bayer Showcases Leadership in Breakthrough Innovations and Sustainable, Tailored Solutions to Meet Global Challenges in Agriculture
Following strong second quarter results, Bayer’s Fields of Opportunity Technology Showcase highlights cutting-edge technologies and pipeline solutions expected to propel farmer productivity, sustainability, and company growth Featured breakthrough innovations include Bayer’s new herbicide molecule, the Smart Corn System featuring Short Stature Corn, and CoverCress™, a ...
By Bayer AG
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