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• MANA acquires Bold Formulators

  Date：Oct. 23, 2009 Category：Companies

  MANA Crop Protection, a Makhteshim-Agan group company, has acquired Bold Formulators, LLC, a leading custom formulator, manufacturer and packager of agrichemica...

• Frost & Sullivan recognizes AgraQuest for leadership in the global biopesticides market

  Date：Oct. 22, 2009 Category：Companies

  Based on its recent analysis of the world biopesticides market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes AgraQuest with the 2009 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Growth Lea...

• Pesticides may not raise heart risks

  Date：Oct. 22, 2009 Category：Markets

  Good news for men who farm U.S. fields. Regular exposure to pesticides used commonly on the farm does not appear to increase the risk of heart attack.

  Tags:Environment & Health

• DuPont reaches crop protection patent settlement

  Date：Oct. 22, 2009 Category：Companies

  DuPont says it has reached settlement on crop protection blend patents

• India holds out in despite of global endosulfan ban

  Date：Oct. 22, 2009 Category：Products

  Now, as the global scientific community stands poised to ban endosulfan, making it only the 22nd substance to get onto the chemical blacklist, the Indian govern...

• DuPont to launch new insect control product

  Date：Oct. 22, 2009 Category：Products

  DuPont Crop Protection, Saudi Arabia, is set to launch a revolutionary new insect

• EPA fines Behr Process $15,600 for selling an unregistered pesticide

  Date：Oct. 21, 2009 Category：Regulations

  U.S. EPA settles for $15,600 with Behr Process for selling an unregistered pesticide

• Bayer’s cotton seed brands achieve largest market share in U.S.

  Date：Oct. 21, 2009 Category：Biotech

  Bayer CropScience cotton seed brands FiberMax and Stoneville are planted on the largest share -- almost half -- of U.S. cotton acres for a third consecutive yea...

• EPA launched new website for insect repellents information

  Date：Oct. 21, 2009 Category：Regulations

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a new Web page containing product information on certain skin-applied insect repellents.

• New moth pest found in California

  Date：Oct. 21, 2009 Category：Markets

  A single European grapevine moth, Lobesia botrana, has been detected in the Oakville region of Napa County, CA, along with larvae. In announcing the find, Napa ...

• Bayer cropscience’s wheat herbicide Rimfire receives EPA approval

  Date：Oct. 21, 2009 Category：Products

  Wheat producers have a new solution to tackle tough-to-handle weeds with the registration of new Rimfire Max from Bayer CropScience.

• Monsanto and Huazhong Agricultural University enter into collaboration on development of plant biotech

  Date：Oct. 21, 2009 Category：Companies

  Monsanto Company and Huazhong Agricultural University have entered into a collaboration to further the development of novel traits such as higher yield, drought...

• Syngenta Cruiser seed treatment insecticide registered for use on rice

  Date：Oct. 21, 2009 Category：Products

  Syngenta Seed Care announced today that Cruiser seed treatment insecticide has been approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use on rice.

• US Florida agencies team up to collect pesticides

  Date：Oct. 20, 2009 Category：Markets

  Continuing their commitment to collecting and safely disposing of cancelled, suspended or unusable commercial pesticides, Florida Department of Agriculture and ...

  Tags:Environment & Health

• EU experts fail to agree on Syngenta GM maize

  Date：Oct. 20, 2009 Category：Biotech

  A European Union expert panel failed to agree on Monday on whether to approve imports of a genetically modified maize made by Syngenta, passing the decision to ...

• Germany warns of dangerous pesticides in Turkish pears

  Date：Oct. 20, 2009 Category：Products

  The agriculture ministry in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg warned on Monday against eating Turkish pears, after tracing dangerously high levels of insec...

• Callisto Xtra combines two modes of action for synergistic broadleaf weed control

  Date：Oct. 20, 2009 Category：Products

  ? Callisto? Xtra announced as brand name of new post-emergence corn herbicide from Syngenta. ? Syngergistic herbicidal combination of Callisto? and AAtrex? her...

• Experts will recommend British farmers to grow GM

  Date：Oct. 20, 2009 Category：Biotech

  A MAJOR new policy report will recommend UK farmers grow genetically modified crops to avert a food crisis, it has been claimed.

• US to change pesticide regulation

  Date：Oct. 19, 2009 Category：Regulations

  A program to test pesticides to make sure they do not affect human hormone systems will be compromised by changes to rules on submissions, scientists say.

• Coming rains unlikely to save Ukraine winter crops

  Date：Oct. 19, 2009 Category：Markets

  Rain due later this week will be too late to save drought-stricken Ukrainian grain fields, a leading analyst said on Friday.

• Pesticide endosulfan considered for global ban

  Date：Oct. 19, 2009 Category：Products

  Scientists took a step closer on Friday to banning the pesticide endosulfan, widely used on crops like cocoa and cotton, despite objections from India which is ...

• DOW’s two new herbicides registered for rice

  Date：Oct. 19, 2009 Category：Products

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved federal registration for Grasp Xtra and Rebelex rice herbicides, according to Dow AgroSciences.

• BASF India net up，to sell-off agrochemical plant

  Date：Oct. 19, 2009 Category：Companies

  Chemical producer BASF India on Friday said its net profit rose 30.34 per cent to Rs 34.02 crore in the second quarter ended September 30, 2009.

• US EPA phased out two toxic pesticides

  Date：Oct. 16, 2009 Category：Products

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that two toxic pesticides have been voluntarily removed from the market by the manufacturer. This order...

• Mexico permits first to grow GM corn

  Date：Oct. 16, 2009 Category：Markets

  Mexico, considered by many to be the cradle of corn, issued permits on Thursday to grow genetically modified corn for the first time in a bid to eventually boos...

• India regulator approves first GM vegetable

  Date：Oct. 16, 2009 Category：Biotech

  Indian regulators approved on Wednesday the introduction of genetically modified aubergines, potentially making them the first transgenic vegetable to be grown ...

• ARS releases hardy new corn lines

  Date：Oct. 16, 2009 Category：Products

  Six new inbred maize lines with resistance to aflatoxin contamination have now been registered in the United States by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).

• Pioneer Hi-Bred offers 26 new soybean varieties for 2010

  Date：Oct. 16, 2009 Category：Biotech

  New Y Series soybeans provide yield, agronomic advantages for growers

• Will GM crops feed Africa?

  Date：Oct. 16, 2009 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Could genetically modified organisms (GMOs) help feed a growing world population? Walter Alhassan of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa describes the...

• Rallis Q2 sales up 13%, profit rises 10%

  Date：Oct. 16, 2009 Category：Companies

  Rallis India Limited

  Rallis India, a Tata enterprise and a leading player in the Indian crop protection industry, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended Septemb...

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