DuPont Eyes Emerging Markets
NEW YORK, US - DuPont is well-positioned for accelerated growth, particularly in emerging markets, Executive Vice President Ellen J. Kullman told investors today.

Ideas to Maximise Quality of Corn Silage
US - Higher feed input costs are challenging livestock producers to maximize the efficiency of their feedstock supplies. Producers can reap economic benefits by evaluating corn maturity prior to chopping, say livestock nutrition experts from Pioneer Hi-Bred,...

Barriers Need to be Broken to Help Farmers
US - DuPont Group Vice President Jim Borel told a United Nations (UN) special meeting in New York yesterday that the public and private sectors must act quickly to knock down barriers and help small-scale farmers in the developing world move out of p...

Chinese Food Safety Under Eye of BAX® System
CHINA - The inspection and quarantine administration of China has announced that Dupont's BAX® system will be used as an official method for pathogen detection in food imports and exports.

DuPont Positions Itself for Long Term Growth
NEW YORK, US - At an investors’ conference here today, DuPont Chairman and CEO Charles O. Holliday, Jr., said the company is accelerating growth through DuPont innovation that addresses global macro trends related to food, safety and security, and renewable...

DuPont Opens Facility in Asia for Animal Health Solutions
CHINA - DuPont has expanded its biosecurity offering in Asia with a new DuPont Animal Health Solutions facility in Shenzhen, China. The plant produces Virkon® S, the leading virucidal disinfectant. DuPont plans to manufacture other animal health product...

DuPont, USDA ARS Collaborate on new E. coli Beef Test
DELAWARE, US - DuPont and the USDA Agricultural Research Service are teaming up to find new ways to detect an E. coli strain in beef that, even in low concentrations, can cause severe illness.

DuPont Pledges $1 Million to World Food Prize
US - DuPont has made a $1 million contingent donation to fund the establishment of a permanent home for the World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa. The donation will support the transformation of the former Des Moines Public Library into the Norman E. Borlaug...

DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition On Track
US - The Agriculture and Nutrition (A&N) business of multinational Dupont is on track with its previously announced August financial forecast for the full year 2007, positioning the business for solid 2008 financial performance, according to DuPont Group...

DuPont Pledges $250,000 For Water Conservancy
DES MOINES - DuPont today announced a pledge of $250,000 to The Nature Conservancy in an effort to improve water quality in vital Midwestern watersheds and to further reduce excess nutrient runoff from agricultural fields.

Foot and Mouth Biosecurity Alert
UK - Biosecurity Experts Offer Advice on Abattoir and Vehicle Disinfection Procedures to Farmers and Abattoirs