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ADM, Syngenta settle suit over biotech corn exports

By Tom Polansek February 16, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain merchant Archer Daniels Midland has settled a lawsuit with Syngenta over the seed company’s launch of a biotech corn strain that roiled grain exports to China, according to regulatory documents filed on Friday. ADM sued Syngenta four years ago for selling the corn variety known as Agrisure Viptera or […] Read more

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

Corn, Crops, Reuters

ADM, Cargill still pursue Syngenta over corn rejections

By Karl Plume, GFM Network News September 28, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Syngenta moved closer to putting a troubled biotech corn seed launch behind it with a US$1.5 billion settlement with farmers this week, but grain traders who filed two remaining lawsuits may be less ready to compromise, legal experts said. The company was sued three years ago by the farmers and traders […] Read more

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

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Syngenta agrees to settle GMO corn litigation

By Nate Raymond, GFM Network News September 26, 2017

Reuters — Syngenta has agreed to pay close to US$1.5 billion to resolve lawsuits stemming from its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The Swiss company confirmed that it has reached a settlement, without confirming the financial terms. […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

China approves two more GMO crops for import

By Dominique Patton July 17, 2017

Beijing | Reuters — China has approved two more genetically modified (GMO) crops for import, the Ministry of Agriculture said, the second such move in the past month to expand access to biotech seeds as part of Beijing’s 100-day trade talks with Washington. The two new crops, approved from July 16 for a period of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Field studies fuel dispute over whether neonics harm bees

By Kate Kelland June 30, 2017

London | Reuters — Two major studies into how bees are affected by a group of pesticides banned in Europe gave mixed results on Thursday, fuelling a row over whether the neonicotinoid pesticides are safe. The studies, one conducted across three European countries and another in Canada, found some negative effects after exposure to neonicotinoids […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Bayer files for Monsanto takeover approval with EU regulators

By Reuters June 30, 2017

Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer has filed a request for approval of its planned US$66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto with European Union regulators, as suitors line up for assets that Bayer will sell to get the approval by year-end. Bayer, which is bracing for the EU Commission to go into an in-depth […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

BASF ready to snatch seed bargains as rivals sell assets

By Ludwig Burger, Patricia Weiss June 29, 2017

Ludwigshafen, Germany | Reuters — BASF will consider buying seed assets that rivals are putting on the block to win antitrust approval for tie-ups, saying bargain prices could persuade BASF to overcome its traditional reluctance to expand into the seeds industry. Sources familiar with BASF’s thinking have said that competition regulators looking at potential buyers […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Syngenta eyes Bayer assets to bolster seed operations

By Reuters June 27, 2017

Basel | Reuters — Switzerland’s Syngenta, the crop protection company acquired by ChemChina, has vowed to bulk up its seeds business and join the chase for assets rival Bayer must sell to gain regulatory approval for its takeover of Monsanto. Syngenta, a distant third in the global seeds market behind Monsanto and Dupont, is determined […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

Syngenta ordered to pay Kansas farmers in GM corn case

By Nate Raymond June 23, 2017

Reuters — A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Syngenta to pay US$217.7 million to more than 7,000 Kansas farmers over its decision to commercialize a genetically modified strain of corn before China approved importing it. The verdict by a federal jury in Kansas City, Kansas, was announced by lawyers for the farmers, who blamed the […] Read more

Canola, Crops

Syngenta exits canola seed business

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 13, 2017

Canola growers checking out Syngenta Canada’s 2018 seed guide for Western Canada will notice canola by its absence. Syngenta, which entered the Prairie canola seed market in 2013 and by this spring had six hybrid varieties on offer, said in a statement it has “recently taken the decision to exit the canola seed business.” The […] Read more

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ADM, Syngenta settle suit over biotech corn exports

ADM, Cargill still pursue Syngenta over corn rejections

Syngenta agrees to settle GMO corn litigation

China approves two more GMO crops for import

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Bayer files for Monsanto takeover approval with EU regulators

BASF ready to snatch seed bargains as rivals sell assets

Syngenta eyes Bayer assets to bolster seed operations

Syngenta ordered to pay Kansas farmers in GM corn case

Syngenta exits canola seed business

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