Insights and Stories on Glufosinate

WATCH: Prairie supply line intact for BASF’s glufosinate

Jul. 17, 2024 at 4:07 pm CDT

As we reported on our sites last week, ag chem firm BASF plans to shut down production of glufosinate ammonium at two plants in Germany by year-end, and shut down formulation of the product at its Frankfurt plant in 2025. Dave Bedard of Grainews visits the BASF site at Ag […]

BASF to close two glufosinate production sites

Jul. 10, 2024 at 1:17 pm CDT

By Reuters

Bayer, Corteva in ‘two-dog battle’ over U.S. soy market

Apr. 9, 2021 at 8:26 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Arkansas confirms first-ever glufosinate-resistant broadleaf

Feb. 22, 2021 at 7:32 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Triple-herbicide-tolerant soybean set for limited 2021 release

Jan. 29, 2021 at 8:55 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Cargill not taking glufosinate-desiccated lentils

Aug. 11, 2019 at 1:59 am CDT

One of the world’s biggest grain companies has decided not to chance accepting Canadian lentils that were desiccated with a well known herbicide. Cargill announced Friday it will now have a “no tolerance” restriction on glufosinate ammonia in its grain delivery terms for lentils, including lentils that have had the […]

By GFM Staff

Corteva wins final OK for global launch of Enlist E3 soy

Feb. 21, 2019 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — DowDuPont has won the final international regulatory approval needed, from the Philippines, for a global launch of a new line of genetically engineered soybeans, the company said on Thursday. The approval means seed companies can sell the soybeans, named Enlist E3, to farmers for planting as […]

By Tom Polansek

BASF to harvest seeds, herbicide businesses from Bayer

Oct. 13, 2017 at 12:09 pm CDT

Frankfurt | Reuters — BASF has agreed to buy seed and herbicide businesses from Bayer for 5.9 billion euros (C$8.7 billion) in cash, as Bayer tries to convince competition authorities to approve its planned acquisition of Monsanto. BASF, the world’s third-largest maker of crop chemicals, has so far avoided seed […]

By Maria Sheahan

USDA clears Monsanto, Syngenta corn traits

Mar. 24, 2016 at 1:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will no longer regulate a genetically-modified corn developed by Monsanto to resist dicamba herbicide, the agency said on Wednesday. The move by the agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), means it can now be planted without permits or […]