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Latest Vegetable Seeds news
From the humble cucumber to an inspiring experience
The humble cucumber is the go-to vegetable because of its versatility – after all who doesn’t love a fresh cucumber in their salads and sandwiches? However, the success of the cucumber has made them ubiquitous – often seen as uninspiring and traditional. But what if we could develop a cucumber that captured the imagination of the consumer who loves vegetables?
Seeking solutions to optimize efficiency and decrease food wastage
The versatile leek is a much loved and highly nutritious vegetable that people love. It can be used as a main ingredient in soups and stews, and is often found in a vegetable mix, adding flavor and texture to many of our favorite meals. But the process of getting it from field to table can be problematic, with delamination of leaves leading to a decrease in production efficiency, increase in labor time and costs, and food wastage.
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26 January 2022
BASF expands production capacity for feed enzymes
BASF has expanded the production capacity of its enzymes plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Through the expansion of the existing plant, BASF has significantly increased the annual number of feasible fermentation runs. The larger production capacity enables BASF to meet the growing global demand from customers for a reliable high-quality supply of the BASF feed enzymes Natuphos® E (phytase), Natugrain® TS (xylanase and glucanase) and the recently launched Natupulse® TS (mannanase). The expanded enzyme plant has already started production and larger quantities of BASF feed enzymes are now available.
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13 January 2022
BASF and its partners publish results for ‘Pragati’, the world’s first sustainable castor bean program
The founding members of the Pragati project for sustainable castor crop – Arkema, BASF SE, Jayant Agro-Organics along with implementation partner Solidaridad –finalized and published the final audited and certified results of the fifth year of their program.
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4 January 2022
BASF resolves on share buyback program with a volume of up to €3 billion
Ludwigshafen – January 4, 2022 – In light of the positive business development and the divestitures in the course of 2021, the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE has today resolved on a share buyback program. The program amounts to up to €3 billion, shall start in January 2022 and be concluded by December 31, 2023, at the latest, subject to a renewed authorization to repurchase own shares by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of BASF SE on April 29, 2022. BASF SE will cancel all repurchased shares and reduce the share capital accordingly.