July 08
Gowan Company
acquires rights to the global zoxamide fungicide business of
Dow AgroSciences
Limagrain, through
its plant breeding subsidiary Vilmorin & Cie, purchases a
25% minority interest in Australian Grain Technologies (AGT)
Vilmorin renforce son expertise en blé en entrant au
capital d'Australian Grain Technologies
Proteome Systems
grants exclusive license to Bayer CropScience for the use of
PXL’s DiagnostIQ test device for innovative applications in
two agricultural fields
USDA/ARS and Summit Seed, Inc.
examine commercial potential of ethanol coproduct
USDA/ARS
y una compañía de semilla examinan el potencial comercial de
los granos secos de destilería
Sigma-Aldrich
announces collaboration with Metahelix Life Sciences in
plant biotechnology
Monsanto Company
completes acquisition of Semillas Cristiani Burkard
June 08
Brasil:
Labex Estados Unidos
trabalhará com instituição canadense
Sale of the home garden
activities: Vilmorin postpones finalization of its agreement
with Plan SAS and accompanies financial reorganization of Flora
Frey
Cession des activités grand
public: Vilmorin reporte la finalisation de son accord avec Plan
SAS et accompagne la restructuration financière de Flora Frey
DuPont and Syngenta
enter into crop protection technology exchange
Producer's Choice,
Grassland Central and Target Seeds are merging to operate as
Producer's Choice
Monsanto Company and
the Illinois Crop Improvement Association intiate important new
relationship
The Pickeseed
Companies Group announces the purchase of Farm Pure Seeds,
Inc.
AGRA and the
Millennium Challenge Corporation launch a historic
collaboration to provide Africa's farmers with technologies,
infrastructure and financing
BASF and Monsanto enter into
agreement for new fungicide seed treatment solution in
soybeans
BASF und
Monsanto schliessen Vertrag über neue Fungizid-Saatgutbeize
für Sojabohnen
Monsanto Company
announces agreement to acquire Semillas Cristiani Burkard,
the leading Central American corn seed company - Acquisition
expected to expand Monsanto's hybrid corn portfolio in
Central America enabling it to deliver dependable,
high-yielding seeds to farmers
Belgium Institute
for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) and KeyGene
sign AFLP license agreement
Mendel
Biotechnology, Richardson Seeds and MMR Genetics announce
sorghum biofuels collaboration
Monsanto Company
completes acquisition of De Ruiter Seeds
Monsanto rondt
overname De Ruiter Seeds
La empresa Monsanto
completa la adquisición propuesta de De Ruiter Seeds
Chilean President
and California Governor preside over signing of two landmark
agreements with the University of California, Davis - Seed
Biotechnology Center is primary campus partner in the first
agreement
Lafarge and
Performance Plants join forces to develop non-food energy
crops
VIB and Bayer join
forces for plant research
Le riz en Afrique
: quatre organismes de recherche français et africains
renforcent leur collaboration
Landec Corporation
and Monsanto enter into partnership agreement to develop
broccoli and cauliflower varieties with novel traits
Sakata to acquire
gerbera breeding program from Varinova B.V.
