Bayer CropScience has received UK approval for the fungicidal potato seed treatment, Emesto Prime FS (penflufen 50 g/litre). It is the first registration for the active ingredient worldwide. The ...
Syngenta Q2 sales up 14%...
Russian agchem market to grow...
DuPont has decided to stop selling its controversial new turf herbicide, Imprelis (aminocyclopyrachlor), and to recall stocks from customers. The herbicide has been linked with damage to certain ...
There were mixed results for the companies in Agrow’s dollar-based agrochemical sales ranking for 2010, with a fairly even split between gains and declines. However, more than half posted higher ...
Several US lawsuits have been filed against DuPont over alleged damage to trees caused by its new herbicide, Imprelis (aminocyclopyrachlor). An Ohio law firm, Neblett, Beard and Arsenault has filed a ...
Bayer CropScience has agreed to supply its seed treatment, Poncho Votivo, to Monsanto for use in its Acceleron seed treatment range for soybeans in the US. Poncho Votivo combines the insecticide, ...
Bayer's Poncho/Votivo OK'd for US cotton...
March 2011 Patent Watch (Agrow Intelligence)...
Makhteshim-Agan Industries’ (MAI) second-quarter agrochemical sales jumped by 21.5% to $673.7 million compared with the same period last year. They accounted for 93.2% of all sales, which were up by ...
Arysta LifeScience has launched its iodomethane-based fumigant, Yokafume, for commercial use in Japan. The fumigant was registered for disease, weed and pest control on tomatoes and melons in Japan ...
American Vanguard recorded a 54% increase in sales to $80.4 million in the second quarter of 2011. The “outstanding” results were due to strong sales of herbicides, soil insecticides and fumigants, ...
Bayer CropScience has agreed to supply its seed treatment, Poncho Votivo, to Monsanto for use in its Acceleron seed treatment range for soybeans in the US. Poncho Votivo combines the insecticide, ...
Bayer's Poncho/Votivo OK'd for US cotton...
March 2011 Patent Watch (Agrow Intelligence)...
BASF presented research on its fluxapyroxad (trade-marked Xemium)-based fungicides, Merivon and Priaxor, at the American Phytopathological Society meeting in Hawaii this month. Merivon is a 1:1 ...
The US EPA has cancelled the registration of LiphaTech’s rodenticide, Rozol Prairie Dog Bait (chlorophacinone), in four states, pending the completion of an endangered species consultation with the ...
Arysta LifeScience has launched its iodomethane-based fumigant, Yokafume, for commercial use in Japan. The fumigant was registered for disease, weed and pest control on tomatoes and melons in Japan ...
Bolivia is importing genetically modified cotton fibre, national media report. Production of nationally produced conventional cotton has been heavily impacted by pest pressure and has not satisfied ...
EU shows limits on socio-economic study of GMO cultivation...
Bolivian farmers’ union calls for GMOs - update...
Applicants for EU approvals of genetically modified crops face tougher requirements for the post-market environmental monitoring (PMEM) of their GM lines. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) ...
Syngenta has received import approvals for its genetically modified stacked herbicide-tolerant and insect-resistant Agrisure Viptera 3220 maize in Japan and Mexico. The company recently received US ...
The take-up of genetically modified soybeans in Bolivia has reached 92%, according to the newswire SciDev. Monsanto’s glyphosate-tolerant Roundup Ready soybeans are the only GM crop to be approved in ...