Crop Protection
Lesaffre has a 160+ year history and is a key global player in fermentation. Since 2014, Agrauxine has been the business unit of Lesaffre focused on biosolutions for crops production and has built sales in 35 countries.
Mayo Schmidt, Nutrien CEO says, “Our plans are certainty ambitious and plan to execute is solid. ESG is engrained in our governance and capital framework. We are uniquely positioned to lead and drive this change.”
“It’s about managing two tough weeds---Palmer amaranth and waterhemp,” Joe Short says. “They are top of mind. No one can cut corners on that piece even if things are tight.”
Utilizing Halo, sponsors post areas of interest for research collaborations through requests for proposals (RFPs), and scientists respond with simple, standardized proposals.
HELM Agro will market, sell and distribute the Alltech Crop Science line of products in the U.S.
Strategic acquisition will establish a European presence and grow Ginkgo’s Codebase of large-scale protein production capabilities
The transaction completed in mid-May is the first step in Gowan Company’s plan to purchase all of the shares of Isagro S.p.A.
Randy Canady of Atticus says the current supply chain challenges in crop protection aren’t just due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s long-tail of logistical issues.
ABM specializes in seed treatment with bionutrition products. Agrauxine by Lesaffre has been developing biosourced solutions for plant nutrition and health for more than 15 years.
“Today’s acquisition is a testament to our commitment to make the farm more efficient and increase productivity while dramatically improving sustainability,” said Valmont President and CEO Stephen G. Kaniewski.
Nutrien leadership shares five areas for growth in its retail business.
“No one has everything they need right now,” says Tom Lyons, vice president of supply chain at Nufarm. “We’ve been on plan A, plan B, and plan C.”
The team at Ag Partners is joining the Rantizo network which includes 40 contractors across 18 states using the technology to apply via drones.
“We’ve seen this building for many months. And this overall situation will likely last into the 2022 crop year,” says Adam Hensley with Helm.
“Ken’s consistent customer focus and knowledge of the crop protection market landscape will ensure the success of this integral role,” said Brendan Deck, Nufarm’s General Manager - North America.
While Amy Asmus says fungicide supplies will also be tighter this year, it’s herbicides that are garnering the most angst.
August 3, 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of an experiment in Ohio when lead arsenate dust was spread over catalpa trees to kill sphinx moth larvae
Judd previously held marketing roles within BASF and Novozymes where he led global growth and asset management in bringing new products to market and evaluating existing assets for maximum value proposition.
The past five years have been transformational for AMVAC, says Scott Hendrix, Senior Vice President, U.S. and Canada Crop Sales and Application Technology.
With a $2 billion euro investment every year in R&D, Bob Reiter provides these updates in key areas of Bayer’s pipeline and strategy:
Yuma, Ariz., based Gowan Group has announced its acquisition of Isagro—an Italian product development company with a focus in crop protection and biopesticides.
After 45 years in the industry and 18 years with Brandt as COO and general manager of the ag retail and wholesale businesses, Tim McArdle is retiring in 2021.
Sam Taylor and Stephen Nicholson, both RaboResearch analysts, say while many would call these emerging technologies ‘disruptive,’ they prefer to think of them as evolutionary elements to agriculture.
Impact Herbicide has received federal EPA approval to apply up to 2 fl oz/A in either single or sequential applications in corn.
Empyros corn herbicides are built on tolpyralate and combined with industry-standard herbicides, s-metolachlor and atrazine, to create exclusive two- and three-way pre-mixes.
With SIMPAS poised for a U.S. market launch in 2021, AMVAC announces the promotions of Jason Jimmerson, Andy Asbury and Cory Ritter.
After the acquisition Proagrica plans to continue to operate CDMS as a trusted, independent data source to be used across the industry.
As part of the deal, the company would pay up to $2 billion to support claims and programs covered by the plan.
Collaboration will develop biological enzyme-based crop protection solutions targeting fungal and insect pests.
CommoditAg now offers new biostimulants and biologicals from YieldMaster Solutions and an adjuvant system from Attune.