BHN Seeds joins
forces with Ahern Seeds to serve Mexico and Central America
RiceTec Inc. and
Performance Plants Inc. to develop drought-tolerant rice
454 Life Sciences,
Cogenics and Limagrain to jointly develop solutions for crop
SNP discovery with next generation sequencing - Partners
will co-develop genomic complexity reduction methods for
crop genomes - Initial study to focus on wheat genome
Arcadia
Biosciences and ScottsMiracle-Gro to develop nitrogen use
efficient grass - New lawn grass varieties can improve
quality and reduce the cost, maintenance time and carbon
footprint of lawns
Dow AgroSciences
and Sangamo BioSciences announce the achievement of key
milestones in plant agriculture collaboration - ZFP
technology accelerates precision gene control, trait
stacking in commercial crop species
Dow AgroSciences,
Mertec LLC and M.S. Technologies LLC collaborate to bring
new soybean technologies to U.S. soybean growers - Growers
will have more options in their herbicide choices for
enhanced weed control & effective weed resistance management
Boosting food
production in Africa’s "breadbasket areas" - New
collaboration among Rome-based UN agencies and AGRA
May 08
Government of Pakistan
and Monsanto sign letter of intent for the development of GM
cotton
KeyGene and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture sign long-term collaboration on pepper
research
Dow AgroSciences and
Martek Biosciences Corp form alliance to bring omega-3 fatty
acids to food industry
Context Network white
paper addresses implications of Monsanto-Syngenta litigation and
licensing agreements
Curry Seed Company
reaches an agreement with Pioneer Hi-Bred
Evogene to collaborate
with Vilmorin for tomato yield improvement
BASF Plant Science and
Academia Sinica (Taipei) to cooperate on gene discovery
BASF Plant Science und Academia Sinica (Taipei) vereinbaren
Zusammenarbeit auf dem Gebiet der Genentdeckung
Monsanto and Syngenta
reach royalty-bearing licensing agreement on Roundup Ready 2
Yield soybean technology
Burrus Hybrids acquires
Hoblit Seed Company
Syngenta and Monsanto
reach agreement on corn and soybean technologies
GrowTechnology and
Astec Global sign exclusive agreement to promote and sell
the Seedanalyser (SA10) worldwide through Astec Global
Vilmorin précise
les modalités de son désengagement du marché grand public
Vilmorin provides more
details of the terms of its withdrawal from the home garden
market
DuPont and Genencor
create world-leading cellulosic ethanol company - Joint
venture combines companies’ strengths in the development and
deployment of second generation ethanol from non-food
feedstocks to address $75 billion market opportunity
The Philippines and
the International Rice Research Institute join forces to
attain rice self sufficiency by 2010
Plant Bioscience
enters into a major licence agreement with a leading plant
biotechnology company on the Flavodoxin technology, a new
technology for enhancing the performance of crops
Brasil e Austrália
ampliam cooperação em biotecnologia agrícola
Bayer CropScience
announces exclusive U.S. partners for the 2008 Certified
FiberMax Cotton program
Kansas Wheat
Alliance signs agreement with Kansas Crop Improvement
Association
April 08
Bayer CropScience
introduces íts global food chain partnership concept in the USA
in the USA - Greenfield Alliance with the Western Growers
Association serves as example
DuPont partners with
China to increase farm productivity
Monsanto Company and
Mendel Biotechnology announce cellulosic biofuels collaboration
INCOTEC reaches
agreement with Lantmännen to acquire SeedGard (ThermoSeed)
Major new partnership
in rice research launched at IRRI headquarters
DuPont purchases
equity stake in Farms Technology
Northstar
Genetics purchases Ziller Seed Company
Arcadia
Biosciences and MAHYCO announce multi-crop, multi-technology
licensing agreement
Pioneer Hi-Bred
and Asoyia enter into ultra low lin soybean IP agreement -
Program offers attractive premiums for soybean growers
March 08
Monsanto Company
announces agreement to acquire De Ruiter Seeds, a leading
global vegetable seed company
Monsanto maakt
akkoord bekend over overname van De Ruiter Seeds, een
wereldwijd toonangevend groentezadenbedrijf
Bayer CropScience
signs letter of intent regarding cooperation in hybrid rice
with Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture
InterGrain: a new
West Australian wheat breeding company
AgroFresh and
Syngenta finalize exclusive agreement for Invinsa crop
stress protection
Valent
BioSciences and Chengdu Institute of Biology to collaborate
on crop stress management research
Becker Underwood
and HERC Products ink agreement to bring patented salt
management technology to ag and turf markets
SemBioSys' GLA
partner enters strategic alliance for the sale and marketing
of GLA-rich safflower oil
DuPont and
Arcadia Biosciences collaborate to improve nitrogen use
efficiency in corn
Dow AgroSciences
acquires Triumph Seed - Acquisition further expands
sunflower and corn business
Advanta acquires
Garrison & Townsend of Hereford, Texas
February 08
Accord INRA -
Leibniz Gemeinschaft : pour des stratégies de recherche
franco-allemande en génétique végétale et nutrition humaine
Takii acquires a
