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Bayer sees more antitrust asset sales ahead

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 26, 2017

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer said it expected antitrust authorities to make the planned acquisition of Monsanto conditional on more asset sales after agreeing to sell seed and herbicide businesses for 5.9 billion euro (C$8.8 billion) to BASF. “By no means did the deal that was signed with BASF constitute the totality of antitrust divestitures…

Crops, Weather

Climate FieldView data system ready for Prairies

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 25, 2017

In beta testing in the region for much of this year, the Climate FieldView crop data system from Monsanto’s Climate Corp. has gone live on the Prairies. The Climate Corp. announced Wednesday the Climate FieldView platform is available for purchase in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta on a per-acre basis, allowing farmers to start using it

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EU delays decision on glyphosate

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop October 25, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — EU countries failed on Wednesday to vote on a licence extension for glyphosate, delaying again a decision on the widely used herbicide that critics say could cause cancer. The European Commission said in a statement the relevant committee did not hold a vote at a meeting and that it would announce

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France on June 12, 2017. (Reuters file photo by Robert Pratta)

Crops

In glyphosate review, WHO cancer agency edited out ‘non-carcinogenic’ findings

By GFM Network News, Kate Kelland October 20, 2017

London | Reuters — The World Health Organization’s cancer agency dismissed and edited findings from a draft of its review of glyphosate herbicide that were at odds with its final conclusion that the chemical probably causes cancer. Documents seen by Reuters show how a draft of a key section of the International Agency for Research

Crops, Weather

Dicamba label sufficient, Health Canada says

By GFM Network News, John Greig October 19, 2017

Health Canada will not be further regulating the use of dicamba herbicide sprayed on growing crops, as has happened in the U.S. The government agency that regulates pesticides issued a statement to Glacier FarmMedia reiterating its support for the current Canadian labels. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week increased restrictions on the use

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“Terminator” technology terminated

Our History: October 7, 1999

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 18, 2017

In the 1990s, Delta and Pine Land, a company working with and later acquired by Monsanto, devised the ultimate protection for preventing farmers from replanting seed from protected varieties. It developed what became known as “Terminator” technology which would render the seed sterile after its first year. The technology was highly controversial, and we reported

Crops

BASF’s new Canadian stake to include three plants, 300 staff

By GFM Network News, Leeann Minogue October 17, 2017

Among the major players still in the world’s crop protection and seed business, remaining competitive comes at a cost. To be sure, several smaller companies remain in the game — but with marriages now consummated for Dow Chemical and DuPont, and for Syngenta and ChemChina, Bayer’s pending takeover of Monsanto and, now, BASF getting set

Soybeans damaged by dicamba. The Arkansas State Plant Board wants to ban in-crop dicamba use from April 15 to October 31 following almost 1,000 complaints about dicamba drift damaging nearby crops. The proposal needs approval from the Executive Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council.

Crops, News

Arkansas moving closer to in-crop dicamba restrictions

Its plant board wants an April 15 to Oct. 31 ban to prevent injury to crops from drift

By Allan Dawson October 16, 2017

Arkansas farmers might not be allowed to apply dicamba in annual crops during the 2018 growing season. A regulatory change prohibiting dicamba applications between April 15 and Oct. 31, was approved by the Arkansas State Plant Board, Arkansas’ Agriculture Department said in a news release Sept. 21. Read more: U.S. EPA gives dicamba ‘restricted use’ label

BASF’s dicamba production facility in Beaumont, Tex. (BASF.com)

Crops, Weather

U.S. EPA gives dicamba ‘restricted use’ label for 2018

By Emily Flitter, GFM Network News October 13, 2017

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency unveiled new restrictions on Friday on the use of dicamba herbicide, which has caused widespread crop damage in the U.S. Midwest for the past two years. The EPA said in a statement that certain formulations of the substance will be classified as a restricted-use pesticide,

Crops

BASF to harvest seeds, herbicide businesses from Bayer

By GFM Network News October 13, 2017

Frankfurt | Reuters — BASF has agreed to buy seed and herbicide businesses from Bayer for 5.9 billion euros (C$8.7 billion) in cash, as Bayer tries to convince competition authorities to approve its planned acquisition of Monsanto. BASF, the world’s third-largest maker of crop chemicals, has so far avoided seed assets and instead pursued research

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Bayer sees more antitrust asset sales ahead

Climate FieldView data system ready for Prairies

EU delays decision on glyphosate

In glyphosate review, WHO cancer agency edited out ‘non-carcinogenic’ findings

Dicamba label sufficient, Health Canada says

“Terminator” technology terminated

BASF’s new Canadian stake to include three plants, 300 staff

Arkansas moving closer to in-crop dicamba restrictions

U.S. EPA gives dicamba ‘restricted use’ label for 2018

BASF to harvest seeds, herbicide businesses from Bayer

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