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DowDuPont’s Corteva pares corn and soybean brand offerings

Corteva Agriculture has launched a multi-channel, multi-brand seed strategy for the United States. The new agricultural arm of DowDuPont will have five regional corn and seed brands, including Dairyland Seed, Hoegemeyer, NuTech, Seed Consultants and Terral, according to a news...

DowDuPont announces new name for ag division spin off

The agricultural division of DowDuPont, the company created when Dow and DuPont merged, will have a new name come this summer – Corteva Agriscience. As part of the merger, three divisions will be created. DowDuPont expects to spin off the...

EPA registers new burndown herbicide

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Elevore herbicide. which contains Arylex active, for fall and spring burndown in cotton, corn and soybeans. Arylex active, a synthetic auxin from Dow AgroSciences, is the brand name for the active ingredient halauxifen-methyl. When tankmixed...

FMC to acquire part of DuPont’s pest control portfolio

As part of its planned merger with Dow, DuPont has entered into an agreement with FMC to divest part of its agricultural business. In return, DuPont plans to acquire FMC's health and nutrition business. The divestiture will satisfy DuPont's commitments to...

EPA proposes allowing use of Transform insecticide, but not on soybeans or cotton

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the use of sulfoxaflor insecticide again but on fewer crops and with additional pollinator-protection measures. The insecticide, marketed as Transform and Closer by Dow AgroSciences, was pulled from the market in 2015 after the...

Court nixes EPA’s efforts to vacate herbicide label

Dow AgroSciences can move ahead with its Enlist Duo herbicide, which is paired with soybean, corn or cotton varieties tolerant to the chemical premix. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently struck down a motion by the U.S. Environmental...

DuPont, Dow announce merger

DuPont and Dow have announced they plan to merge into one company — DowDuPont — then spin off three independent publicly traded companies. Those firms would focus on agricultural, material science and specialty products. Combined, the two are worth about...

Gowan to acquire Dow DNA herbicide business

Yuma, Ariz.-based Gowan Co. has agreed to acquire Dow AgroSciences' entire dinitroaniline (DNA) herbicide portfolio. The deal includes global product registrations, trademarks, intellectual property and labels for herbicides based on the molecules trifluralin, benfluralin and ethalfluralin. Among the brands included are...

EPA reconsiders Dow’s Enlist Duo herbicide registration

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to withdraw registration of Enlist Duo herbicide from Dow AgroSciences, saying new information suggests the product is more toxic to nearby plants than previously thought. In a court filing Nov. 24, the EPA asked the...

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