Global agriculture company Syngenta has completed expansion of its key projects in Brazil and Switzerland to increase its production capacity. It had invested a total of $240m in two Brazilian plants. One of them is the new Elatus ...
Syngenta faces a major legal trouble as a US federal judge in Kansas ruled that the claims of hundreds of thousands of corn farmers can go ahead as a class action. The allegations against the Swiss based global agrochemical company are ...
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Dutch-based life sciences company DSM Food Specialties has gained validation for its testing tool Delvotest T, which helps detect up to 27 antobiotic residues in raw milk and dairy ingredients such as milk powders. A report published by ...
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Illumitex announced it has concluded its C1 round of funding, strengthening the company's cash position by US $16 million. The round was led by outside investor WP Global Partners, a strategic partner particularly interested in ...
Swiss agribusiness company Syngenta and Dutch-based life sciences company DSM are collaborating to develop microbial-based agricultural solutions such as bio-controls, bio-pesticides and bio-stimulants and plan to commercialize these ...
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Swiss agribusiness Syngenta has rejected $45bn acquisition offer from global seed technology major Monsanto for the second time citing unfavorable terms for shareholders. If the proposed deal advances, an industry leader with combined ...
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Today Syngenta announced the addition of Mertect 340-F fungicide to its portfolio. When Clariva Complete Beans and Mertect 340-F fungicide are combined, there's potential for reduced damage from soybean sudden death syndrome (SDS). Mertect ...
Syngenta has received the safety certificate for its Agrisure Viptera trait (event MIR162) from China's regulatory authorities, formally granting import approval. The approval covers corn grain and processing byproducts, such as dried ...
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Chinese lawmakers are in the process of considering a proposed revision to the country’s Food Safety Law which would include the mandatory labelling of all goods containing Genetically Modified (GM) organisms. The central ...
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Syngenta today announced that it has received the safety certificate for its Agrisure Viptera trait (MIR162) from China’s regulatory authorities, formally granting import approval. The approval covers corn grain and processing ...
America’s corn processor Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has sued seed company Syngenta after China refused to import a genetically modified MIR162 corn variety. The lawsuit reportedly argues that Syngenta commercialised this corn ...
Belgian-Brazilian brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev has partnered with Syngenta for the sourcing of quality malting barley, which is used in brewing beer. Through the partnership, growers will have access to Syngenta malting barley ...
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Switzerland-based Syngenta has signed an agreement with Sweden-based food and agriculture group Lantminnen to acquire its German and Polish winter wheat and winter oilseed rape (WOSR) breeding and business operations. Syngenta noted that ...
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Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta has bought Società Produttori Sementi (PSB), an Italy-based seed firm engaged in durum wheat breeding and production for pasta. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. ...
In 2012-13 we evaluated 24 cultivars of bicolor and white synergistic cultivars of sweet corn in 3 locations across Pennsylvania. This article presents our methods and results. To provide growers with information for successful, region ...
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