Using a herbicide on dry edible beans last fall, backfired on some producers who planted sugarbeets this spring, in some cases losing 50% of the field. “Some dry bean growers use a defoliant to remove ...

AXIS, Alabama-- AMVAC Chemical Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of agriculture products company American Vanguard Corp., recently began production at its new cotton defoliant unit at the company's ...

Soldiers exposed to the Vietnam War-era defoliant Agent Orange have a higher risk of a rare form of bone marrow cancer, a major new study has found. The study found that people exposed to Agent Orange ...

Newport Beach-based agriculture products and specialty chemicals maker American Vanguard Corp. acquired the international business of Bayer CropScience’s cotton defoliant tribufos. Monheim, ...