100% share in Danish flower seed company Global Flowers A/S
Arcadia
Biosciences and Bioriginal Food and Science Corp. form strategic
partnership to market high GLA safflower oil
Mendel
Biotechnology announces new research partnership with Bayer
CropScience
Syngenta, DuPont
sign agreement for access to broad insect control technology in
corn
Syngenta und DuPont unterzeichnen Vereinbarung über die
Technologie einer breiteren Insektenbekämpfung in Mais
Syngenta et DuPont signent un accord pour l’accès à un caractère
biotechnologique permettant de lutter contre de nombreux
insectes ravageurs du maïs
Syngenta y DuPont
firman un acuerdo para acceder a la tecnología de control de
insectos para el maíz
American Soybean
Association and Plant Health Care, Inc. renew and enhance
N-Hibit Partnership program with a "Satisfaction Guarantee"
Viterra and
Evogene to develop canola with improved yield and stress
tolerance traits
Dow AgroSciences,
Sangamo BioSciences announce the achievement of key milestone in
plant agriculture collaboration
USDA/ARS and
Bioversity International partner with the Global Crop Diversity
Trust to develop a global plant
genebank information system
DuPont and
Precision BioSciences collaborate to accelerate crop product
development - Genome engineering technology to bring new
choices, more options to global agriculture
KWS und van Rijn
gründen internationales Joint Venture für Züchtung, Produktion
und Vertrieb von Pflanzkartoffeln
Kiwa Bio-Tech
Products Group discusses cooperative research on plant
growth promoting rhizobacteria with the University of
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Kiwa Bio-Tech
Products Group discusses cooperative efforts with Canadian
Ag Ministry and Canadian company
DuPont and
Kansas State University Research Foundation partner to
commercialize sorghum herbicide-tolerant traits
Partnership
between AUSVEG and the Australian Hydroponic and Greenhouse
Association beneficial for vegetable industry
January 08
Advanta acquires the
vegetable seed business of Unicorn Seeds Ltd.
Syngenta and
Athenix in R&D partnership for advanced biotechnology corn
insect and soybean nematode control traits
International
Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Crops (ICRISAT)
signs memorandum of understanding with Crop and Food
Research, New Zealand
EnviroLogix and
Ionian Technologies partner to develop rapid DNA/RNA tests
to meet the new demands of agricultural markets
Zierpflanzenzüchter und Bundesverband Deutscher
Pflanzenzüchter e.V. stärken Zusammenarbeit
BASF Plant
Science and National Institute of Biological Sciences
(China) enter cooperation and license agreement
BASF Plant Science und das National Institute of
Biological Sciences (China) beschließen Zusammenarbeit und
Lizenzvereinbarung
Select Seed
Hybrids announces partnership with Bayer CropScience on
Liberty Greenback offer
Northstar
Genetics signs distribution agreement with Semican
Nickerson-Zwaan
acquires onion activities of Global Genetics
Nickerson-Zwaan neemt
uienactiviteiten Global Genetics over
Archer Daniels
Midland Company, Bayer CropScience and Daimler to cooperate
in Jatropha biodiesel project
Zusammenarbeit von Archer
Daniels Midland Company, Bayer CropScience und Daimler in
Jatropha Biodiesel-Projekt
Verenium
achieves financial milestone in research collaboration with
Syngenta
INRA Transfert
and Plant
Bioscience Ltd. join forces in plant science technology promotion
alliance
Rural American
Fund aligns with La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed
December 07
Latin America and
European Union to collaborate on biotechnology
Verdict Systems
and Astec Global sign agreement to sell Verdict data loggers in
Asia and Africa through Astec Global
Agrisemen B.V.
acquires Brussels sprouts program from Seminis
Ontario Soybean
Growers willing to resume MOU negotiations with Ontario Corn
Producer's Association
University of
Western Australia collaborates with Zhejiang University and
Huazhong Agricultural University on a project on breeding super
brassicas for increased oil seed and/or vegetable production
American Vanguard
acquires fungicide product line from Chemtura Corporation,
expands presence in turf and ornamental segment
Plant Health Care
and Monsanto sign agreement for the development and
commercialization of Harpin-based technology
Bayer
CropScience’s vegetable seed business Nunhems acquires US
lettuce seed company Paragon Seed
Bayer CropScience-Tochter Nunhems
erwirbt das US-Saatgutunternehmen Paragon Seed
Texas A&M
University’s Department of Biological and Agricultural
Engineering signs agreement with Chinese cotton ginning
machinery manufacturer
Stine Seed Company
and Bayer CropScience partner to introduce LibertyLink soybeans
- Companies expect varieties to be available for U.S. growers’
use in 2009
Soygenetics and
Bayer CropScience partner to develop and introduce LibertyLink
soybeans - U.S. soybean growers can anticipate growing the first
varieties in 2009
Bayer CropScience
and Euralis Semences form alliance to develop new winter
oilseedrape products for the European market
Bayer CropScience und Euralis Semences kooperieren in der
Entwicklung neuer Winterrapssorten für Europa
Novozymes
Biologicals Holding A/S completes acquisition of Philom Bios
Inc.
Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences and CIMMYT team up to confront climate
change and new subspecies of wheat stem rust
The Context Network
prepares a white paper on the acquisition of UAP by Agrium
DuPont divests
terbacil herbicide from crop protection business
Agrium enters into
agreement to acquire UAP to create North America’s largest
agriculture retailer
Operon
Biotechnologies, Eurofins MWG and Eurofins Medigenomix join
forces
A. Bourcheix
et Rol. Charbonneau Ltd and Agrocentre Fertibec join forces
to become the seed distribution leader in the Province of
Quebec
A. Bourcheix et
Rol. Charbonneau Ltd and Agrocentre Fertibec joignent leurs
forces afin de devenir le leader de la distribution des semences
de légumes dans la province de Québec
November 07
AgVenture
expands in Kansas, Missouri
Bayer
CropScience, Mertec and M.S. Technologies to co-develop new
soybean trait products
Bayer CropScience, Mertec und M.S. Technologies wollen
gemeinsam Sojabohnen mit neuen Eigenschaften entwickeln
Enza Zaden
acquires onion program of US based Dessert Seed
Royal
Barenbrug Group and Oseva Uni enter joint breeding and
marketing agreement in grass and legumes
Monsanto
expands its sponsorship of the Peking-Yale Joint
Agrobiotechnology Center
Tata Chemicals
joins ICRISAT's sweet sorghum ethanol consortium
GRDC and
Western Australian State Government form Intergrain Pty Ltd,
responsible for future breeding and selection of superior
Western Australian wheat varieties
Targeted
Growth and Green Earth Fuels announce landmark deal to
produce biodiesel based on camelina seed - Agreement ushers
in new era for biofuel-specific feedstocks
Illinois Crop
Improvement Association and Eurofins US expand the scope of
their strategic alliance
Plant Research
International and Bayer BioScience start a research
collaboration to improve plant glycosylation
Plant Research
International B.V. en Bayer BioScience N.V. hebben een
samenwerkingsovereenkomst gesloten op het gebied van
glycosylering van eiwitten in planten
Tamil Nadu
Agricultural University and Rasi Seeds to cooperate on GM
cassava with resistance to cassava mosaic virus
Tessenderlo
Kerley, Inc. purchases Surround crop protection business
from BASF Corporation
Delivering new
herbicide options to Australian sunflower growers
New
BioTrove-Applied Biosystems collaboration enables
large-scale agriscience studies
Philom Bios
Inc. files Directors Circular in response to formal bid made
by Novozymes to acquire Philom Bios
New
public-private hybrid rice group aims to raise rice yields
in the tropics
Cellectis
launches new program with Bayer Cropscience for uses of
meganuclease technology in crops
October 07
Devgen completes
acquisition of seed assets from Monsanto subsidiaries in India
and Monsanto Company subscribes to Devgen shares
Novozymes to make
bid to acquire Philom Bios
DuPont and Evogene
collaborate to increase drought tolerance in corn and soybeans
Tamil Nadu
Agricultural University and Monsanto ink deal to develop GM
papaya seed
Syngenta starts
research partnership in Australia for sugarcane biomass
conversion to biofuels
Syngenta geht
Forschungspartnerschaft in Australien ein zur Umwandlung von
Zuckerrohr-Biomasse in Biotreibstoffe
Syngenta conclut un
partenariat de recherche en Australie pour la transformation de
la biomasse du sucre de canne en biocarburant
Syngenta licenses
Chromatin gene stacking technology
Indian and
Australian scientists collaborate for better wheat
Arcadia Biosciences
and Australian research organizations enter research and
commercial license agreement for development of nitrogen use
efficient wheat
Vilmorin
announces its plans to sell its home garden activities
Vilmorin
annonce le projet de cession de ses activités grand public
Illinois Crop
Improvement Association and ZEA Global Seeds form unique
strategic alliance to provide seed firms with global
services
Bayer CropScience’s vegetable seed
business Nunhems acquires Teboza’s asparagus breeding
program
Bayer
CropScience-Tochter Nunhems erwirbt Spargelzuchtprogramm von
Teboza
Bayer
CropScience and Geosys conclude longer-term agreement to
develop innovative information systems
Bayer CropScience und
Geosys unterzeichnen mehrjähriges Abkommen zur Entwicklung
innovativer Informationssysteme
Monsanto and
Perten Instruments collaborate to develop tools for ethanol
production
BASF Plant
Science and Crop Functional Genomics Center sign R&D
agreement in South Korea
BASF Plant Science und südkoreanisches Forschungszentrum
starten Pflanzenbiotechnologie-Kooperation
Valent
BioSciences acquires minority interest in Pace International
Ceres and Texas
