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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / August 24, 2023 / Bayer When it comes to raising crops, protecting them through harvest is often the toughest part of the job. With each changing season, day, hour and even second, you're faced with a number of threats ranging from weeds, disease and pests - couple these with climate change, regulatory pressures, and current supply chain issues, and you've got as much potential for stress as you do for success. That's exactly why we're innovating crop protection...

Coya Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: COYA) (“Coya” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing biologics and cell therapies intended to enhance the function of Regulatory T Cells (Tregs), today announced that it has appointed Mr. Dieter Weinand to its board of directors, effective immediately. Coya will leverage Mr. Weinand’s extensive experience, connections, and judgement to guide Coya’s strategic discussions and development programs. “I am delighted to join...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / August 10, 2023 / What's the value of data? Well, like any other tool, it depends on how you use it. In agriculture, data is proving to be an essential foundation for building more efficient, productive and profitable businesses. It's also revealing opportunities many never thought possible, such as providing selective inputs across entire fields on a plant-by-plant basis or even informing strategies for farms to actively pull carbon out of the atmosphere. But...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / August 2, 2023 / Bayer As no one can overcome every challenge alone, we establish crop value-chain partnerships to provide smallholder farmers with high-quality inputs, agronomic knowledge, cost-effective financing and risk mitigation solutions, as well as market access to sell their products. These include collaborations with government research institutes, NGOs and international financial institutions. We have already forged a number of key partnerships. DKsilos...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 27, 2023 / Bayer isn't in the cattle business. At least, we weren't. That was before we started asking big questions about small farms. Questions like: What do small dairy farms in Latin America need to thrive? What are their pain points? And, how is global warming changing their business? Why dairy? For low-income farming families in Central America and Southeast Mexico, raising cattle and selling dairy can help keep food on the table. The livestock economy...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 25, 2023 / Bayer: Smallholder farmers hold incredible potential on our journey towards global food security when they can access the modern agricultural solutions they need to increase their productivity, better their livelihoods and work more sustainably. That's why we're working directly with smallholder farmers around the world to make a massive impact, together. In partnerships with public, private, and local organizations, we can address smallholder...

EQS-Ad-hoc: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Change in Forecast Bayer Aktiengesellschaft: Bayer lowers full-year outlook 24-Jul-2023 / 19:32 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by EQS News - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Leverkusen, July 24, 2023 – The Bayer Group adjusted its full-year outlook for 2023 downward on Monday, mainly due to a...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 21, 2023 / Bayer If LinkedIn is anything to go by, general interest in all things sustainability related has clearly reached an all-time high. At any given moment, my newsfeed is full of posts advocating for new solutions to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. This constant call for action to shape a sustainable future is a good thing. But sometimes it can be really hard to picture what such solutions actually look like. Not so in the case of...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 18, 2023 / Bayer: Our increased focus on smallholder farmers means an increase in products tailored to their needs. The pressure to succeed falls directly on the shoulders of smallholder farmers. If a disease or pest wipes out a field of crops, their investment is a complete loss. There is limited societal or governmental support, and since these farming families often have no insurance, they absorb all the financial uncertainty. But advancements in technology...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 12, 2023 / Bayer: Approximately 97 percent of the world's farmers farm on less than 10 hectares (about 25 acres) of land. They represent approximately 550 million smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), especially across Asia and Africa. These farmers, many of them owning under 2 hectares (about 5 acres), feed more than half of the population in these regions. Therefore, it's no exaggeration to say that smallholder farmers play a big...

Expectation to tap into more than 100 billion euros of value in accessible and ag-adjacent markets / Unparalleled pipeline with estimated peak sales potential of more than 30 billion euros to promote regenerative agricultural practices and enable farmers to support both global food security and mitigation of climate change / Includes transformative technologies like the Preceon Smart Corn System, next-generation insect and weed control traits in corn and soybeans, hybrid wheat, direct-seeded...

Bayer's projects in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Mexico/Honduras improve growers' income and quality of life significantly, new analysis confirms / Majorities of around 70 to 90 percent of smallholder farmers surveyed report positive social benefits since joining the projects / Impact measurement to complement Bayer's assessment of smallholder reach. MONHEIM, GERMANY / ACCESSWIRE / June 28, 2023 / Smallholder farmers say livelihoods have improved after participating in initiatives led by life...

Bayer announced today that Ultravist ® (iopromide)-300, -370, its iodine-based contrast agent, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) – making it the only contrast agent approved for this indication. The product can be used to visualize known or suspected lesions of the breast in adults, as an adjunct to mammography and/or ultrasound. CEM is an emerging modality that combines digital mammography with the administration of a...

Capturing the attention of 7-9 th grade students and inspiring them to consider careers in STEM can be accomplished through role modeling, representation, and realistic experiences, according to Dr. Kelly Lane-deGraaf, associate professor of biology at Fontbonne University and creator of its Girls* in Science Program. Role-modeling STEM is important to future innovation NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 20, 2023 / Bayer - STEM workers play a vital role in America's innovative and global...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 13, 2023 / Bayer "Food & Nutrition and Health & Wellness come together at the core of our giving priorities for Bayer Fund, and we are proud to have helped to provide nearly 100,000 medically tailored meals - and counting - as part of Food Outreach's direct impact on people's lives," said President of Bayer Fund Al Mitchell. Food Outreach extends a healing hand to people battling hunger and a cancer diagnosis When you're not feeling well, finding the strength...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 6, 2023 / Only 3 percent of the water on the planet is freshwater. And of that, only a half-percent is accessible to humans. The other 2.5 percent remains in polar ice caps, glaciers or underground, or is so polluted it's useless. So, the water we have is finite, and as the population grows, this becomes a concern. In some places, it already is. Roughly 2.2 billion people don't have access to safe water, and nearly two-thirds of the population already face...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 2, 2023 / The celebration of National Black History Month in February provided a nice setting to talk about diversity and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The growing need for STEM expertise in today's job market means that society cannot afford to overlook any talented STEM graduates, such as those attending HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). HBCUs represent just 3 percent of all higher-education institutions in the...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / May 31, 2023 / Nurture everything around you - from your loved ones to what's beneath your feet. That's at the heart of the success on Kalb Farms, at least. In the breezy hills of southeastern Indiana lies a farm teeming with life, both within the soil and between the among the family. Cover crops and worms mingle in anticipation of the planting season, and Kevin and Shawn prepare for warmer days with hopes for even better yields than seasons before. The Kalbs, as...

Company was part of delegation led by German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck to Kyiv this week Bayer underscores commitment to Ukraine and to help rebuild the economy Investment adds to earlier 200 million euro spending for seed production and multiple efforts to support Ukraine LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY / ACCESSWIRE / May 26, 2023 / Bayer has revealed an investment of overall 60 million euros from 2023 onwards in its corn seed production facility Pochuiky, Ukraine. With this the life sciences company...

This year's focus lies on research to support sustainability and the development of next-generation genomic tools in agriculture / Researchers will receive funding and mentorship resources from Bayer to further advance their pioneering work and grow with mentorship from industry leaders MONHEIM, GERMANY / ACCESSWIRE / May 24, 2023 / Bayer today announced its 2023 cohort of Grants4Ag grant recipients who have been selected to research promising sustainability and biotechnology subjects in...