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Brandt opens new formulations lab in Illinois, US

Date：Feb. 21, 2018 Category：Companies

BRANDT has just completed the construction of a new 2,000 square foot formulations lab in its Pleasant Plains, IL production facility. The new lab will serve as...

Tags:Investment & Expansion
Croda International to acquire Plant Impact

Date：Feb. 20, 2018 Category：Companies

Croda International, the specialty chemicals maker which failed in a $12bn tie-up with rival Ashland Global Holdings, has settled for a smaller deal - the $14m ...

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New Magazine focuses on the frontier technologies and development trends of adjuvant & formulation technology

Date：Feb. 19, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

AgroPages will publish the 2018 Formulation& adjuvant Technology magazine this May. This issue is focused on the frontier technology and development trend of ad...
LANXESS acquires Solvay’s phosphorus additive business

Date：Feb. 9, 2018 Category：Companies

Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has successfully completed the purchase of the phosphorus chemicals business from Belgian chemicals group Solvay including i...

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Change in leadership at CABB

Date：Feb. 9, 2018 Category：Companies
CABB

CABB Group’s CEO Peter Vanacker is taking on the position of CEO at Neste Corporation based in Espoo, Finland, effective September 1, 2018. He will leave CABB ...
Exosect and Bayer reach agreement in dust-up over patents in Canada and the U.S.A.

Date：Feb. 8, 2018 Category：Companies
Exosect Limited

UK Company Exosect Ltd. Recently announced that it has reached an end to its legal dispute in Canada and the U.S.A. A settlement agreement has now been reache...
PINEYE® Emulsion: A new green antitranspirant adjuvant and its effect on plant diseases control

Date：Feb. 5, 2018 Category：Products

On the agricultural adjuvant market, the plant antitranspirants were identified as metabolic type, film-forming type and reflecting type. PINEYE® Emulsion is a...
SABIC acquires 24.99% stake in Clariant

Date：Jan. 26, 2018 Category：Companies
Clariant International Ltd

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, recently acknowledges the investment by chemical industry peer and partner SABIC, which has acquired a 24.99% s...
SURfaPLUS: Symposium highlights the latest in adjuvant and formulation trends

Date：Jan. 16, 2018 Category：Companies

Adjuvants are continuously tailored to the latest requirements. With a one-day innovation meeting SURfaPLUS stimulates the exchange of ideas and views about the...
Josh Elmore joins Drexel chemical as Western Regional Sales Representative in US

Date：Jan. 10, 2018 Category：Companies
Drexel Chemical Company

Jim Corder has announced his retirement from Drexel Chemical Company, Memphis, TN, effective January 5, 2018.

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Vive Crop Protection appoints Arlene Warner as new Communications Manager

Date：Jan. 10, 2018 Category：Companies
Vive Crop Protection

Vive Crop Protection, Inc.recently announced that Arlene Warner has joined the company as Communications Manager. Warner joins Vive after a 29-year career in ag...

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Cropchem obtained final registration for seven new formulations in 2017

Date：Jan. 9, 2018 Category：Companies

After obtaining the registration of Meson 480 SC (Mesotrione 480 SC) in December of 2017, the Brazilian agrochemical company, Cropchem closes the year with seve...
AgroPages: Top 10 Most Popular Stories in 2017

Date：Jan. 4, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Here’s a roundup of the top 10 most popular stories on AgroPages in 2017. All of these stories are original works written by our editors or our expert contribu...
Plant Impact announced new commercial partnership with Albaugh Brazil

Date：Dec. 21, 2017 Category：Companies
Plant Impact PLC

Plant Impact will work with Albaugh to supply Brazilian growers advanced foliar-applied formulation technologies that solve problems commonly experienced with e...

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Brazil cancels requirement for registering adjuvant

Date：Dec. 4, 2017 Category：Regulations

Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (Mapa) has decided to cancel the need for registering of all products exclusively classified as adj...
Clariant's Agrocer seed colorants now available as pre-dispersed granules with uniform global specifications

Date：Dec. 4, 2017 Category：Products

Clariant will exhibit at the ASTA CSS 2017 & Seed Expo, December 4-7 at the Chicago Hyatt Regency. The company will feature its full range of Agrocer seed pigme...
Clariant announces plan to update its strategy to further enhance growth and value creation

Date：Nov. 28, 2017 Category：Companies
Clariant International Ltd

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, recently announced that its Board of Directors has approved the Executive Committee's proposal to update Claria...
Haltermann Carless: Solventes Caromax® para Formulaciones de Concentrados Emulsionables y Dispersantes de Petróleo

Date：Nov. 28, 2017 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Haltermann Carless es un proveedor internacional líder en soluciones para solventes y productos especializados de alto valor a base de hidrocarburos. La compa...
Drexel Chemical appoints Aaron Winn as specialty products manager

Date：Nov. 22, 2017 Category：Companies
Drexel Chemical Company

Aaron Winn has joined Drexel Chemical Company as Specialty Products Manager. Mr. Winn will be responsible for managing Drexel Chemical Company's Adjuvant and Nu...

