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Syngenta’s Interaction Centre at Stein, Switzerland. (Syngenta.com)

ChemChina clinches takeover of Syngenta

By Michael Shields, Reuters May 5, 2017

Zurich | Reuters –– ChemChina has won more than enough support from Syngenta shareholders to clinch its US$43 billion takeover of the Swiss pesticides and seeds group, the two companies said Friday. The deal, announced in February 2016, was prompted by China’s desire to use Syngenta’s portfolio of top-tier chemicals and patent-protected seeds to improve […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Proposed Dow, DuPont merger gets conditional nod from China

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 2, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — China has conditionally approved the proposed merger between Dow Chemical and DuPont, the country’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday, a step forward for the deal whose closing has been repeatedly delayed by regulatory hurdles. The merger was approved by EU antitrust regulators in March on the condition the companies divest assets […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

China clears ChemChina’s Syngenta deal

By Reuters April 12, 2017

Zurich | Reuters — ChemChina’s US$43 billion planned takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta has received approval from China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), the two companies said Wednesday. “This represents a further step towards the closing of the transaction, which is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2017,” they said […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

ChemChina, Syngenta win U.S. antitrust approval for deal

By diane-bartz April 4, 2017

Washington | Reuters — The China National Chemical Corp., or ChemChina, has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy Switzerland’s Syngenta on condition that it divest three pesticides, the Federal Trade Commission said on Tuesday. To win approval for the $43 billion deal, the companies agreed to divest ChemChina’s generic production of the herbicide paraquat, the […] Read more

Syngenta’s headquarters in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo courtesy Syngenta)

Crops

Canada’s competition watchdog clears Syngenta takeover

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff February 14, 2017

Canada’s farmers aren’t likely to see less competition for their crop chemical dollars if the owner of Adama Canada buys Syngenta, the Canadian antitrust watchdog has ruled. The Competition Bureau on Tuesday issued a “no action” letter for the takeover of Syngenta by China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina), saying the deal is “unlikely to result […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

German chemical firm Lanxess to buy Chemtura

By Reuters September 26, 2016

Reuters — Lanxess AG said on Sunday it would buy specialty chemical company Chemtura Corp. for about US$2.5 billion, to improve the German company’s additives business. Lanxess’s offer of US$33.50 for each Chemtura share represents a premium of about 19 per cent to the Philadelphia-based company’s close on Friday. The world’s largest synthetic rubber maker […] Read more

Livestock

Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40 per cent

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff, GFM Network News July 28, 2016

The world’s most widely used insecticide is an inadvertent contraceptive for bees, cutting live sperm in males by almost 40 per cent, The Guardian in the UK is reporting. Citing research led by Lars Straub at the University of Bern, Switzerland, the report says neonicotinoid pesticides were found to cut the lifespan of the drones […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

France moves toward all-out ban on neonics

By Reuters March 18, 2016

Paris | Reuters — French lawmakers approved plans for a total ban on some widely used pesticides blamed for harming bees, going beyond European Union restrictions in a fierce debate that has pitched farmers and chemical firms against beekeepers and green groups. The EU limited the use of neonicotinoid chemicals, produced by companies including Bayer […] Read more

Crops

Feds scrap ‘conditional’ pesticide approvals

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News January 21, 2016

Federal crop chemical regulators this summer will stop granting “conditional” registrations for new pesticides — a practice already largely on the way out, they note. Health Canada, which oversees the federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), said Tuesday it plans to stop granting new conditional registrations starting June 1, describing the move as an “important […] Read more

Livestock, News Roundup

Say good riddance to your old livestock meds

Location of collection sites for each province to be announced this summer

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 12, 2015

CleanFARMS and the Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI) will once again be offering collection of obsolete (old, unwanted) livestock medications in conjunction with the obsolete pesticide collection program. The 2015 schedule takes the program to the Okanagan, Interior and Kootenay regions of British Columbia, Red Deer-south region of Alberta, Davidson-north region of Saskatchewan and across […] Read more

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ChemChina clinches takeover of Syngenta

Proposed Dow, DuPont merger gets conditional nod from China

China clears ChemChina’s Syngenta deal

ChemChina, Syngenta win U.S. antitrust approval for deal

Canada’s competition watchdog clears Syngenta takeover

German chemical firm Lanxess to buy Chemtura

Leading insecticide cuts bee sperm by almost 40 per cent

France moves toward all-out ban on neonics

Feds scrap ‘conditional’ pesticide approvals

Say good riddance to your old livestock meds

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