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09 March 2010

A US judge has postponed his decision on a request for an injunction on the planting of Monsanto/KWS Saat’s genetically modified glyphosate-tolerant Roundup Ready sugar beet. After a March 5th hearing on the injunction request, Judge Jeffrey White of the US District Court for the Northern District of California took the matter under “advisement” and will issue his decision at some future date. In September 2009, the Court ruled against the USDA’s deregulation of Roundup Ready sugar beet and ...

 
08 March 2010

The first crop of genetically modified SmartStax maize was planted in the US this month. A farmer in Texas planted the seed, which was purchased from the Dow AgroSciences affiliate, Triumph Seed. SmartStax maize was developed by Dow and Monsanto . The eight-gene stack is resistant to above- and below-ground pests and is tolerant to the herbicides, glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium. Some 4 million acres (1.6 million ha) of SmartStax maize are expected to be planted in the US this year (Agrow ...

17 February 2010

Monsanto is to deny Argentine farmers the use of its latest generation of geneticallymodified soybeans over concerns about intellectual property rights. The company developed its insect-resistant and glyphosate-tolerant Bt/Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans especially for South American markets. But it is implementing a strict product launch policy in the region. Monsanto’s focus for Bt/Roundup Ready 2 Yield is on Brazil, the company told Agrow. “We remain committed to our policy to only introduce ...

 
09 March 2010

A US judge has postponed his decision on a request for an injunction on the planting of Monsanto/KWS Saat’s genetically modified glyphosate-tolerant Roundup Ready sugar beet. After a March 5th hearing on the injunction request, Judge Jeffrey White of the US District Court for the Northern District of California took the matter under “advisement” and will issue his decision at some future date. In September 2009, the Court ruled against the USDA’s deregulation of Roundup Ready sugar beet and ...

08 March 2010

The first crop of genetically modified SmartStax maize was planted in the US this month. A farmer in Texas planted the seed, which was purchased from the Dow AgroSciences affiliate, Triumph Seed. SmartStax maize was developed by Dow and Monsanto . The eight-gene stack is resistant to above- and below-ground pests and is tolerant to the herbicides, glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium. Some 4 million acres (1.6 million ha) of SmartStax maize are expected to be planted in the US this year (Agrow ...

 
08 March 2010

The first crop of genetically modified SmartStax maize was planted in the US this month. A farmer in Texas planted the seed, which was purchased from the Dow AgroSciences affiliate, Triumph Seed. SmartStax maize was developed by Dow and Monsanto . The eight-gene stack is resistant to above- and below-ground pests and is tolerant to the herbicides, glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium. Some 4 million acres (1.6 million ha) of SmartStax maize are expected to be planted in the US this year (Agrow ...

16 February 2010

Brazil has provisionally approved Bayer CropScience ’s genetically modified glufosinate-tolerant LibertyLink soybeans for commercial cultivation. The national commission for biosafety, the CTNBio, gave the green light for two Bayer registration applications for the soybean line at its first meeting of the year, earlier this month. They are for use in two regions, the centre-west and the south, and carry event A5547-127. LibertyLink soybeans are fully approved for cultivation in the US and ...

 
11 February 2010
Sanjiv Rana

Partho Lahiri comes across as quite adept at handling varied roles. Wearing the cap of president of CropLife India, he can expound on the macro issues confronting Indian agriculture and the crop protection industry. In the next breath, the chairman and managing director of Isagro Asia has the ...

 
 
02 March 2010
Insecticides took the lead in January with 32 patents out of 98. In addition to fungicides (22), herbicides (28) and combined fungicide/insecticide products (8), there were five patents related to plant growth regulators (PGRs). More than half the patents published were for mixtures, with a ...
15 January 2010

Declining sales hit Latin America’s crop protection market in the face of the world’s financial meltdown, dented agricultural commodity prices, currency factors and severe weather conditions. Credit fears in Brazil were largely overcome but currency weakness there and drought in Argentina impacted ...

15 January 2010

Agform (UK) and Rotam (China) signed an exclusive deal for Rotam to distribute Agform’s products. Arysta LifeScience entered into a 20-year global licensing deal for Plant Impact’s (UK) essential oil-based insecticide, BugOil. Arysta LifeScience licensed its cereal herbicide, ...

15 January 2010

The long debated, much dreaded new EU rules governing the registration and use of agrochemicals finally fell into place in 2009. The development of the new registration Regulation has been quite tortuous over the last few years, but unlike 2008, the debate over the sagacity of the rules in 2009 was ...

 

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