Experts Stress Importance of Volunteer Corn Control
For many soybean growers, little is more aggravating than watching volunteer corn plants pop up above the soybean canopy.  However, recent research indicates that volunteer Bt corn can be much more than an eyesore; it may pose a serious threat to the long-term viability of insect-resistant corn hybrids.   More...  

Gowan Company, LLC Launches Vida Herbicide
YUMA, ARIZONA (February 20, 2009). Gowan Company, LLC has launched Vida Herbicide under a marketing agreement with Nichino America, Inc. Vida Herbicide is a highly effective broadleaf herbicide currently registered for use in burndown, post emerge corn, soybeans, wheat, and potato desiccation segments. There is minimal soil residual with Vida Herbicide allowing for favorable plant back intervals when used as a burndown treatment prior to planting.   More...  

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...