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BASF relocates Japan farm research

by Jean-François Tremblay
October 31, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 43

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BASF will test pesticides at a farm near Tokyo.
Fruit hanging on a tree.
Credit: BASF
BASF will test pesticides at a farm near Tokyo.

BASF will open a farm in January in Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo, to test its crop protection products. The installation will be in a region well-known for fruit and vegetable production. At about the same time, the firm will close its Tahara Agricultural Station near Nagoya. BASF says it is developing and registering several new herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides in Japan.

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