| 31. | Bayer chief executive Manfred Schneider said that " our crop protection business is a core activity of Bayer ."
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| 32. | In 2006, the program was reorganized into three working groups ( Crop Production, Crop Protection and Crop Improvement ).
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| 33. | Bayer scientists have discovered a means of packaging the active ingredients of certain crop protection products in water-soluble granules.
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| 34. | That facilitates weeding, which has to be done mechanically or mannually since no chemical crop protection agents are admitted.
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| 35. | Novartis said Merck's crop protection unit has achieved double-digit increases in turnover and profits in the past four years.
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| 36. | But Jay Vroom, president of the American Crop Protection Association, said the regulations are " a reasonable compromise ."
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| 37. | Jay Vroom, president of the American Crop Protection Association, a lobby group for the agricultural chemical industry, observed yesterday.
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| 38. | "It's irresponsible manipulation of the news media for naked political gain, " said Klose of the Crop Protection Association.
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| 39. | Bayer CropScience will keep Animal Health and Crop Protection operations in the metropolitan area as part of the decision.
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| 40. | Switzerland's Novartis AG announced Tuesday it has bought Merck and Co .'s crop protection business for dlrs 910 million.
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