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DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company have announced that all required regulatory approvals and clearances have been received to close on a merger of the two companies.  The merger will close August 31st, and shares of Dow and DuPont will cease trading at the close of the New York Stock Exchange that day.  Sh...

China’s Ministry of Agriculture announced it has approved two more genetically modified crops for import into the country. A Reuters article says it’s the second move in the past month to expand access to biotech seeds as a part of Beijing’s 100-day trade talks with Washington.   The Mini...

An agreement between FMC and DuPont to swap some agricultural business units will delay the Dow-DuPont merger.  FMC announced last week it would purchase DuPont’s crop protection business and sell off most of its health and nutrition business to DuPont, a move that will allow the Dow-DuPont merger to gain approval by the European Union.   H...

The European Union has approved the Dow DuPont merger after the companies agreed to sell substantial assets including key research and development activities.  The EU approved the $130 billion deal Monday after Dow and DuPont agreed to address concerns that the merger would leave few incentives to produce new crop protection products in the future.  An...

DuPont plans to sell a company-owned herbicide business, and company officials hope this will reduce antitrust concerns to a $59 billion merger with U.S. competitor Dow Chemical Co.  Bloomberg reports the sale is expected to generate several hundred million dollars and Delaware-based DuPont is also considering the disposal of insecticide and seed units that might be an obstacle to the deal moving

Dow Chemical and DuPont Company both announced that shareholders in each company had voted in favor of having the two companies merge into an entity which would be called DowDuPont.   The Wall Street Journal reports after the initial merger, the companies would then break up into three separate entities.   ...

DuPont, Bayer AG, the venture capital firm Finistere Ventures, along with two others have launched a $15-million accelerator fund known as Radicle that will back startup agriculture technology companies.  Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today reports that many companies have jumped into the billion dollar agriculture-tech startup industry, hoping to profit from increasingly sophisticated tools regarding

Stockholders for Dow Chemical and DuPont will hold separate shareholder meetings next week to vote on the proposed merger between the two companies.  Both meetings will be held on July 20th.   DuPont's meeting will take place at its Wilmington, Delaware, headquarters, and Dow Chemical's meeting will be at its Midland, Michigan, offices.   ...

Syngenta announced Erik Frywald as the company’s new CEO Wednesday.  Frywald is the current President and CEO of Univar, a U.S. based chemistry distribution company.  Frywald will take over as CEO for Syngenta effective June 1st.  He takes the ...

WASHINGTON, DC -- DuPont announced Wednesday that former USDA deputy secretary Krysta Harden has joined the company as the vice president of Public Policy & Chief Sustainability Officer.   Harden left USDA at the end of February and will now lead DuPont’s public policy and government affairs strategies, as well as its sustainability, philanthropy, product stewardship and global regulatory acti