A&M University to develop and market high-biomass sorghum
for biofuels
September 07
Brasil:
Conselho
Administrativo de Defesa Econômica aprova parceria entre Basf e
Embrapa
Advance
Biological Marketing and TJ Technologies join forces to market
ExcalibreQR
The Context
Network publishes white paper on the Monsanto/Dow agreement
announced September 14 and the Monsanto/DuPont agreement of
September 12
DuPont partners
with Iowa State University to enhance biofuels production
D1 Oils and
KeyGene to collaborate on molecular genetics for Jatropha
Newsham Genetics
acquires Monsanto Choice Genetics
CSIRO Plant
Industry and Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd form the Cotton
Breeding Australia joint venture
Monsanto and
Evogene collaborate on nitrogen use efficiency research
Euralis Semences:
croissance en France et investissement en Ukraine et en Russie
Takii & Co., Ltd.
acquires a 100% share in Dutch flower seed company K. SAHIN,
Zaden B.V.
Monsanto
collaborates with FOSS to develop analytical tools for soybeans,
installs improved low-linolenic calibration system for 2007 fall
harvest
Evogene and Ormat
subsidiary announce biodiesel collaboration
Origin Agritech
Limited signs letter of intent to acquire Guang Xi Fortuneland
Agricultural Corporation Ltd.
Bayer CropScience
adds third license to Senesco Technologies' gene technology
Monsanto, Dow
agreement paves the way for industry's first-ever, eight-gene
stacked offering in corn
Devgen to acquire
rice, sunflower, sorghum and pearl millet businesses in India
and other Asian countries from Monsanto
Monsanto Company
signs share subscription agreement with Devgen nv
"Green" super
rice is one goal of newly formed collaboration between
University of Arizona and Huazhong Agricultural University
in Wuhan, China
Monsanto
Company acquires Brazilian corn seed company Agroeste
Sementes
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture and
Croplife Latin America join forces to transfer
agro-technologies to farmers in Latin America and the
Caribbean
IICA y CropLife suman
esfuerzos para mejorar la productividad agrícola
Wray Seed
Company joins expanding AgVenture network
Dow
AgroSciences secures intellectual property from Chlorogen to
further advance plant biotechnology efforts
PGG Wrightson
Seeds and the New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research
launch forage brassicas joint venture
Dow
AgroSciences and Exelixis Plant Sciences announce major
research collaboration, asset purchase to advance gene
discovery and validation
Iowa State
University Research Foundation and Monsanto Company to
collaborate on soybean technologies
Ghent
University and Keygene sign AFLP license agreement
Evogene
licenses transformation technology from Midwest Oilseeds,
Inc.
Evogene and
Zeraim Gedera salt tolerant tomato collaboration advances to
second phase
August 07
Hobart Brothers Seed
Company joins AgVenture
Dow AgroSciences
acquires Netherlands-based Duo Maize - Acquisition expands corn
seed platform in Europe
Dow AgroSciences and
Hexima Limited collaborate on cotton seed development
Ukrainian grain
venture with Groupe Soufflet extends ABB Grain's global presence
Shandong Zhouyuan
Seed and Nursery Co. signs new corn seed sale and distribution
agreement with Hebei Shexian Qing Yang Seed Co. to penetrate
seed market in Hebei province
Senesco Technologies
signs license agreement with Monsanto Company
Embrapa e BASF
firmam acordo inédito de cooperação na área de biotecnologia
vegetal no Brasil
EMBRAPA and BASF
announce first Brazilian-developed biotech crop
- BASF e Embrapa
anunciam acordo de cooperação
- Embrapa e BASF
assinaram acordo de cooperação que vai incrementar a
biotecnologia vegetal no Brasil
Shandong Zhouyuan
Seed and Nursery Co. signs agreement with Sihong Feng Tian Seeds
Co. to expand opportunities for new wheat seed in Jiangsu
province
Dow AgroSciences
acquires corn seed business of Brazil-based Agromen Tecnologia -
Acquisition expands seed platform and supports strategic agenda
for insect-resistance and herbicide tolerant traits
Dow AgroSciences
compra a divisão de milho da Agromen Sementes Agrícolas Ltda.,
maior produtora nacional de sementes
Shandong Zhouyuan
Seed and Nursery Co. signs agreement with Qingdao Seed
Distribution Company to strengthen local sales capacity
July 07
GRDC signs
strategic alliance agreement with ICARDA
DuPont and Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory join forces to boost crop yields,
meet global demand
Shandong Zhouyuan
Seed and Nursery Co. signs letter of intent to acquire
53.47% stake of Shijiazhuang Aerospace Agriculture
Technology Co.
