Corteva Agriscience

2 weeks ago | croplife.com | Corteva Agriscience |Matt Hopkins

If there’s one thing growers are used to, it’s unpredictability, and 2025 is shaping up to keep them on their toes again. While states like Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee recently experienced heavy rains and flooding, the United States’ exit from the most recent La Niña weather pattern sets the stage for a warmer, drier summer. And while corn and soybean acres are predicted to increase in 2025, lower crop prices are expected to persist.

1 month ago | croplife.com | Corteva Agriscience |Matt Hopkins

Over the last 20 years, BASF fungicides have protected an estimated 30 billion bushels and 260 million acres of corn and soybeans1. As commodity prices and environmental pressures increasingly factor into farmer decision making, only an estimated 45% of corn and soybean acres were protected by fungicide applications in 20242.

1 month ago | croplife.com | Corteva Agriscience |Matt Hopkins

By CropLife Staff|March 14, 2025 Biotalys, an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company developing protein-based biocontrol solutions for sustainable crop protection, has announced strong performance from initial field trials with one of its lead candidates for BioFun-6, the company’s second biocontrol program against Botrytis and powdery mildew in fruits and vegetables.

1 month ago | croplife.com | Corteva Agriscience |Matt Hopkins

Beck’s has announced the acquisition of Gro Alliance’s corn seed production facility in Howe, Indiana, “and its soybean seed production and corn drying facilities in Mt. Pulaski, Illinois. This strategic acquisition reinforces Beck’s commitment to providing high-quality seed and exceptional service to farmers across its growing marketing area. The transaction closed on February 26, 2025.

1 month ago | agribusinessglobal.com | Corteva Agriscience |Certis Biologicals |Matt Hopkins

has confirmed a partnership with Chinese agricultural biotechnology innovation company, KingAgroot, with plans to develop a new broad spectrum, non-selective herbicide for the Australian market as a stand-alone knockdown. Nufarm’s Regional General Manager for Asia Pacific, Brett Sutherland, said under the partnership, Nufarm is working to obtain registration of the KingAgroot developed molecule, Flufenoximacil (FFO), for the Australian market.