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• Dow AgroSciences Launches POWERCORETM

  May 18

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During a launch event in Sao Paulo on May 17, Antonio Galindez, President and CEO, Dow AgroSciences announced the launch of POWERCORE™ in Brazil to control major pests in corn. POWERCORE is the first product approved in Brazil with five genes stacked in corn. The trait incorporated into Dow AgroSciences' hybrid portfolio will be available for sale Fall 2012 in Brazil and Argentina. "POWERCORE will bring the most robustmore...
• Syngenta, Dow AgroSciences to Offer Reduced Structured Refuge Stacked Trait Options to Independent Seed Companies

  May 17

  MINNETONKA, Minn. & INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Syngenta and Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), announced today a joint agreement to offer two reduced refuge trait stacks to independent seed companies through Syngenta-owned GreenLeaf Genetics LLC. This agreement will make high-performing trait stacks, beginning with the Agrisure Viptera® 3220 and Agrisure 3122 trait stacks, more widely available to U.S. and Canadian corn growers. Inbredsmore...
• Krannert Program Students Get Real-World Experience -- and Sometimes Jobs

  May 02

  Eight teams of Purdue University students have just wrapped up consulting projects that have given them real-world experience putting to use what they've learned in classrooms. The teams are taking part in Krannert School of Management's Experiential Learning Institute (ELI). They are advising ompanies local, throughout the United States and overseas that need outside help with various projects.   "ELI began in the fall of 2009 as a way to offer Krannert MBA students the opportunity tomore...
• Independent Survey Reinforces Need for New Weed Control Solutions

  April 27

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 80 percent of U.S. farmers said they believe the glyphosate-tolerant crop system will lose effectiveness by the year 2022, according to an annual, independent survey conducted by Farm Journal. This statistic reflects a 10 percent increase in farmer concern in just two years and reflects growing support for new weed control solutions to enhance the glyphosate system. The quantitative online survey was conducted in early 2012 andmore...
• Dow AgroSciences Response to Activist Claims Regarding 2,4-D and Our New Herbicide-Tolerant Technology Package

  April 26

  Strikingly, pesticide opponents are making these same claims – again – only weeks after EPA announced its rejection of a Natural Resources Defense Council petition against 2,4-D that contained many of the very same misrepresentations that pesticide opponents are making today. (See links below.) Pesticide opponent hyperbole aside, the fact remains that the herbicide 2,4-D is available for use in U.S. crop production today because EPA has determined, after evaluating all human health andmore...
• Purdue, Dow AgroSciences, State Officials Celebrate Opening of New Seed Quality Control Lab

  April 24

  Purdue, Dow AgroSciences LLC, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. (IEDC) and greater Lafayette officials on Tuesday (April 24) dedicated a seed testing lab in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette. The Dow AgroSciences Seed Quality Control Lab will enable the future capacity and capabilities needed to support the growing Dow AgroSciences seeds business, as well as serve as a proving ground for its next-generation technologies. The seed lab occupies 35,000 square feet of the Innovationmore...
• Dow AgroSciences Statement on Save Our Crops Coalition (SOCC)

  April 18

  Dow AgroSciences has heard and addressed SOCC’s concerns.Dow AgroSciences strongly supports SOCC’s basic goals of preventing herbicide injury to non-target crops. We are, however, disappointed in the organization’s recent actions, given that we have worked with many current SOCC members for years to develop a product specifically designed to address their concerns. An additional environmental assessment is unnecessary. We are confident that EPA and USDA will make data-driven determinationsmore...
• Dow AgroSciences, Dualsystems Biotech Announce Profiling Agreement

  March 21

  INDIANAPOLIS & ZÜRICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), and Dualsystems Biotech announced today, a drug profiling agreement. Under the agreement, Dualsystems Biotech will use its drug profiling platform to identify molecular targets for an undisclosed small molecule lead candidate in Dow AgroSciences’ agrochemical discovery program. Dualsystems Biotech as a partner will contribute to the identification of newmore...
• Dow AgroSciences Donates $75,000 to the American Red Cross for Tornado Disaster Relief

  March 08

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With recent devastating tornadoes across the United States, Dow AgroSciences, through The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, is donating $75,000 to the American Red Cross for relief efforts and will match 100 percent of employee contributions up to $10,000. “In our business, weather is critical,” said Dow AgroSciences President and Chief Executive Officer Antonio Galindez. “But in times like this, we are reminded that it is personal. As anmore...
• Dow AgroSciences Presents Progress Report to Wall Street

  March 07

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following its fifth consecutive quarter of record-breaking sales, Dow AgroSciences President and CEO Antonio Galindez today updated investors on the company’s impressive growth journey. Galindez spoke to investors at the Goldman Sachs 16th Annual Agricultural Biotech Forum in New York City. Key to the organization’s success, said Galindez, is sales growth that is outperforming the competition, consistent year-over-year EBITDA (more...