Insights and Stories on Xtend

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. […]

Corteva wins final OK for global launch of Enlist E3 soy

Feb. 21, 2019 at 5:22 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Arkansas restricts dicamba for 2018

Jan. 22, 2018 at 12:51 am CST

By Tom Polansek

Dicamba label sufficient, Health Canada says

Oct. 19, 2017 at 5:28 pm CDT

By John Greig

U.S. state-level dicamba bans temporary

Jul. 11, 2017 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Allan Dawson

Xtend soybeans expand options, but be dicamba-drift aware

Jul. 7, 2017 at 6:25 pm CDT

New dicamba- and glyphosate-tolerant soybeans offer more weed control options and are another tool to address herbicide-tolerant weeds, but farmers need to take steps to avoid dicamba drift and spray tank residue, Manitoba officials say. What’s been happening in Arkansas underscores the risk dicamba drift presents. The U.S. state of […]

By Allan Dawson

Ontario farmers ready for Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soy

Aug. 4, 2016 at 10:01 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean producers in Ontario are eager to start planting next season with new ammunition against Canada fleabane. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans, genetically modified with a tolerance to dicamba and glyphosate herbicides, were recently approved for import by the European Union. Monsanto planned to introduce Xtend […]

By Erin DeBooy

Monsanto, DuPont sign supply deal for dicamba

Jul. 7, 2016 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. seed and agrochemical companies Monsanto and DuPont said on Thursday they have signed a multi-year supply agreement for the weed killer dicamba in the U.S. and Canada. Under the deal, whose terms were not disclosed, Monsanto will supply its farm seeds and chemicals rival with […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grain firms rejecting GMO crops that lack global approval

May. 6, 2016 at 7:20 pm CDT

Reuters — Across the U.S. Farm Belt, top grain handlers have banned genetically modified crops that are not approved in all major overseas markets, shaking up a decades-old system that used the world’s biggest exporting country as a launchpad for new seeds from companies such as Monsanto. Bold yellow signs […]

By Karl Plume Tom Polansek

China clears Xtend soybean variety for import

Feb. 7, 2016 at 7:20 pm CST

Reuters — Monsanto said on Feb. 3 it received import approval from China for its new genetically modified Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans and will sell the seeds in the U.S. and Canada for the 2016 growing season. China, the world’s biggest soybean importer, does not allow imports of new […]

By Reuters