BioDiagnostics,
Inc. expands ownership
Goldcrop Ltd.
consolidates its position as a leading Irish agricultural
wholesale company through the acquisition of Power Seeds and
Hardware Ltd.
Evogene and CIRAD
expand their cotton collaboration
Bayer CropScience
granted new license to Senesco Technologies' gene technology
for cotton
University of
Adelaide and ABB Grain join forces to develop new barley
varieties
Syngenta and John
Deere team up to create fully integrated insecticide
delivery system
Hoegemeyer Hybrids
to license its VIP white corn hybrids to Steyer Seeds
Bayer CropScience’
Nunhems acquires Korean vegetable seed company SeedEx
Bayer CropScience-Tochter Nunhems übernimmt koreanisches
Gemüsesaatgutunternehmen SeedEx
Syngenta to
license Zimmerman white corn hybrids to Hoegemeyer Hybrids
AgVenture acquires
Iowa’s A+ Seeds
BASF and Cibus
announce collaboration for herbicide tolerant crops
Syngenta
reinforces vegetable seeds with Zeraim Gedera acquisition
Syngenta stärkt Geschäft mit Gemüsesaatgut durch
Akquisition von Zeraim Gedera
Syngenta développe ses activités semences potagères en
rachetant Zeraim Gedera
Zeraim Gedera
announces agreement for acquisition by Syngenta
PGG Wrightson to
purchase AgarCross Uruguay SA
Brasil e Reino
Unido vão intensificar cooperação técnica no desenvolvimento
de pesquisas de controle biológico de pragas - Embrapa e
Universidade de Rothamsted vão estreitar parceria em
pesquisas agrícolas
June 07
ABB Grain signs A$1
billion deal with major Saudi barley buyer
PGG Wrightson to
purchase Australian seed distributor Auswest Seeds
Alellyx and CanaVialis
announce technological partnership with Monsanto
Avesthagen and Groupe
Limagrain announce co-acquisition of majority stake in two
Indian seed companies
BASF and Monsanto form
co-promotion agreement for Headline fungicide in corn and
soybeans
BASF und Monsanto vereinbaren Zusammenarbeit bei der
Vermarktung des Fungizids Headline für Mais und Sojabohnen
DuPont and FOSS North
America announce joint agreement to enhance ethanol production
Evogene and SunGene, a
BASF Plant Science company, to collaborate on next generation
plant-biotechnology enabling technologies
Syngenta agrees
agriculture biotechnology research collaboration in China
Syngenta vereinbart Biotech-Forschungskooperation in China
Syngenta conclut un accord de collaboration en matière de
recherche en biotechnologie agricole en Chine
Agronomix Software,
Inc. and VSN International form a strategic alliance
CHS and Land O’Lakes
are repositioning two business segments of the Agriliance
agronomy joint venture
Growmark, Inc.
