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Following in his late father-in-law’s footsteps, Tim Greene will take the reigns as Burrus Seed’s new president. Tom Burrus, the company’s former president, passed away in October 2017.

Just nine of 30 agribusiness companies have followed through on a pledge to implement the Farm Bureau's 2014 "Core Principles" for transparency in the collection of farmers’ data.

The European Union is continuing its probe into the possible combination of Bayer and Monsanto companies.

Bayer and MS Technologies received a green light for Balance GTLL soybeans for food and feed uses from European Commission. The companies have already gained approval from U.S., Canada and Brazil for cultivation.

After years of playing the waiting game, DuPont Pioneer’s Plenish high oleic soybeans finally gain full global regulatory approval. This means farmers can plant more of the product without fear of rejection.

Today Monsanto introduced its updated technology pipeline for seed, data and crop protection products. Products are in various stages of launch but aim to help farmers produce more in uncertain growing conditions.

In 2017 AgReliant announced that it will be going from eight brands of seed to three in 2018.

Adding an additional mode of action, Stamina F4 cereals fungicide seed treatment by BASF recently gained EPA registration.

Bayer is introducing Poncho Votivo 2.0 to select customers in 2018 through a partnership with Beck’s Hybrids.

Stine Seed Company has long kept relations with China, and recently sealed their relationship through a collaborative agreement with Bejing W. Seed.

Valent U.S.A. LLC has launched Aveo EZ Nematicide as a biological seed treatment to fight Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN), Reniform nematode and others.  

Sumitomo Chemical Company, parent company of Valent, recently entered an agreement with DuPont Crop Protection for the development, registration and commercialization of seed treatment technology.

Biologicals—whether seed treatment or in-furrow—continue to thrive and gain investment dollars in agriculture.

Leader in soybean genetics that licenses both corn and soybean varieties to many companies in the U.S., Stine Seed is working with a Chinese seed company to provide them access to a greater amount of seed technology.

In its first year of commercial launch, Indigo Corn is showing stellar yield advantages in drought stressed areas.

WinField United Completes Three Megers and Moves Toward Total Agronomy Solution

Colorado Research Foundation, Inc., Albaugh, LLC and Limagrain Cereal Seeds, LLC are releasing two new herbicide-tolerant CoAXium Wheat Production System varieties.

Arysta LifeScience initiated a long-term global collaboration with DuPont Crop Protection in which Arysta will supply the company with a fungicide technology.

Licensing means genetics reach a larger area. “

Tom Burrus passed away at 68.

Ridgeline portfolio, by West Central Distribution (WCD), offers seed treatments with multiple fungicide and insecticide chemistries for soybeans and cereals.

The new company is the result of investments in Dulaney Seed of Clarksdale, Miss. and T.A. Seeds of Jersey Shore, Penn.

This sale has a price tag of $7 billion, and the major attraction for BASF is the LibertyLink system, both the seeds and chemistry.

Last week, BASF announced it will purchase Bayer’s seed assets for $7 billion.

New hybrids developed for tolerance to newest and possibly biggest sorghum yield threat.

Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness and S&W Seed Company have agreed to a distribution agreement to provide S&W's alfalfa seed varieties at Wilbur-Ellis' retail locations. The agreement provides Wilbur-Ellis' customers with S&W's

Fortenza seed treatment insecticide from Syngenta has received registration approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for use in corn and cotton to guard against early-season insect damage.

Starting in 2018, AgReliant Genetics will go from eight representative brands to three—transitioning more than half of their brands into LG Seeds.

General Mills plans to more than double the organic acreage from which it sources ingredients. The company now expects to meet its goal of 250,000 acres by 2019.

FBN Inputs announced it has a farm inputs procurement service in place, that it claims, provides significantly lower input prices to Farmers Business Network members, starting with ag chemicals as the first input availa

The EPA has announced that, as of Oct. 1, 2016, it will focus on two new enforcement initiatives (and expand one existing initiative) during the next three years.

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