2011 News Releases
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December 08
Regulatory Success Continues for Enlist™ Weed Control System
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences LLC announced today that the company has been notified by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the agency’s consultation has found both Enlist™ corn and Enlist™ soybeans to be in compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements that fall within the FDA’s jurisdiction. The Enlist™ Weed Control System, an innovative combination of herbicides and herbicide-tolerant traits in elite corn and soybeanmore... -
December 07YUMA, Ariz. & INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: Dow), and Gowan announced a new development and marketing license agreement that will allow Gowan to license the novel active fungicide meptyldinocap. Under the agreement Gowan will develop the fungicide meptyldinocap active for use in fruits and vines in the U.S. and Canada. “Meptyldinocap represents a new mode of action and solution to themore...
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November 30INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. growers will have continued access to SmartStax® corn hybrids due to EPA's recent registration extension of this game-changing stacked-trait technology. “EPA’s registration extension of SmartStax and Dow AgroSciences Refuge Advanced® powered by SmartStax is particularly timely given recent reports of suspected pest resistance to certain single mode of action products,” said Cole Hansen, Dow AgroSciences U.S. Seeds Traitsmore...
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November 29
Dr. Asuming-Brempong Provided Opportunities to Learn Valuable Research Techniques
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Through an international professional development program, Dow AgroSciences’ Research and Development (R&D) function has been hosting Dr. Stella Asuming-Brempong from Ghana at its global headquarters in Indianapolis. Dr. Asuming-Brempong has been hosted by Daniel R. Kittle, Ph.D., global leader, R&D, Dow AgroSciences, under a nine-month fellowship program. The program is through the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (more... -
November 22INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), announced today that it has received the first country registration for the sulfoxaflor molecule. Consistent with the outcome of the recent scientific review of sulfoxaflor at the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues (JMPR), the Korean regulatory agency has announced its decision to register the product for use on apples, pears, and red peppers. Thismore...