transfers ownership of its Piper City, Illinois seed production
and conditioning plant to Precision Soya LLC
Diversa and Celunol
complete merger to create Verenium Corporation, a leader in the
emerging biofuels industry
Growmark, Inc. to
acquire Star Energy, LLC
Athenix and Monsanto
announce collaboration on research for insect control
Bayer CropScience and
Monsanto enter long-term business and license agreements for key
enabling technologies
Bayer CropScience und Monsanto
vereinbaren langfristige Geschäfts- und Lizenzvereinbarungen für
Schlüsseltechnologien
Monsanto Company
completes divestiture of Stoneville and NexGen businesses,
begins combining Delta and Pine Land business
Bayer CropScience
completes acquisition of Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Company
Bayer CropScience schließt
Akquisition des US-Baumwollsaat-Herstellers Stoneville ab
Dow AgroSciences and
Sangamo BioSciences announce the achievement of key milestones
in plant agriculture collaboration: successful application of
Sangamo’s ZFP technology to maize and canola
Bayer CropScience and
Evogene to collaborate on crop yield improvement
Euralis Semences
renforce son implantation en Ukraine et en Russie
Saskatchewan Wheat
Pool completes acquisition of Agricore United
Mendel Biotechnology
announces collaboration with BP on biofeedstocks
AgResearch and The
University of Queensland to jointly fund new Chair in
Systems Thinking and Practice - Trans-Tasman partnership to
solve complex problems in agriculture
Monsanto and Land
O’ Lakes announce changes for DEKALB brand forage sorghum
and SUDAX products
International
joint venture research project produces experimental wheat
variety with 70 per cent amylose content
Dow AgroSciences
highlights partnership with Sangamo in Wall Street
presentation, describes Sangamo technology as part of its
'game changing' innovation strategy
Monsanto Company
completes acquisition of Delta and Pine Land Company, seeks
approval of related divestitures
GROWMARK and the
Illinois Farm Bureau team up to offer risk management
services
May 07
SGS invests in the
United States agriculture market by acquiring two companies
operating in the Midwest
Monsanto Company
reaches agreement with U.S. Department of Justice on
elements of consent decree, set to complete its acquisition
of Delta and Pine Land Company
Delta and Pine Land
Company and Monsanto announce agreement with the U.S.
Department of Justice on elements of consent decree
Bayer CropScience
agrees to acquire US cotton seed company Stoneville for US$
310 million
Bayer CropScience will
US-Baumwollsaatgut-Hersteller Stoneville für 310 Millionen
US-Dollar übernehmen
Americot, Inc. to
acquire NexGen cotton seed brand, germplasm from Delta and
Pine Land
Saskatchewan Wheat
Pool succeeds in its bid for Agricore United
Cellectis reaches
key milestone in collaboration with Bayer CropScience on
uses of meganuclease technology in plants
CSIRO Plant
Industry and AgResearch sign collaborative agreement
Vibha Agrotech Ltd.
signs a research agreement with Australian Centre for Plant
Functional Genomics
Monsanto Company
forms holding company to invest in international fruit and
vegetable seed companies, acquires Western Seed and Poloni
Semences
Chromatin and
Monsanto announce agreement to advance gene stacking
technology
DTN
acquires the assets of online agriculture information
provider QuickFarm
Diversa achieves
milestones under alliance with BASF to develop innovative
new enzyme products
Enza Zaden and
Germain’s Technology Group sign seed technology license deal
Wheat breeder Enterprise Grains Australia resumes search for
a commercial partner
Elsevier partners
with Rice Science
Syngenta to take
stake in Sanbei, Chinese seeds company
Syngenta erwirbt Beteiligung an chinesischem
Saatgutanbieter Sanbei
Prise de participation de Syngenta dans Sanbei, producteur
chinois de semences
Syngenta acquires
exclusive rights to abamectin manufacturing technology
Agricore United
announces revised all-cash offer of C$20.50 per share from
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Syngenta Seeds and
BioTrove establish genomics technology relationship to
accelerate seed breeding for agriculture
Australian growers
unite on AWB de-merger plan
Nufarm moves to
100% ownership of Agripec Quimica e Farmaceutica S.A.
Spangler SeedTech
joins forces with AgVenture
Dow AgroSciences
acquires Maize Technologies International, corn breeding
program
April 07
Ceres and Rohm & Haas
to study plant-based bioproducts
Arcadia Biosciences
and SESVanderHave Seeds enter research and commercial license
agreement for the development of nitrogen use efficient sugar
beets
Deutsch-französisches
Konsortium gewinnt EU Saatgutprojekt in der Türkei -
Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter bringt Know-how ein
Agricore United
accepts revised all-cash bid of C$19.25 per share from James
Richardson International
Agricore United board
determines that revised Saskatchewan Wheat Pool offer is a
superior proposal
Wehmeyer Seed Company
joins AgVenture, Inc.
