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Latin American farm boom lifts seed, sprays giants 2 Feb 2012
Dow Chemical credits the region for lifting agricultural sales to a quarterly record, echoing observations from Dupont and Monsanto |
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Profit hopes help Monsanto get over accounts gaffe 5 Oct 2011
The seeds giant says it will restate accounts amid an official probe. But forecast-beating profits, and an upbeat outlook, help its shares rise |
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Third farm giant backs key Plant Health chemical 9 Sep 2010
Germains Seed Technology follows Monsanto and Syngenta in agreeing a deal with Plant Health over its Harpin pest-resistance product |
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Broker upgrade fuels rally in Syngenta stock 8 Oct 2009
Shares in the Swiss agrochemicals group take their gains this week to 11% as JP Morgan joins Credit Suisse and UBS in recommending the stock |
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Weedkiller downturn past its worst, says Syngenta 15 Apr 2010
The world's largest agrichemicals group forecasts a decline in the huge glyphosate stocks which have depressed its own profits and rivals' |
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US slams Brussels over dearth of GM approvals 25 Aug 2009
Europe is putting its livestock industry at risk by letting politics cloud "sound science" over genetically modified crops, a US report says |
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Dire US farm sprays market claims two more victims 29 Jul 2010
North America proves the weakest market for both BASF and Bayer agrichemicals divisions. Bayer's cuts profits and sales targets |
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DuPont gains seed market share - at a cost 26 Oct 2010
The group claims big gains in its share of North America's corn and seed markets, the day after Monsanto claims yield advantages for its seed |
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Monsanto hits back at claims over biotech beet 28 Jul 2010
The seeds giant defends genetically modified sugar beet, which according to some farmers is more expensive to grow than conventional crop |
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Agriculture heads dismiss risk of 2008-style slump 19 Sep 2011
Bosses at the likes of K+S, Monsanto and PotashCorp are "overwhelmingly positive" despite the economic concerns unsettling other sectors |
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Ukraine corn farm claims 300-bushels-per-acre crop 17 Nov 2011
MHP, the sausages-to-sunflowers producer, reveals a corn yield more than twice the average the US achieved this year, setting a Monsanto record |
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New wave spray groups tap giants' patent hitches 29 Nov 2010
The growing competition that the likes of Monsanto face from generic rivals offers a boon to a new generation of agrichemicals groups |
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