Environment
Partnership aimed at carbon neutral malting barley
A partnership between Simpsons Malt Ltd. and BASF Agricultural Solutions which is aimed towards carbon neutral malting barley has been...
BASF
Agri-Business
BASF closes ammonia production plant in Germany
German chemicals company BASF has announced the closure of one ammonia production plant at its headquarters in Ludwigshafen due to...
Rural Life
BASF and KWF launch first British Farming Bake Off
BASF and KWS have accepted a grower’s challenge and have launched the first ever British Farming Bake Off. The competition...
Agri-Business
Amazone, Bosche and BASF reduce herbicide use by 90% with new sprayer technology
Amazone is trialling a new smart sprayer, which its claims can reduce herbicide use by up to 90% through the...
Arable
Wheat DNA shows visually clean crops had high levels of Septoria
2020 was a relatively low-pressure disease year for cereal crops, although rain in June did bring a late surge to...
Arable
New smart tool to help growers minimise residue leaching
A new ‘smart tool’ aims to help growers mitigate the potential for key active ingredients and their residues to leach....
Other
Resistant ‘super rats’ are breeding in the UK
A new survey will compile data to establish the extent to which resistance is understood and what methods farmers are...
Arable
Understanding the ‘Revylution’ in fungicides
Revysol the new chemistry launched by BASF last week is a triazole and is contained in the new products Lentyma...
Agri-Business
Oilseed rape crops provide challenging decisions for growers
Oilseed rape crops continue to be a mixed bag – while some areas have seen promising crops others have been...
Agri-Business
BASF sets sights on €6 billion in annual agricultural sales by 2028
Agricultural chemicals producer BASF has expanded its portfolio of agricultural projects setting its sights on sales of more than €6 billion....
Agri-Business
Planet strikes deal with BASF to provide daily monitoring for European farmers
Planet, an integrated aerospace and data analytics company, and BASF today announced a commercial deal to deliver satellite imagery and...
Agri-Business
BASF increases sales but sees earnings drop 14% on same quarter in 2017
Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) dived by 14% at BASF year-on-year last quarter despite an 8% rise in revenue....
Agri-Business
BASF completes its acquisition of Bayer's vegetable seeds business
Global chemistry firm BASF has completed the acquisition of Bayer’s global vegetable seeds business following a €7.6 billion deal between the...
Agri-Business
BASF closes €7.6 billion acquisition of businesses and assets from Bayer
Global chemistry firm BASF has closed the acquisition of a range of businesses and assets from rival Bayer. The transaction...
Agri-Business
Monsanto expected to increase bid to buy Syngenta
Monsanto is expected to increase its bid to buy Syngenta, after its bid of $45 billion was rejected by Syngenta....
Agri-Business
BASF increases earnings in the 4th quarter
BASF has increased its earnings in the 4th quarter, the chemical company has said. BASF Group sales of €18 billion almost...
