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Monsanto enters wheat industry
August 10, 2009
Monsanto Expands Into Wheat | www.croplife.com
Over the years Monsanto has been at the forefront of corn, soybean and other major crops research but recently it announced to expand into wheat industry.
Commercial Launch of SmartStax in 2010 Would be a Milestone
August 6, 2009
SmartStax Corn Receives Japanese Import Approval | www.krvn.com
Weed and insect control in corn has always remained a focal point of research and SmartStax might be the required breakthrough with a comprehensive solution to this problem.
Bayer CropScience Facilitates Soybean growers
July 26, 2009
Bayer CropScience launches new service for soybean growers in USA | www.bayercropscience.com
Bayer CropScience remains committed in providing services to Soybean growers.
July 22, 2009
India lands potash deal at well below spot price | www.canada.com
Finally we have got the potash price settled. This will now determine now how the spot prices react.
Africa Needs a Green Revolution
July 12, 2009
AGRICULTURE-AFRICA: Calls for Sustainable Green Revolution | ipsnews.net
Strong efforts are required by world leading countries and scientists to make sure africa meets its food demands.
BASF and its Agricultural Ambitions
June 15, 2009
DEALWATCH: BASF'S Agriculture Ambitions Key to Success | www.nasdaq.com
BASF remains a major player in agricultural industry.
Agricultural Commodities and the price trends.
June 3, 2009
2009 FAPRI Outlook Shows Impacts of Economic Slowdown but Projects Higher Commodity Prices over the Next Decade | www.card.iastate.edu
Increasing demand for food, fuel and energy may drive the prices higher for agricultural commodities.
Monsanto's GMO cotton seed gets green signal
June 1, 2009
CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Brazil regulator OKs Monsanto GMO cotton seed | www.reuters.com
Brazil regulator has recently announced that they ok the GMO cotton seed from Monsanto.
Advancement in Herbicide Resistant Plants
May 11, 2009
Scientists make herbicide-resistant plants | www.upi.com
Recently scientists have found ways of modifying crops/plants without much alterations in the DNA, i.e they got the desired results with modifying the self DNA of plants rather than foreign DNA transfer.
Genetic solution for clubroot registered by Pioneer Hi-Bred
April 20, 2009
Breakthrough genetic solution for clubroot registered | www.pioneer.com
Over the Years Clubroot has caused severe damage to canola crop especially in Canada and Surrounding regions but now the scientists have solution to it.
DuPont and ICRR Partnership for Hybrid Rice
April 3, 2009
DuPont Partners with Indonesian Center for Rice Research to Advance Hybrid Rice | www.pioneer.com
Rice research gets more important considering the fact that half of the worlds population depends on it as a staple crop
Importance of proper fertilizer use
March 19, 2009
Fertilizer consulting, evaluation important this spring | www.agrinews-pubs.com
Farmers are normally reluctant in applying proper fertilizer amounts considering the high prices but it is important to know the significance of balanced fertilizer use.
March 19, 2009
Germany revokes methiocarb ban | www.agrow.com
Sometimes ago methiocarb, a Bayer CropScience’s carbamate insecticide was banned but now scientists believe this ban should be lifted.
Camelina and Mustard are two potential biodiesel sources
March 16, 2009
New biodiesel from mustard and camelina developed in Chile | www.autobloggreen.com
Mustard and camelina have been found to be two potential crops for biodiesel and this has been poperly justified by research.
Camelina meal for broiler feed
March 16, 2009
FDA approves camelina meal for broiler feed | www.allaboutfeed.net
FDA recently approved camelina for broiler feed.
Corn and Soybean Plantings in 2009
March 12, 2009
Balancing corn and soybean plantings in 2009 | richardsweeklyrant.profarmer.com.au
Balance between corn and soybean plantings has always been a major concern especially in USA.
Higher Yielding Rice to Help Poor
March 11, 2009
New, higher-yielding rice plant could ease threat of hunger for poor | beta.irri.org
Strong research is going on in the field of agricultural crops like rice and wheat to help the poor farmers and people.
Tequila crop and biofuel production
March 9, 2009
Aussies reckon tequila plant's worth a shot in biofuel search | www.abc.net.au
Over the years scientists have been in search for identifying key crops and plants for biofuel production.There are many plants and crops still undiscovered which have the potential for biofuel production. Recently australian scientists have found a breakthrough in biofuel field when they discovered the potential applications of agave in ethanol production
US Wheat farmers in favor of Biotech wheat
March 2, 2009
U.S. wheat farmers want biotech wheat - survey | www.reuters.com
The trend of accepting the importance of genetically modified crops and biotechnology in crops, especially, in staple crops is on the increasing side.
Syngenta in collaboration with Anhui Academy, China
February 20, 2009
Syngenta enters into research collaboration with Anhui Academy, China | greenbio.checkbiotech.org
Rice, for one reason or the other has been a focal point of research over the years. As a part of the efforts from world agricultural companies and organizations syngenta is looking to collaborate with Anhui academy, china to strengthen research on different crops and the base crop for this research would be rice.
Shale gas abundance provides new options for energy companies
February 13, 2012
Chesapeake Energy bites the natural gas bullet
January 25, 2012
Flurry of newbuild drilling rig deliveries in 2012 may dampen rig rates
January 20, 2012
Talisman joins the ranks of cautious E&P companies
January 12, 2012
Early signs of caution begin to cloud frontier exploration and production
January 4, 2012