Agrochemical industry – Page 9
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Business
Syngenta fends off Monsanto takeover bid
Unmoving objection to merger leads US giant to drop pursuit
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Syngenta to cut or relocate 1800 jobs in 2015
Global reorganisation plan will involve ‘consolidation’ of R&D facilities
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EPA takes steps to prevent herbicide resistance in weeds
US Agency approves spray for resistant engineered crops, but with restrictions and time limit
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US drops restrictions on more GM seeds
Dow’s herbicide-resistant corn and soybeans spark renewed criticism from environmental campaigners
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Bayer agrees seed firm takeover in Argentina
Bayer CropScience seeks to grow South American seed business
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Kemira now water-based after formic acid sale
Business sold to US agrichemical for €140 million
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Feature
Farming tomorrow
Technology is helping farmers better control the use of fertilisers and pesticides, as Elisabeth Jeffries reports
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UK objects to pesticide ban in gardens
Government disagrees with EU neonicotinoid moratorium, but will implement it
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Syngenta takes legal action over pesticide ban
Company claims that the European commission’s two-year moratorium on neonicotinoids to protect bees was wrong
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Waitrose bans neonicotinoid pesticides
Supermarket introduces precautionary ban on fresh produce suppliers using neonicotinoids until their effect on bees is clarified
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Careers
Toxicologist with pesticides on the brain
Vanessa Fitsanakis’ career in toxicology goes all the way back to the farm where she grew up. Helen Carmichael traces her journey from agriculture to academia
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Business
EU proposes neonicotinoid pesticide ban
Clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid at centre of debate over declining bee populations
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What lies within
Bayer boss Marijn Dekkers aims to increase impact of good R&D across different internal units
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Careers
Feed the world
Charlotte Ashley-Roberts takes a look at opportunities for chemists in agricultural science
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Monsanto wins $1bn in patent case
Monsanto had claimed that DuPont infringed its patents covering glyphosate pesticide products