Reinforces Long-Term Commitment to Product Development in the Region

VOLGA, S.D., April 10, 2008 - Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, today announced plans to build a permanent research center here. The new site represents a $3.5 million investment in a state-of-the-art facility, equipment and professional staff to develop and deliver exceptional hybrids for farmers in South Dakota, western Minnesota and northwest Iowa.

The new research center will open this fall and support a major expansion in Pioneer efforts to develop corn hybrids for the northwestern Corn Belt. …more

Growers boost their potential return-on-investment with a two-pass program

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (April 8, 2008) ¾ Corn, soybean and cereals growers know that weed control is a good practice. But weed management is even better.

Weed management means addressing weeds before they cause significant economic impact in your corn fields—not simply eliminating weeds, regardless of size or type. …more

Research Triangle Park, N.C., April 8, 2008 — Bayer CropScience LP and Monsanto Company today entered into an exclusive agreement on a new cutting-edge fungicide seed treatment for corn. The treatment, which is expected to be commercialized in conjunction with the planned launch of Monsanto’s SmartStax™ seed offering in 2010, will provide corn farmers with a significant improvement in early-season protection against seedling diseases and insects. …more

Greensboro, N.C., April 7, 2008 - Input costs racing upward at a steady pace are putting more pressure on growers’ bottom lines, requiring them to rethink their profit picture and place a sharper eye on inputs. However, commodity prices are at all-time highs, which is very encouraging for the agricultural industry because of the increased demand for commodities from global pressures for feed, food and fuel. …more

Calgary, Alberta and Germantown, Md.—Bayer CropScience Inc., Canada signs on to support WeatherBug®, the world’s leading provider of local weather information, in greatly expanding the WeatherBug Canadian Network of weather-monitoring stations across Western Canada. …more

ST. LOUIS, April 2, 2008 — Monsanto announced today its intention to make an investment of up to $196 million over the next 18 months at its glyphosate manufacturing facility in Luling, Louisiana. The planned development will increase its global capacity to produce Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides. …more

ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 26, 2008 - Information, and access to it, are critical components of weed control, according to Dr. Rick Cole, Monsanto technology development manager. The company announces the redesign of weedresistancemanagement.com, making it more focused on weed control solutions in both conventional and Roundup Ready technology systems, while delivering a more user-friendly interface. The site provides farmers information and guidance on effective weed management, ways to reduce the risk of developing weed resistance, and options to maximize yield potential through proper stewardship of traits and herbicides. …more

Raleigh, N.C. (March 17, 2008) – When yield results of competing corn fungicides are statistically equal, the best choice belongs to the one that provides broader disease protection and equal performance at a lower cost, and that choice is Bumper® fungicide, said Troy Bettner, senior marketing manager for fungicides for Makhteshim Agan of North America (MANA). Choosing a corn fungicide can be difficult based only on yield potential because different chemistries such as those in Bumper and Headline® fungicides often show statistically equal yields in side by side trials, said Bettner. …more

Trilex 6000 Soybean System offers one stop for seed-applied inputs.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (March 13, 2008) — Expanding farm sizes, intricate record-keeping requirements and complex input decisions all make increasing demands on the one finite resource shared by soybean growers: time. …more

Acquisition Further Expands Sunflower and Corn Business

INDIANAPOLIS and RALLS, TEXAS — Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, announced today it will further expand its plant biotechnology business with the acquisition of Triumph Seed of Ralls, Texas. …more