Werner Wenning at the Annual Stockholders Meeting in Cologne: Bayer Off to an Excellent Start in 2007 Preliminary figures show substantial growth in first-quarter sales and earnings / Positive outlook for full year confirmed / Elections to the Supervisory Board COLOGNE/LEVERKUSEN, Germany, April 27, 2007 The Bayer Group increased sales and earnings substantially in the first quarter of 2007. Werner Wenning at the Annual Stockholders Meeting in Cologne: Bayer Off to an Excellent Start in...

In April, the Suriname authorities on several occasions received so-called rapid alerts warning the government over inadmissible amounts of pesticide residues discovered in vegetables imported from Suriname. According to the minister he received four letters from the EU complaining over residues infour containers of long beans and bitter melon from Suriname, which were over the acceptable norms. In an invited comment the minister disclosed that, since among farmers there is a large number...

That s the conclusion embedded in the latest annual report, containing almost 500 pages of scientific data obtained by analysis of water from the lake and its tributaries. And while the treatment chemicals added to the water kill the algae, that process also forms cancer-causing chemicals called trihalomethanes or THMs, which are present in city drinking water in minute levels. Now, he said, the city and county need to redouble efforts to reduce or eliminate use of phosphorous fertilizers...

In the interests of good stewardship, manufacturer Bayer CropScience and agrochemical distributors have made arrangements to accept back any product returned by December 31 this year. STOCKS of Temik (aldicarb) still held on farms by potato, carrot and parsnip growers can now be returned. Opened and part used Ultima packs, with the tamper tag removed, will also be accepted back for disposal, but will not qualify for refund. Growers wanting to return Temik stocks should contact the...

If you wish, you may also add a can or box of flower fertilizer and seed packets, or a plant. Orange paint marker (at craft and hardware stores) Fabric gardening gloves (the Yak found some at the $1 spot at Target) If your mom is a gardener, here's an easy way to give her a practical gift of goodies for the garden. Shake the paint marker according to directions (usually just a minute of shaking is fine) Don't forget, you may even add a homemade certificate that says you'll help mom with...