AdFarm acquires the
consulting arm of Issues Ink, expands its consulting division
Agricore United
provides update on revised offer by Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Siegers Seed
Company announces exclusive agreement to distribute Agro-TIP
vegetable seeds in the United States
March 07
Mendel
Biotechnology announces acquisition of Miscanthus breeding
program from Tinplant Biotechnik und Pflanzenvermehrung GmbH
Syngenta to
acquire Fischer, leading European flowers company
Syngenta erwirbt führenden europäischen Blumenanbieter
Fischer
Syngenta en passe d’acquérir Fischer, leader européen de
l’horticulture
Syngenta adquiere
Fischer, empresa europea líder en floricultora
REA Hybrids joins
American Seeds under the management of Fontanelle Hybrids
Iran to spearhead
agricultural biotech research in the Middle East and Central
Asia
BASF and Monsanto
announce R&D and commercialization collaboration agreement
in plant biotechnology
BASF und Monsanto
starten Zusammenarbeit bei Forschung, Entwicklung und
Vermarktung in der Pflanzenbiotechnologie
BASF e Monsanto
anunciam acordo de colaboração em P&D e comercialização em
biotecnologia vegetal
BASF y Monsanto
anuncian acuerdo de colaboración en I&D y de
comercialización en biotecnología vegetal
CALS-ARS
collaboration strengthens agricultural science for Idahoans
FAO and US
Department of Agriculture sign agreement to strengthen
collaboration - Sharing resources to promote sustainable
global agriculture
Embrapa e China
afinam parceria
Pulse Breeding
Australia, a new pulse joint venture, will deliver better
varieties faster
Jung Seed
Genetics sales business joins American Seeds Inc.
Pannar companies
in the U.S. become one, focus on product development and
customer service
Monsanto and The
Solae Company combine omega-3 technology to target rapidly
growing opportunity
Saskatchewan
Wheat Pool extends expiry date of its bid for Agricore
United
February 07
Diversa and
Cargill expand collaboration agreement
Eden
Bioscience shareholders approve asset sale
Apex Genetics
Inc. acquires Sucrosco Seeds
Agricore
United and James Richardson International combine to create
global agri-business
Seminis
streamlines its research and development focus - Company will
drop select crops from its portfolio
Diversa and
Celunol announce merger to create a new biofuels industry
leader
Agricore
United rejects Saskatchewan Wheat Pool’s revised offer
Pride Seeds
and Cavendish Agri Services announce distribution alliance
Devgen and
Monsanto Company announce research and technology agreements
Jiangxi
Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Philippine Rice
Research Institute sign memorandum of agreement to improve
and boost hybrid rice seed production and commercialization
Nunhems, Bayer CropScience ’s
vegetable seed business, signs agreement with Unilever to
co-develop new tomato varieties for taste, nutrition and
health
Bayer
CropScience’ Gemüsesaatgutgeschäft Nunhems und Unilever
kooperieren bei der Entwicklung neuer Tomatensorten
U.S and Brazil sow seeds for
germplasm exchange
EE.UU. y el Brasil colaboran para realizar un intercambio
de germoplasma
January 07
Agricore United
finalizes acquisition of Saskatchewan crop input retailers
Biotech startup
Cibus and The National Grain Sorghum Producers Foundation
announce alliance with Valent U.S.A. Corporation to develop
herbicide tolerant grain sorghum
Devgen negotiates
new collaboration with Monsanto
Saskatchewan Wheat
Pool extends offer for Agricore United
U.S. antitrust
review of Saskatchewan Wheat Pool hostile bid for Agricore
United extended
New Zealand Crown
Research Institutes Scion and AgResearch join forces with
leading US enzyme discovery company Diversa Corporation to develop New Zealand biofuels industry
DuPont licenses new
fungicide from Mitsui - Penthiopyrad controls a broad spectrum
of plant diseases and augments the product portfolio
Bayer CropScience
and Plant Health Care sign Myconate development and
commercialization agreement - New seed treatment technology for
use in important crops including corn and soybean worldwide
Merger of leading
U.S. wholesale brokerage firms
Saskatchewan
Wheat Pool's bid for Agricore United remains on track
Divergence and
Monsanto extend collaboration to develop nematode-resistant
soybeans, announce accomplishment of milestone
Syngenta and
Diversa agree on new R&D partnership to discover enzymes for
biofuels
Syngenta und Diversa beschließen neue Partnerschaft zur
Erforschung und Entwicklung von Enzymen für Biotreibstoffe
Syngenta et Diversa concluent un nouveau partenariat de R&D
pour découvrir des enzymes destinées à la production de
biocarburants
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