Corteva relaunches focused on crop protection and Vylor becomes a separate seed and genetics company; Vylor shares closed their first day at $67.74, up 2.64 percent.
AgribusinessCorteva, BASF, Bayer and Syngenta are separating seed, trait and crop-protection businesses a decade after the megamergers, reshaping how farmers buy inputs.
CropsThe Federation of Seed Industry of India, valuing the sector at $3.6bn, asks for one national regulatory framework, faster approvals and stronger IP protection for oilseeds and pulses.
AgribusinessPine Creek Seed Farm revives the Doebler name for 2027, Corteva folds its regional brands into Hoegemeyer, and GDM merges LG Seeds into AgriGold and Mustang, changing what US growers will find on seed lists.
Led by California, the states, Puerto Rico and Washington DC seek a restraining order in South Carolina against the 1 October separation into seed company Vylor and New Corteva; Corteva calls the claims speculative and says it has never made or sold PFOA or PFOS.
The 2023 law entering into force in September 2026 sets up permits, state registers, labelling thresholds of 0.1-0.9% and enforcement, bans open-field GM maize indefinitely and GM sugar beet and rapeseed for five years, and cancels every GMO registration not permitted in the EU the day Ukraine joins
Agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan meets farmer representatives at Krishi Bhawan in a final round of engagement before the Parliament session; the bill would bring heavy penalties and imprisonment for selling fake, adulterated or substandard seed, tighter quality control and traceability acr
