agrichemical
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of agrichemical
Example Sentences
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Bayer has spent more than $10 billion settling thousands of cases linked to glyphosate since it acquired the US agrichemical group Monsanto in 2018, developer of the popular herbicide Roundup.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Chinese buyers spent billions of dollars to acquire German robot maker Kuka, Swiss agrichemical giant Syngenta and other industrial assets.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2021
Over time the domesticated wheat, dependent on agrichemical boosters, lost resistance to diseases and pests.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2018
Regulators last year signed off on mergers between DuPont and Dow Chemical and between ChemChina and Syngenta, concentrating global agrichemical research and sales in the hands of five companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2018
The newly competitive sector has sown confusion across the U.S. farm belt, particularly among smaller firms that produce and sell seeds with technology licensed from the agrichemical giants.
From Reuters ● Jan. 24, 2018
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