Companies

• Bayer CropScience committed to Chinese vegetable safety

  Apr. 20, 2015

  # China Special #

• Cellectis signed CRISPR/Cas9 licensing deal with University of Minnesota

  Apr. 20, 2015

• Sorghum Partners announces sugarcane aphid integrated pest management program in US

  Apr. 20, 2015

• Bunge, Saudi entity acquire majority stake in CWB in Canada

  Apr. 17, 2015

  # Merger & Acquisition #
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  Van Iperen International signed a Joint Venture in China

  Apr. 17, 2015

• Argentine farmers say Monsanto soy contract breaks local law

  Apr. 17, 2015

  # Latin America Focus #
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  BRANDT opens Beijing office and signs two distribution agreements in China

  Apr. 17, 2015

  BRANDT(former Brandt Consolidated Inc.)

• Syngenta wins 2015 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award

  Apr. 17, 2015

• Arysta adds new U.S. fungicides marketing manager

  Apr. 16, 2015

  # Appointment & Recruitment #

• Intrexon and FuturaGene collaborate to increase biomass in eucalyptus and poplar trees

  Apr. 16, 2015

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  Sumitomo launches crop protection distribution holding company in Chile

  Apr. 16, 2015

  Sumitomo Corporation

  # Latin America Focus #
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  Argentina: Syngenta and Forratec launch protective forage seeds‏

  Apr. 16, 2015

  Forratec Argentina S.A.

  # Latin America Focus #

• Nufarm becomes exclusive distributor of Velocity SP Herbicide in Canada

  Apr. 15, 2015

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  FMC Corporation joins Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture

  Apr. 15, 2015

  FMC Corporation

• Bayer CropScience appoints Garth Hodges as vice-president of marketing and business development in Canada

  Apr. 15, 2015

  # Appointment & Recruitment #
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  Isagro opens new research center in Italy

  Apr. 15, 2015

  Isagro S.p.a
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  Valagro and the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa extend their partnership

  Apr. 15, 2015

  Valagro S.p.A.

• Evolva and Valent BioSciences to co-develop agricultural bioactives

  Apr. 14, 2015

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  Eden Research, Taminco signed exclusive option agreement for B2Y nematicide

  Apr. 14, 2015

  Eden Research plc

  # Underground Pests & Nematicides #
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  Bayer CropScience and Farm Frites jointly implement sustainable practices in European potato cultivation

  Apr. 14, 2015

  Bayer CropScience AG

• CIMMYT joins global move to adopt climate-smart agriculture

  Apr. 14, 2015

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  Pinnacle Holdings acquires Liebl Ag

  Apr. 14, 2015

  Pinnacle Agriculture

  # Merger & Acquisition #

• Eurochem, Maire Tecnimont, SACE to build five fertilizer plants

  Apr. 14, 2015

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  PHC agrees the evaluation of its Innatus™ 3G peptide platform

  Apr. 13, 2015

  Plant Health Care, Inc. (PHC)

• Terje Knutsen appointed Head of Yara Downstream

  Apr. 13, 2015

  # Appointment & Recruitment #

• SynTech announces new appointments in Asia

  Apr. 10, 2015

  # CROs & CRAOs ## Appointment & Recruitment #

• Agriculture Future of America elects Ben Kaehler, Dow AgroSciences, and Gwyn Schramm, Monsanto, to its Board of Directors

  Apr. 10, 2015

• Sorghum Checkoff, Dow AgroSciences commit $350,000 to sugarcane aphid control in US

  Apr. 10, 2015

• Beck’s Hybrids expands research and distribution in Southern Illinois, US

  Apr. 9, 2015

• Valent U.S.A. becomes exclusive provider of MGK Crop Protection insect control products

  Apr. 9, 2015