-
Date:2012/11/14
November 14, 2012
Ensus imports EU corn due to poor UK wheat quality
Ensus, bioethanol producer, has confirmed it has begun to buy EU corn within the last week to compensate for the poor quality of...
-
Date:2012/10/11
October 11, 2012
Cargill, Paseo Biofuels to expand biodiesel production
The joint venture of Cargill Inc. and Paseo Biofuels has planned an expansion of its biodiesel plant in Kansas City, Missouri...
-
Date:2013/01/07
January 7, 2013
UK urges EU to expedite GM crop approvals
Britain''s farming and environment minister has called for the EU to speed up its approval process for genetically modified (GM) crops at t...
-
Date:2012/11/12
November 12, 2012
USDA releases mobile phone app for insecticide spray equipment
Two mobile phone applications has been released by USDA to make convenient the use of insecticide spray equipment.
...
-
Date:2012/10/10
October 10, 2012
New Zealand and China in study to improve grain production
Scientists from New Zealand and China have commenced a joint study to improve seeds which will help farmers to produce mo...
-
Date:2012/08/23
August 23, 2012
Dow AgroSciences introduces PowerCore in Argentina
In order to control pests in corn, Dow AgroSciences announced the launch of PowerCore in Argentina.
Accordin...
-
Date:2012/10/03
October 3, 2012
Mexico publishes draft agreement on corn biotechnology
A controversial new draft agreement which focuses solely on seven states in northern Mexico to determine the "Centres of Origi...
-
Date:2012/08/23
August 23, 2012
Germany''s 2012 grain harvest to rise two million tonnes on year
Germany''s grain harvest of all cereal types for 2012 will increase two million tonnes on year to 43.8 million tonn...
-
Date:2012/09/21
September 21, 2012
BASF to acquire US seed technology company Becker Underwood
press release
BASF plans to acquire Becker Underwood to strengthen its global position in biolog...
-
Date:2012/08/21
August 21, 2012
Bayer CropScience completes acquisition of AgraQuest
Press release
Bayer CropScience has completed its purchase of AgraQuest, Inc., a global supplier of innova...
-
Date:2012/09/20
September 20, 2012
Bayer CropScience to invest EUR 7 billion in R&D, facilities
Bayer CropScience plans to invest a total of EUR 7 billion (US$9.08 billion) between 2011 and 2016 in Research a...
-
Date:2012/08/21
August 21, 2012
Monsanto appoints Brett Begemann as president and CCO
Press release
Monsanto Company names Brett Begemann, 51, as the company''s president and Chief Commercial Officer.
...
-
Date:2012/09/17
September 17, 2012
France to retain temporary ban on GM crops
Dealing a blow to farmers and seed companies who say the move is economically harmful, France is to maintain a temporary ban on the cul...
-
Date:2012/08/21
August 21, 2012
Canadian pork industry expresses concerns over feed affordability
Canadian pork industry showed concern over the availability of affordable feed due to ethanol policies and low crop...
-
Date:2012/09/06
September 6, 2012
Bayer CropScience buys wheat breeding station in France
From the privately-owned company RAGT Semences S.A.S., Bayer CropScience has acquired a wheat breeding station in Milly-la Foret near Paris, France.
...
-
Date:2012/08/16
August 16, 2012
Dow AgroSciences collaborates with Australian Centre for Plant Genomics
Dow AgroSciences and the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics (ACPFG) have entered a crop improvement researc...
-
Date:2012/09/04
September 4, 2012
Argentina may invest US$1.5 billion in corn ethanol
Argentina is likely to invest near US$1.5 billion in its first 20 plants for corn ethanol production.
The...
-
Date:2012/08/16
August 16, 2012
Vietnam may plant GM corn in 2015
Corn may be the first GM plant to be grown in Vietnam, although official permission may not be realised until 2015.
This is according to ...
-
Date:2012/08/28
August 28, 2012
Monsanto''s FieldScripts Ground Breakers trials to begin in 2013
Press release
This coming planting season, farmers in four Midwestern states will participate in Monsanto''s Ground...
-
Date:2012/08/16
August 16, 2012
US ethanol plants' closure reduces DDGS in swine diets
The anticipated closure of US ethanol plants, which produce distiller's dried grains with soluble (DDGS), due to drought-induc...