MERGERS,
ACQUISITIONS
& DEALS IN 2017
JULY
Japanese agrochemical company Agro-Kanesho acquired BASF’s imazaquin herbicide business in Japan.
BASF and Israeli plant genetics and breeding technology company Kaiima Bio-Agritech agreed to collaborate on the discovery of novel herbicide tolerance traits to develop new weed control systems.
Bayer’s Crop Science division and Israeli company Netafim agreed to co-operate on supplying a drip chemigation system in Mexico.
Dow AgroSciences agreed with Chinese drone maker DJI Innovation Technology to work on the research and application of crop protection drones and technology.
Dow Chemical agreed to sell a portion of Dow AgroSciences’ hybrid maize seed business in Brazil to the Chinese CITIC Agri Fund for $1,100 million.
DuPont seed subsidiary DuPont Pioneer entered into a multi-year collaboration with Israeli biotechnology company Evogene on the development of microbiome-based biostimulant seed treatments for maize.
US agrochemical company Gowan’s affiliate, Gowan Crop Protection, completed the acquisition of the Chilean company, Agrotechnology, after purchasing a majority stake in the business in 2011.
Sipcam-Oxon agreed to invest in UK company Eden Research and signed several commercial and developmental crop protection deals.
Israeli biopesticide company Stockton and Spanish biopesticide firm Seipasa entered into an agreement to introduce a Bacillus subtilis-based biofungicide/bactericide into the US.
Syngenta’s investment arm, Syngenta Ventures, made an undisclosed minority investment in the US agricultural data processing and analysis company, Premier Crop Systems.
Italian biostimulants company Valagro signed a global agreement with Syngenta to supply biostimulants for seed treatment.
Dextra International completes the purchase of a large registration portfolio of crop protection products from Agritop Ecuador.