Jeff Carpenter, with Dupont Crop Protection, spoke with me at TradeTalk to give an update on DuPont’s latest herbicide product, Trivence, and the importance of preventing resistant weeds using residual herbicides. “Farmers are understanding there is an issue with Roundup not controlling the weeds it did 4-5 years ago. For the pigweed species especially (both palmer and waterhemp), as well … Read More
EPA Established Tolerances to Use with New Trait
The EPA has established tolerances for DuPont Crop Protection‘s herbicide-tolerant sorghum trait, Inzen. The tolerances pertain to the use of herbicides with nicosulfuron and rimsulfuron. Once the product is obtains registration by the EPA sorghum producers will be able to apply herbicides to control post emergence of grasses. “Nicosulfuron and rimsulfuron will provide excellent control of annual grasses that deplete … Read More
DuPont and Caribou Biosciences Create Alliance
A strategic alliance has been announced between DuPont and Caribou Biosciences, a leading developer of CRISPR-Cas technologies for genome editing. The two companies will share respective patent portfolios; DuPont will have exclusive intellectual property rights to technology for row crops and non-exclusive right for other ag and bioscience applications. The partnership will also include a multi-year research agreement with scientists … Read More
Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. Acquires Herbicide Assets
DuPont Crop Protection has announced the sale of it’s Hexazinone product and mixture product business to Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. (TKI). Assest in Brazil were excluded in the sale and financial terms have not been disclosed. Hexazinone is a broad spectrum herbicide created for use on crops like alfalfa, blueberries, pineapples and sugarcane. It is marketed under the brands Velpar, Pronone, … Read More
DuPont to Buy Taxon Biosciences
DuPont will buy leading microbiome discovery company Taxon Biosciences, Inc. This company news release says the deal will build on DuPont’s in-house capabilities and market access in both seed and crop protection to discover and commercialize biological solutions for agriculture customers globally. “In 2014, the businesses in DuPont’s Agriculture, Nutrition & Health and Industrial Biosciences segments sold more than $1 … Read More
Sumitomo Acquires DuPont Asana Insecticide
Japan-based Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd. is acquiring the DuPont™ Asana® Insecticide business in the United States. The company announced Asana® will be distributed through Valent U.S.A. Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Chemical in the United States. Asana® Insecticide, active ingredient esfenvalerate, is a proven control tool for a wide range of insect pests in major field crops, vegetables, … Read More
Alta Seeds to Launch 1st Herbicide Tolerant Sorghum Hybrids
Alta Seeds, the premium brand of Advanta, a leading international supplier of proprietary crop genetics, will demonstrate the first herbicide tolerant sorghum hybrids in their 2014 trials in Hereford, Texas. The first grain sorghum hybrids with this trait will be introduced commercially by Alta Seeds in 2016. Herbicide tolerant grain sorghum will give growers greater ability to control yield-limiting grassy … Read More
DuPont Awarded Best Crop Protection R&D Pipeline
DuPont recently received two prestigious Agrow Awards in recognition of innovation and excellence in its R&D pipeline and packaging innovation efforts. Agrow is a leading provider of news, analysis and data to the global agriculture industry. “DuPont is honored to receive these prestigious awards as they further acknowledge the work that we are doing to develop remarkable innovations to advance … Read More
USDA Announces New Conservation Collaboration
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a new federal-private collaboration with DuPont to safeguard natural resources on private lands used to supply bio-based feedstocks for cellulosic ethanol production. The joint agreement between USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service and DuPont aims to set voluntary standards for the sustainable harvesting of agricultural residues for renewable fuel, and supports rural job creation, additional income … Read More
Dupont PrecisionPac Herbicide Solutions
During Commodity Classic this year Dupont Crop Protection surveyed grower attendees and found that more than half of U.S. corn, soybean and wheat growers have changed their herbicide tank-mix strategies within the last three years. Changes include using new, different or more herbicides in the same spray tank. Nearly 67 percent of growers surveyed said they or a farm employee … Read More
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