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Monsanto To Restructure, Create Herbicide Division

Among other restructuring changes, Monsanto has announced that it will create a separate division for its Roundup and other herbicides business.

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US Soybean Acres At Record High

USDA estimates report US farmers planting a record-breaking soybean crop this spring.

Bayer, Monsanto Cross License Canola Traits

Bayer CropScience and Monsanto have signed a cross licensing agreement on herbicide tolerance traits in canola.

Paraguay Growers Threaten Strike Over Crop Protection Product Restrictions

Farm groups in Paraguay say new say new restrictions on crop protection products would make it impossible to farm.

DuPont Lannate Soon Again Available In EU

EU Member States ruled to include methomyl, the active ingredient of DuPont insecticide Lannate, in Annex I of EU Directive 91/414/EEC.

FMC Acquires Isagro Fungicide

FMC Corp. has acquired the fungicide benalaxyl from Isagro.

Fusarium Inhibitor Found

A key bacterial growth inhibitor of plant pathogen Fusarium verticillioides has been identified by USDA-ARS.

Tessenderlo unit acquires Dupont herbicide assets

Tessenderlo Kerley, the US division of Brussels, Belgium-based chemicals group Tessenderlo, has acquired DuPont Crop Protection's linuron herbicide assets.

Syngenta Licenses Chromatin Sugar Cane Gene Stacking Technology

Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. has entered into a research and license agreement for Chromatin's proprietary gene stacking technology in sugar cane.

License Agreements Expand Bayer And DuPont Collaboration

Bayer and DuPont have entered into a series of long-term biotechnology trait agreements.

Bayer CropScience Subsidiary Opens Spanish R&D Center

Nunhems, a subsidiary of Bayer CropScience, has opened a new experimental station in Cartagena.

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