Dow AgroSciences LLC announced today it is acquiring the majority of Renze Hybrids Inc. assets. The addition of the newly formed Renze Seeds LLC will build upon Dow AgroSciences’ current seeds business and will expand its broad range of product offerings. The transactional close is expected in the near future. …more

Syngenta announced a multi-year agreement with Metabolon for biochemical profiling technology that will enhance the Syngenta technical toolkit for its seeds research programs. This agreement will support Syngenta researchers’ understanding of plants’ response to environmental conditions and decisions on crop traits earlier in the development cycle. …more

Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today it has developed a patented new technology to produce a highly-effective, safer ammonium nitrate-based fertilizer with significantly lower explosive potential. …more

Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced that its Asgrow® Brand will introduce the AccuSure™ Seed Count System for the brand’s Roundup Ready 2 Yield™ soybean seed in both paper and mini-bulk bags. The seed count is being implemented for the 2009 planting season. …more

Dow AgroSciences has announced its 2009 Grower Rewards program, which gives growers who plant MYCOGEN® brand seed and use crop protection products from Dow AgroSciences the opportunity to make their acres more profitable. …more

Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is adding three new Y Series Pioneer® brand low linolenic soybean products to its lineup for 2009. This expansion of low linolenic soybean offerings from Pioneer provides additional choices to growers who can reap cash premiums for this healthy end-use product. …more

An increase in trappings of western bean cutworm (WBCW) across Michigan in 2008 has provided more supporting evidence that the pest is continuing to move east. Outbreaks of WBCW in western Michigan should remind growers to consider planting hybrids with …more

AGROTAIN International, LLC, along with parent company Lange-Stegmann, today celebrated the grand opening of its $20 million expansion project, including a granulation production facility, the Stabilized Nitrogen Center; and urea storage warehouse …more

Plant Health Care, plc (PHC) anticipates expanded use of their proprietary harpin technologies as a consequence of a license agreement with Bayer CropScience for use of the harpin genes as detailed in the release below. PHC is currently selling harpin technology products as proteins in the form of …more

Monsanto (NYSE: MON) has launched a multifaceted communications initiative to raise awareness of the agricultural challenges facing the planet, including a need to double food production by …more