BASF Expands Georgia Facility For Seed Treatment Production
As one of seven BASF global production sites for seed treatment products, the site will now directly produce BASF’s innovative seed treatment portfolio.
GreenPoint AG will stretch across 99 retail and wholesale agronomy locations, span 10 states, service 11 crops and 28 million acres, and add up to more than $1 billion in sales.
China's Looming Corn Shortage Fans Food Security Unease
Prices have risen as the country heads for its first real corn shortfall in years in the upcoming 2020/21 season starting in October and could face a deficit of up to 30 million tonnes, around 10% of its total crop, say analysts and traders.
Satellite imagery clearly shows where crops were impacted, but the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) wants to dig in to how that damage correlates to yield damage.
