USA
March 28, 2014

The ongoing development of newer, more sophisticated products is essential for any industry to thrive. Agriculture is no exception. Over the past two decades, the call to produce higher-yielding crops has spurred a wave of unprecedented innovation that has resulted in such revolutionary technologies as mesotrione, the active ingredient in Callisto® brand corn herbicides, and traits such as Roundup Ready® soybean.

Both of these products, as well as several other broadly used tools, will either be coming off patent or losing exclusive data protection in the next couple of years, which compels the people who distribute, sell and use them to ask, "What does patent expiration mean to my farm or business?"

Read the full story in Thrive:
http://www.farmassist.com/Promo/Thrive/productivity/postscript_patents.html

Website: http://www.syngenta-us.com

Published: March 29, 2014