Crop Protection
Mitsui acquires a majority stake in Belchim
The Japanese chemicals company Mitsui & Co is to acquire a controlling stake in Belchim Crop Protection (BCP), based in Belgium, subject to regulatory approvals. Its wholly owned subsidiary Mitsui AgriScience International (MASI) has agreed to buy 62% of the equity...
Adama promotes folpet to replace chlorothalonil
Generic crop protection product specialist ADAMA Agricultural Solutions is promoting the active ingredient folpet as an alternative multisite cereal fungicide treatment, as disease resistance and regulatory withdrawals – especially for chlorothalonil (CTL) – reduce...
FMC acts to cut single use packaging
Crop protection business FMC is to reduce single use plastic supplied with its products as part of a company-wide sustainability drive. It has evidence that this is what farmer customers want. The company cites Defra estimates that UK agriculture produces around...
Winter crop care after heavy rains
Agronomy services business ProCam says farmers and their advisers should take action to minimise any further growth setbacks in winter cereal crops that are already backward or emerging slowly as a result of the wet autumn. ProCam agronomist Tom Smith observes that...
Bayer JV for biotech crop protection
Bayer has formed a new joint venture business with a Californian bioscience company. The partners will investigate the potential of a protein degradation platform developed for human medicine in controlling crop pests, diseases and weeds, particularly in addressing...
Adama acquisition adds fungicide and PGR strength
Israeli multinational agrochemical company Adama Agricultural Solutions has added to its European product portfolio and range by acquiring the French-Swiss crop protection company SFP, subject to regulatory approvals. Financial details are not available. SFP,...
