Insights and Stories on BASF

BASF says dividends, asset values under review as pandemic bites

Jul. 29, 2020 at 3:00 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters – Germany’s BASF said on Wednesday its dividend policy and the value of assets on its balance sheet might be revised given uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis, particularly in North America and Europe. The policy of the world’s largest chemicals and plastics maker by sales to […]

BASF unveils InField Innovation Tours

Jul. 27, 2020 at 12:47 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

Ag chem industry watching COVID-19’s spread

Mar. 5, 2020 at 7:24 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Peach grower awarded US$265 million in dicamba drift suit

Feb. 17, 2020 at 11:36 am CST

By Reuters

Court orders big ag firms to hand over documents in antitrust probe

Feb. 12, 2020 at 5:06 pm CST

By Kelsey Johnson

Probe eyes possibility of ‘co-ordinated behaviour’ in Big Ag

Feb. 7, 2020 at 6:03 pm CST

Canada’s Competition Bureau is investigating leading agriculture companies for allegedly attempting to drive a California-based online farm-supply retailer out of the Canadian market. Documents filed in Federal Court show Federated Co-operatives, Cargill, Winfield United Canada, Univar Canada, BASF Canada Inc., Corteva and Bayer CropScience (and, by extension, Monsanto Canada) are […]

By D.C. Fraser

Competition Bureau probing big ag chem companies

Feb. 6, 2020 at 9:57 am CST

Reuters — The Canadian Competition Bureau said on Thursday it was investigating certain agriculture companies for alleged anticompetitive practices over allegations of trying to block an online farm-supply startup from doing business in Western Canada. The regulator did not provide details on specific companies involved in the probe, but documents […]

By Arundhati Sarkar Kelsey Johnson

Corteva to accelerate Enlist E3 soybean rollout

Jan. 30, 2020 at 5:19 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. seed and crop chemical maker Corteva said Thursday it will accelerate production of its next-generation biotech soybean seeds and complementary herbicides in Canada and the U.S. over the next five years. The move heightens the competition for sales to farmers with rivals Bayer and BASF. […]

By Reuters

AGI buys ag business management software muscle

Jan. 20, 2020 at 4:01 am CST

Grain handling equipment maker Ag Growth Industries (AGI) plans to level up on its SureTrack farm management software platform with a deal for another Canadian player in the same business. Winnipeg-based AGI announced Thursday it has bought all outstanding shares in Oakville, Ont.-based Affinity Management Ltd., developer of the Compass […]

By GFM Staff

BASF Ag Solutions to move Canadian head office west

Mar. 29, 2019 at 8:03 pm CDT

The Canadian arm of BASF Agricultural Solutions plans to relocate its head office to Calgary from Mississauga effective Oct. 1. The crop protection arm of the German chemical company said Wednesday it wants to move the Canadian head office “closer to customers” after closing its deals last year to buy […]

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