Change in Ownership of Sariaf Gowan
YUMA, ARIZONA (July 18, 2008).  In a further strengthening of the resources available to Sariaf Gowan to support continued growth, Margarita Internacional Comércio e Serviços (Margarita), a company based in Madeira, has acquired 70% of the shares held by Sipcam so that the shareholder structure is now GCIS 50%, Margarita 35% and Sipcam 15%.   More...  

Gowan Company Acquires Rights to Zoxamide from Dow AgroSciences
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (July 17, 2008) - Gowan Company, LLC has reached an agreement with Dow AgroSciences LLC to acquire the rights to its global zoxamide fungicide business, marketed primarily under the brand names ZOXIUM^TM, GAVEL^TM, ELECTIS^TM, UNIKAT^TM and HARPON^TM.   More...  

New Pre-Plant Burndown SLN Labels for Permit Herbicide
YUMA, Ariz. (March 18, 2008) – Gowan Company announces the addition of Special Local Need labels approved in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas for the use of Permit Herbicide for pre-plant or at-planting burndown in rice for the control of annual broadleaf weeds and nutsedge. Applications of Permit herbicide may be applied for burndown of emerged weeds before planting, or at planting of rice.   More...  

Timely Volunteer Corn Control Gains Importance
Clean Soybean Fields May Keep Bt Resistance at Bay
Overland Park, KS. (March 03, 2008) – Early season control of volunteer corn in soybeans is taking on increased importance. While volunteer corn can rob young soybean plants of nutrients and moisture, and producers have always strived for a clean soybean field, volunteer corn escapes have been reluctantly tolerated up to this point.
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Volunteer Corn Could Be Sprouting Trouble
Producers Cautioned to Keep Soybean Fields Clean
Overland Park, KC. (February 02, 2008) – Volunteer corn is much more than a nuisance weed in soybean fields. It could also be a potential threat to the effectiveness of Bt corn hybrids.   More...