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Croda Opens Centre of Innovation for Formulation Science

Date：Nov. 22, 2017 Category：Companies
Croda Crop Care

Croda International Plc who create, make and sell innovative and sustainable speciality chemicals, has announced the opening of their Centre of Innovation for F...

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PINEYE™ emulsion: A bio-based anti-transpirant surfactant for your organic crops & fruits

Date：Nov. 20, 2017 Category：Products

PINEYE™ Emulsion is a water-emulsifiable concentrate sticker. It is derived from pine trees and is non-toxic and non-ionic. Its anti-transpiration property rel...
Fuhua Group, Evonik Industries AG reach strategic partnership in China

Date：Nov. 17, 2017 Category：Companies
Sichuan Leshan Fuhua Tongda Agro-chemical Technology Co., Ltd.

Chinses agrochemical company Fuhua Agricultural Science Investment Group and Evonik Industries AG have signed an agreement for strategic partnership on November...
LANXESS to acquire Solvay's US phosphorus additives business

Date：Nov. 16, 2017 Category：Companies
Lanxess AG

Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is expanding its Additives segment and plans to acquire the phosphorus chemicals business with a US production site from Bel...
Aqua-Yield introduces game-changing Nano-Pro™ herbicide Adjuvant

Date：Nov. 7, 2017 Category：Products

At only 4 oz./acre application rate, Aqua-Yield recently introduced the industry game-changer, Nano-Pro™. In university and field testing, Nano-Pro™ was adde...

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AkzoNobel completes €4.8 million expansion of Surface Chemistry plant in China

Date：Nov. 3, 2017 Category：Companies
Nouryon (The former AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals)

AkzoNobel has completed the €4.8 million expansion project at its Surface Chemistry facility in Boxing, China, significantly increasing the company’s regional...

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Clariant, Huntsman abandon plans for $20bn merger

Date：Oct. 30, 2017 Category：Companies
Clariant International Ltd

Swiss chemicals group Clariant and US rival Huntsman Corp have abandoned a planned $20bn merger after opposition by an activist investor group that included Kei...
Clariant: Synergen™ GA- A novel biological enhancer for salts of agrochemicals

Date：Oct. 20, 2017 Category：Products

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, addresses performance and environmental considerations of today’s arable farmers with a pioneering renewable-b...
High Throughput Technology Accelerates Agrochemical Formulation Success

Date：Oct. 19, 2017 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Formulation technology plays a critical role in the agrochemical industry to enable high product stability and quality, convenience for application, satisfied d...
Solvay Agro Tech-Day: Safer & Sustainable Solutions for Agrochemicals

Date：Oct. 18, 2017 Category：Companies
Solvay

Solvay recently held an Agro Tech Day in Shanghai, China successfully attracting more than 140 customers, partners and professionals. During the Group’s first ...
WinField United introduces a new incubator for Ag innovation opens in River Falls

Date：Sep. 28, 2017 Category：Companies
WinField United

The WinField® United Innovation Center — the new epicenter of WinField United product and technology testing and development — opened today in River Falls, W...

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: Investment & Expansion

Syngenta to build first herbicide plant in Russia for $25 mn
FMC Canada opens new head office in Mississauga, Ontario

Syngenta to build first herbicide plant in Russia for $25 mn
FMC Canada opens new head office in Mississauga, Ontario

: Registration & Launch

Brazil Anvisa approves Corteva's herbicide Rinskor
Sipcam's Coastal Herbicide registered in US

Brazil Anvisa approves Corteva's herbicide Rinskor
Sipcam's Coastal Herbicide registered in US

: Collaborations & Licences

Corteva Agriscience and John Deere invest in technology solutions and tools to help African farmers improve
BASF’s xarvio Digital Farming Solutions announces new digital collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions

Corteva Agriscience and John Deere invest in technology solutions and tools to help African farmers improve
BASF’s xarvio Digital Farming Solutions announces new digital collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions

: Mergers & Acquisitions

Wilbur-Ellis Acquires Ag Services, Inc.
Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link

Wilbur-Ellis Acquires Ag Services, Inc.
Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link

: Sales Performance

Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018
Sumitomo Chemical's Health and Crop Sciences segment sales down in FY 2018

Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018
Sumitomo Chemical's Health and Crop Sciences segment sales down in FY 2018

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: What options/alternatives farmers in China have replacing paraquat? Are there other useful herbicdes, i.e. diquat, glufosinate (which others) that can cover this gap? Would the replacements be related to higher costs as well? What crop protection startegies would farmers adapt replacing paraquat?

1 Like 1 AnswersSir, thanks for question. For weed control, Glyphosate and Glufosinate are the main options while many other broad spectrum herbicides also ...All

: Asian soybean rust is the most important disease in soybean, the yield loss being from 10% to 90%, dependent on the geographical region where the disease was reported. What are the key points in controlling Asian rust?

The use of an efficient product since the beginning of the soy cycle is one of the most important decisions for growers after the crop impla...All