DuPont: Acquisitions, Collaborations and Investments in 2014

AgroPages recently made a summary of the acquisitions, cooperations and investments from global agrochemical enterprises in 2014, which is outlined in 3 categories—the top 6 global agrochemical multinationals, the generic agrochemical leaders and others. The information will be successively presented in accordance with the single company.

In recent years, DuPont constantly opened its research center for corn, soybean in the world, meanwhile, it also built the cooperative relationships with companies and institutions, to further strengthen global competitive advantage of its strategic crop varieties. Additionally, the company invested heavily in precision agriculture, such as the collaborations with AGCO and Raven Industries on wireless data transfer, and the development of agricultural APPs.

Collaborations:
DuPont Pioneer and The University of Missouri, USDA-ARS collaborates to pool soil mapping resources, predictive technologies and expertise.
DuPont Pioneer and Weyerhaeuser enter a Technology License Agreement to advance seed technologies
DuPont and Advanta partner with non-GMO sorghum trait
DuPont Pioneer and the Sorghum Checkoff collaborate to improve sorghum genetics
DuPont Pioneer and Hexima collaborate on protecting crops and improving yields
DuPont Pioneer and Two Blades Foundation to collaborate on Asian soybean rust
DuPont Pioneer collaborates with eight universities to enhance grower productivity， sustainability
DuPont Pioneer and AGCO collaborate on wireless data transfer solution
DuPont Pioneer and Raven Industries Enable Wireless Data Transfer
DuPont Pioneer and Cargill signed agreement on soybean
DuPont Pioneer and DTN/The Progressive Farmer collaborate to bring instant weather and market information, as well as grain trading capabilities to growers

Investments:
DuPont constructs two seed treatment centers in US
DuPont sets up a corn research facility in Canada
DuPont opens soybean research center in US
DuPont opens South Africa R&D center
DuPont opens its business operations in Myanmar
DuPont opens multi-crop research centre in India
DuPont Pioneer builds a corn production line in Ukraine
DuPont Pioneer expands two new seed processing towers in Canada