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• An International Vision for Wheat Improvement

  May 16

  Paris, May 16, 2013 - By 2050, a 60% increase in wheat production will be needed to meet the demand of a growing population. The Wheat Initiative, an international consortium1 gathering public institutions and private companies, was created as part of the 2011 action plan of the G20 Agricultural Ministries2 to coordinate global wheat research and participate to global food security. On May 15, 2013, the Wheat Initiative issues its vision document paving the way for its actions. Wheat is amore...
• Enlist Duo™ Herbicide Approved for Use in Canada

  May 16

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), announced today that Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has approved Enlist Duo™ herbicide with Colex-D™ Technology for use in Canada. This approval, which makes Canada the first nation to authorize this state-of-the-art herbicide, is a milestone for the company’s Enlist™ Weed Control System which combines innovative traits, herbicidesmore...
• Dow AgroSciences Responds to USDA Announcement on Regulatory Status of the Enlist Weed Control System

  May 10

  Indianapolis -- Consistent with USDA’s announcement today, we are confident in the value that the Enlist™ Weed Control System will provide to agriculture. We will continue to support our customers by working with USDA/APHIS to get the much-needed Enlist technologies approved for commercial use as soon as possible.  As noted by USDA in today’s announcement, the herbicides in question have been “safely and widely used across the country since the 1960s” and these new crop traits “more...
• Dow AgroSciences Receives U.S. EPA Registration for Sulfoxaflor

  May 07

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), announced today that U.S. regulatory authorities have approved the new insecticidal active ingredient, sulfoxaflor to be marketed in the U.S. as Transform® and Closer™. The U.S. registration, and the recent Canadian registration, are the result of a Global Joint Review which also includes Australia. Australian sulfoxaflor registration is expected by thirdmore...
• Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto Cross-License Advanced Corn Trait Technology, Designed to Provide Exceptional New Tools for Weed and Insect Management

  April 11

  INDIANAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and Dow AgroSciences LLC, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), have reached new cross-licensing agreements for creation of the next generation of advanced weed and insect control technology in corn. Monsanto will license Dow AgroSciences' new Enlist™ Weed Control System herbicide-tolerant trait for use in field corn. Dow AgroSciences will license Monsanto's third generation corn rootworm technology, Corn Rootworm III, which is presently undermore...
• Dow AgroSciences Opens New Facility at Global Headquarters

  April 10

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Executives from The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) and Dow AgroSciences were joined by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence today at a Research & Development (R&D) expansion ribbon-cutting event for a new 175,000 square foot R&D facility at Dow AgroSciences' Global Headquarters.This new facility is part of a global growth plan for Dow AgroSciences' research efforts for the development and commercialization of new crop protection and seed, traits and oils products for growers around the worldmore...
• Dow AgroSciences, the Victorian Department of Primary Industries Develop Unique Technology Platform for the Improvement of Canola and Wheat Varieties

  April 08

  

  INDIANAPOLIS & MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) of the State of Victoria, and Sangamo BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGMO), announced today the achievement of a unique state-of-the-art platform for the improvement of canola and wheat varieties. Researchers from Dow AgroSciences, DPI’s Biosciences Research Division, and Sangamo BioSciences have completed themore...
• Dow AgroSciences, Victorian Department of Primary Industries Initiate New Research and Development Program

  April 08

  

  INDIANAPOLIS & MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), and the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) of the State of Victoria, announced today that the organizations have agreed to expand current collaborations by entering into a new research project to develop new varieties of canola with enhanced performance designed to benefit farmers in Australia and around the world. Under the agreement, Dowmore...
• Dow to Present at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Agricultural Conference

  February 25

  MIDLAND, Mich. – Antonio Galindez, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Agricultural Conference in Miami, Fla. at 4:30 p.m. (EST), Feb. 27, 2013. Among the topics Galindez will cover: Dow AgroSciences’ record-breaking 2012 performance, current trends fueling business results and an update on the industry-leading innovations that continue to drivemore...
• Research Confirms Enlist System Provides Greater Than 95 Percent Control of Problem Weeds

  February 07

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Weed resistance is getting increasingly worse across American farmland, and the Enlist™ Weed Control System will be an important tool for farmers to control several difficult-to-manage weed species, according to research presented at the just-completed Weed Science Society of America’s (WSSA) national meeting in Baltimore, Md. Results from dozens of studies during the past two years indicate a program approach including Enlist Duo™ herbicidemore...