Cercospora

EQS-News: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA: KWS reports on successful fiscal year 2021/2022 and expects further growth

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Sales in the Sugarbeet segment rose significantly by 12.2% to 588.4 (524.3) million due to the great success of innovative KWS varieties.

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  • Sales in the Sugarbeet segment rose significantly by 12.2% to 588.4 (524.3) million due to the great success of innovative KWS varieties.
  • KWS thus grew faster than the market and thus once again underpinned its leading global market position for sugarbeet seeds.
  • This would mean that 26.4 (26.4) million will be distributed to the shareholders of KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA.
  • As already announced last year, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA and general partner KWS SE, Dr. Dr. h.c. mult.

DGAP-News: KWS publishes results for the first nine months of fiscal year 2021/2022

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

Net sales in the Sugarbeet Segment in the first nine months rose by 4% to 441.4 (425.4) million.

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  • Net sales in the Sugarbeet Segment in the first nine months rose by 4% to 441.4 (425.4) million.
  • KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress.
  • To that end, the company invested more than 250 million last fiscal year in research and development.
  • * All figures excluding the shares of the equity-accounted companies AGRELIANT GENETICS LLC., AGRELIANT GENETICS INC. and KENFENG KWS SEEDS CO., LTD.

PULTIZER PRIZE WINNING JOURNALIST JONATHAN CAPEHART TO HOST THE 2022 INROADS BENEFIT GALA

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

ATLANTA, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- INROADS, Inc. — the world's largest nonprofit committed to preparing underrepresented talent for career success — is inviting the public to help raise funds at this year's Benefit Gala, presented by Procter & Gamble (P&G) and powered by BET. The virtual event will take place on Thursday, May 5, at 7 p.m. EST and will honor INROADS alumni, and corporate and community partners who have embodied the mission of INROADS by creating a positive impact within their communities. The evening will be hosted by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jonathan Capehart, Associate Editor of The Washington Post and anchor of MSNBC's The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart. 

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  • The evening will be hosted by Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Jonathan Capehart, Associate Editor of The Washington Post and anchor of MSNBC's The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart.
  • The Benefit Gala will present the various awards to INROADS alumni and trailblazers who exemplify the INROADS mission in their life and their work.
  • "The idea of INROADS was created during the Civil Rights Movement, so social justice is in the fabric of our being.
  • All proceeds from the Benefit Gala willdirectly support underrepresented, hardworking diverse highschool and college students to receive leadership training, coaching,mentoring, and opportunities for paid corporate internships through INROADS programs.

DGAP-News: KWS successfully completes fiscal year 2020/2021 and increases dividend

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

The main contributors to the currency-adjusted growth were the South American markets of Argentina and Brazil and the Europe region.

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  • The main contributors to the currency-adjusted growth were the South American markets of Argentina and Brazil and the Europe region.
  • In North America, sales of the AgReliant joint venture declined slightly in a challenging competitive environment.
  • Currency effects from the devaluation of the U.S. dollar against the euro also had a significant negative impact.
  • Net sales in the Sugarbeet Segment rose by 6.6% to 524.3 (491.8) million as a result of the growing success of innovative KWS varieties.

Corteva Agriscience Expands Agreement with Elemental Enzymes To Deliver Farmers Proven, Innovative Biological Fungicide

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Through the agreement, Corteva receives an exclusive license to Elemental Enzymes' patented peptide technology.

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  • Through the agreement, Corteva receives an exclusive license to Elemental Enzymes' patented peptide technology.
  • "Farmers are seeking biological solutions that offer proven, predictable performance," said Susanne Wasson, President, Crop Protection Business Platforms, Corteva Agriscience.
  • Elemental Enzymes is dedicated to developing highly effective new technologies for sustainable agriculture that address numerous grower challenges across the globe," said Brian Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Elemental Enzymes.
  • Elemental Enzymes, a St. Louis based company, is catalyzing the future of agriculture with innovative, cross-disciplinary scientific solutions to complex problems impacting growers today.

DGAP-News: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA: KWS underscores its innovation leadership in Sugarbeet: First varieties with significantly improved Cercospora tolerance approved in Germany

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

DGAP-News: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA / Key word(s): Product Launch

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  • DGAP-News: KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA / Key word(s): Product Launch
    KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA: KWS underscores its innovation leadership in Sugarbeet: First varieties with significantly improved Cercospora tolerance approved in Germany
    The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
  • KWS underscores its innovation leadership in Sugarbeet: First varieties with significantly improved Cercospora tolerance approved in Germany
    After intensive research and development work, KWS breeding has succeeded in detection a new, highly effective source of Cercospora resistance and making it available to sugarbeet growers under the CR+TM label.
  • The resulting varieties INSPIREA KWS and BLANDINA KWS have now been approved by the German authority (Bundessortenamt).
  • They are characterized by the highest leaf health under Cercospora and high yields under growing conditions with and without Cercospora.