BASF fungicide technology provides disease control and Plant Health benefits in year of record commodity prices. …more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred today announced that it has identified and incorporated new proprietary molecular markers into its soybean research program. …more

Syngenta and DuPont today announced an agreement that will broaden each company’s crop protection product portfolios and enable them to bring new products to market more efficiently. …more

LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY and ST. LOUIS, MO, USA (June 23, 2008) – BASF SE (DAX: BAS) and Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) have signed an exclusive agreement for a new fungicide seed treatment solution for soybeans in the United States. …more

Weather conditions across the Corn Belt this year are giving entomologists reason to believe that black cutworm (BCW) damage is still possible this season. In spite of wet weather conditions, recently planted or replanted corn could be vulnerable to BCW damage. …more

The National Biosafety Committee (CNBS) in Brazil has ratified a decision authorising sales of corn containing Syngenta’s Bt11 trait for Fall Armyworm and Sugarcane Borer control. …more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn., June 14, 2008 – Syngenta Seeds is contacting corn growers and seed dealers who purchased five hybrids grown in a narrow band of the northern U.S. Corn Belt. While not all plantings of these hybrids have exhibited symptoms, some have shown stress following glyphosate treatment. …more

ST. LOUIS, June 16, 2008 – Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced that the company has submitted documents and extensive research data for SmartStax™, a new insect-protection and weed control platform in corn, to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval. …more

New Stacked Trait in Corn on Track for End of Decade Commercial Launch

INDIANAPOLIS – June 16, 2008 – Dow AgroSciences LLC announced today it has submitted SmartStax™, a new insect-protection and weed control stacked trait combination in corn, to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for regulatory review. …more

Ames, Iowa, June 10, 2008 – Today, Ag Leader Technology announced their commitment to support students interested in precision agriculture by establishing the Ag Leader Technology Precision Agriculture Scholarship within the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) at Iowa State University. Five Ag Leader scholarships will be awarded annually starting in the 2008/2009 school year. …more