MARKETING NEWS.

Dow Chemical Co. subsidiary Mycogen Seeds will acquire Cargill Hybrid Seeds. Dow will integrate these assets with Mycogen Seeds. The result will be a larger and more efficient platform from which to launch biotech products. The purchase will include all seed research, production and distribution assets of Cargill Hybrid Seeds in the United States and Canada, except Cargill's InterMountain Canola, Goertzen Seed Research and the Western Canadian seed distribution business.

BASF and Dow AgroSciences announce an agreement that will greatly expand availability of the CLEARFIELD Production System herbicide-tolerance trait to the seed corn industry. The agreement grants Dow AgroSciences rights to market and sublicense the trait in corn. Dow AgroSciences already markets the trait in corn hybrids it sells through its Mycogen Seeds business unit. Now the company can produce and sublicense the technology to third-party seed companies through Advanced AgriTraits, its traits marketing subsidiary.

The Agriblend division of American Soil Technologies, Inc., has entered into an agreement with Advanced Agro Technologies to expand the market for Agriblend Plus to include existing turf applications. Under the agreement, AAT will modify its patented fertilizer injection system for use with Agriblend Plus, a new soil amendment that can reduce water use dramatically ... Agriblend and United Agri Products Southwest have signed an agreement whereby UAP Southwest will be the exclusive distributor for the Agriblend soil amendment products in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

AGCO Corp., Duluth, Ga., has entered into an extensive agreement with the Russian Ministry of Agriculture to manufacture agricultural equipment in Russia. AGCO will also establish dealer and service centers as well as a leasing company in order to ensure efficient distribution and service.