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Archives :: Markets :: Fine Chemicals/Biotech :: Seeds and traits
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February 8, 2012
FMC says it has signed an exclusive distribution and development agreement with Consumo em Verde (CEV) Biotecnologia das Plantas, S.A. (Lisbon, Portugal) for the fungicidal active...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/FMC-Signs-Exclusive-Agreement-for-Access-to-New-Patented-Fungicide_41091.html February 8, 2012
Agrium today reported fourth-quarter net earnings of $193 million, or $1.20/share, up 43% from the year-ago period. Excluding a $134 million loss from discontinued operations...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Agrium-Earnings-Rise-43-percent_41093.html February 2, 2012
Monsanto says it will not sell its MON810 maize seed in France in 2012 or the foreseeable future, citing a lack of support among farmers and government officials for genetically...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Monsanto-Ends-GM-Seed-Efforts-in-France_40972.html January 5, 2012
Latin American demand for seeds lifted Monsanto's first-quarter earnings above its guidance and analysts' estimates, and the company says it now expects earnings for its 2012 fiscal...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Latin-American-Seed-Sales-Lift-Monsantos-First-Quarter-Profits_40188.html January 4, 2012
DuPont says it will collaborate with NexSteppe (Malibu, CA) to develop sweet sorghum and high-biomass sorghum hybrids suitable for use as renewable feedstock. Under the terms of the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/DuPont-Invests-in-Sorghum-Breeder-NexSteppe_40159.html December 2, 2011
This Week on CW: BASF is targeting an 80% increase in sales by 2020, to $153 billion. Development and sale of sustainable products and expansion into emerging markets are...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-Dec-2_39481.html December 1, 2011
Agchem firm Nufarm (Melbourne) says it has acquired Seeds 2000 (Breckenridge, MN) for $55.2 million. Seeds 2000 is a sunflower seed research and production company with annual revenues...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Nufarm-Acquires-U-S-Seeds-Firm_39424.html November 21, 2011
DuPont’s Pioneer Hi-Bred business says it has signed a multi-year collaboration with Evogene (Rehovot, Israel) to improve resistance to soybean rust. Under the agreement, DuPont...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/DuPont-and-Evogene-Partner-to-Improve-Soybean-Rust-Resistance_39200.html November 17, 2011
DuPont says its Pioneer Hi-Bred seeds business showed “solid” harvest performance in the 2011 North American harvest season, with its highest-volume corn and soybean...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/DuPonts-Pioneer-Seed-Business-Reports-Yield-Advantages-Over-Monsanto_39132.html November 7, 2011
Dow AgroSciences says it has produced 2,4-D choline in a commercial scale-up setting. The 2,4-D choline will be used to produce an herbicide sold under the trade name Enlist Duo, which...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Dow-AgroSciences-Produces-24-D-Choline_38899.html October 31, 2011
Arcadia Biosciences (Davis, CA) and the South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) agreed to...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Arcadia-Signs-Sugarcane-Development-Deal_38712.html October 21, 2011
DuPont says it has filed suit against Monsanto, alleging its competitor infringed a patent-protected seed production technique that “increases seed corn vigor to improve...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/DuPont-Sues-Monsanto-Over-Seed-Production-Technique-Updated_38411.html October 14, 2011
DuPont says the South African Competition Tribunal has rejected its bid to buy a majority stake in Pannar Seed (Greytown, South Africa), Africa’s largest seed firm. The Tribunal...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/DuPont-Bid-for-Pannar-Denied_38312.html October 14, 2011
Syngenta posted a 21% increase in sales for the third quarter of 2011 compared with the same period of last year, to $2.7 billion. Third-quarter sales by the company's crop protection...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Strong-Crop-Protection-Markets-Boost-Syngentas-Third-Quarter-Sales_38307.html October 6, 2011
Bayer CropScience says it has been granted exclusive rights to Fazenda Ana Paula’s (Salvador, Brazil) hybrid rice-breeding program. Financial terms were not disclosed. "Hybrid...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Bayer-CropScience-Expands-Rice-Breeding-Program_37923.html September 26, 2011
Approximately 25% of global agricultural land is used for wheat cultivation, making wheat the largest food crop worldwide in terms of area. Bayer CropScience and Evogene (Rehovot...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Bayer-CropScience-Evogene-Reach-Milestone-in-Wheat-Development-Deal_37860.html September 15, 2011
Source: DuPont DuPont says market share gains in North America will boost earnings for its Pioneer Hi-Bred seed business. Based on USDA data, the company added 1 point share in corn...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/DuPont-Gains-Corn-and-Soybean-Market-Share_37628.html September 2, 2011
Source: USDA Western corn rootworm sampled from four Iowan fields were found to have developed a resistance to Monsanto's widely used Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) gene, according...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Common-Corn-Pest-Found-to-Be-Resistant-to-Bt-Gene_37358.html August 29, 2011
DuPont says its Pioneer Hi-Bred business has received EPA approvals for its Optimum AcreMax and Optimum AcreMax Xtra single-bag refuge corn products. The Optimum...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/DuPont-Receives-EPA-Approval-for-Single-Bag-Refuge-Corn_37244.html August 16, 2011
Sinochem (Beijing) says its wholly-owned subsidiary China National Seed Group (Sinoseeds; Beijing) has opened the China Seed Life Science & Technology Center in the national...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/fine_chemicals_biotech/seeds_and_traits/Sinochem-Subsidiary-Opens-Crop-Technology-Center_36904.html |
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