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Temasek fund backs India startup bringing AI technology to farms

Date：Jan. 18, 2021 Category：Markets

CropIn, an artificial intelligence and data-based agritech startup, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Temasek Holdings Pte-backed ABC World Asia,...

Climate change is opening up new regions to agricultural pests

Date：Jan. 5, 2021 Category：Markets

Climate change is opening up new habitats to old pests, transforming them from a mere nuisance into a growing menace and placing unprecedented threats on the gl...

UPL shares jump after company reduces debt by $410 million

Date：Dec. 31, 2020 Category：Companies

UPL Limited

The company has completed the pre-payment of $410 million of 3.25% senior notes due October 2021 on Dec. 28. This was done using the cash on its balance sheet, ...

Lonza shortlists bidders for $4 billion specialty ingredients unit

Date：Dec. 16, 2020 Category：Companies

Lonza Group AG has narrowed the list of bidders for its specialty ingredients unit, one of the European chemical industry’s most hotly-contested sale processes...

Bountiful monsoon rains set to boost India’s agriculture growth

Date：Nov. 25, 2020 Category：Markets

India’s farm sector growth will likely be the highest in three years as better-than-normal rain helped farmers to boost output of crops, including rice, sugar ...

UPL: Virus that fights fall armyworm to be deployed across Africa

Date：Sep. 10, 2020 Category：Products

The product, Fawligen, contains a naturally occurring virus. It will be distributed across the continent, with the exception of Nigeria, by UPL Ltd., an Indian ...

Judge fears Bayer ‘manipulated’ $11 billion glyphosate settlement, opening door to more cancer trials

Date：Aug. 31, 2020 Category：Regulations

Bayer CropScience U.S.

U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria said during a hearing [August 27] he’s concerned Bayer has “manipulated” the [$11 billion] settlement process since announ...

UPL Q1 results: profit nearly doubles on low base, improved India business

Date：Aug. 4, 2020 Category：Companies

UPL Ltd.’s profit surged in the quarter ended June, a period marred by the coronavirus pandemic, on account of a low base and improved performance in India—on...

Bayer accused of underreporting contraceptive issues to US FDA

Date：Jul. 14, 2020 Category：Companies

Bayer CropScience U.S.

Bayer failed to report thousands of complaints of injuries allegedly caused by its Essure contraception device to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, accordi...

Future of GM crops in India depends on gains in 3 key areas: Ramesh Chand

Date：Jul. 8, 2020 Category：Markets

The future of genetically modified crops in India will depend on those varieties which can address the country's three pressing needs of improving farm efficien...

Bayer wins ruling blocking California’s Roundup warning

Date：Jun. 23, 2020 Category：Regulations

Bayer CropScience U.S.

Bayer AG’s Roundup won’t require a label in California warning consumers that a chemical in the weed killer is known to cause cancer. A federal judge in Sacra...

India Fertilizer Maker Sees Virus Outbreak Delaying Expansion

Date：May. 29, 2020 Category：Markets

Coromandel International Ltd., an Indian maker of fertilizers and pesticides, will probably delay its planned investment as factories slowly reopen from a natio...

Government’s Proposal To Ban 27 Pesticides Will Hurt Agrochemical Firms And Farmers, Analysts Say

Date：May. 25, 2020 Category：Markets

If the proposal gets implemented in the current form, it will have a significant negative impact on the agrochemical industry's sales and profits, K Ravichandra...

After three lost glyphosate-cancer trials, Bayer investors fear litigation ‘avalanche’ will further harm company’s reputation

Date：Apr. 16, 2020 Category：Companies

Bayer CropScience AG

Two influential shareholder advisory groups are split on whether investors should support Bayer AG’s management at its upcoming annual meeting, a year after a ...

Bayer pays $39.5 million to settle Roundup false-ad lawsuits

Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Companies

Bayer CropScience U.S.

Bayer AG agreed to pay $39.5 million to settle allegations that its Monsanto unit ran misleading ads about the controversial Roundup weedkiller and its potentia...

Some Pesticide Makers See Profit in Chlorpyrifos Void

Date：Mar. 13, 2020 Category：Markets

“If Corteva isn’t able to meet the demands of the marketplace, we are well prepared to step in,” said Ram Seethapathi, president of Gharda Chemicals Internat...

Bayer investor sues top officials for ‘disastrous’ Monsanto deal

Date：Mar. 9, 2020 Category：Companies

Bayer CropScience AG

A Bayer AG investor sued the board and other top company officials, claiming the “disastrous” 2018 acquisition of Monsanto Co. eroded the company’s share val...

UPL Q3 Results: Profit Meets Estimates As Latin American Markets Shine

Date：Feb. 10, 2020 Category：Companies

UPL Limited

UPL Ltd.’s third-quarter profit met estimates on higher revenue growth in Latin American markets. The agro-chemical maker reported a net profit of Rs 701 c...

Global agriculture has a planting problem

Date：Jan. 31, 2020 Category：Products

Climate-friendly crops are getting more attention from farmers and food companies as pressure mounts to find sustainable forms of agriculture. Enter Kernza, a n...

Cargill’s CEO Is Concerned About U.S. Farmers as Tariffs Persist

Date：Jan. 24, 2020 Category：Companies

Cargill Inc. welcomes the first phase of a U.S.-China trade agreement but cautions that exports of some agricultural goods have yet to resume and tariffs are st...

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Temasek fund backs India startup bringing AI technology to farms

Climate change is opening up new regions to agricultural pests

UPL shares jump after company reduces debt by $410 million

Lonza shortlists bidders for $4 billion specialty ingredients unit

Bountiful monsoon rains set to boost India’s agriculture growth

UPL: Virus that fights fall armyworm to be deployed across Africa

Judge fears Bayer ‘manipulated’ $11 billion glyphosate settlement, opening door to more cancer trials

UPL Q1 results: profit nearly doubles on low base, improved India business

Bayer accused of underreporting contraceptive issues to US FDA

Future of GM crops in India depends on gains in 3 key areas: Ramesh Chand

Bayer wins ruling blocking California’s Roundup warning

India Fertilizer Maker Sees Virus Outbreak Delaying Expansion

Government’s Proposal To Ban 27 Pesticides Will Hurt Agrochemical Firms And Farmers, Analysts Say

After three lost glyphosate-cancer trials, Bayer investors fear litigation ‘avalanche’ will further harm company’s reputation

Bayer pays $39.5 million to settle Roundup false-ad lawsuits

Some Pesticide Makers See Profit in Chlorpyrifos Void

Bayer investor sues top officials for ‘disastrous’ Monsanto deal

UPL Q3 Results: Profit Meets Estimates As Latin American Markets Shine

Global agriculture has a planting problem

Cargill’s CEO Is Concerned About U.S. Farmers as Tariffs Persist

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