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	<title>News BASF Products: Agricultural products</title>
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	<description>News from the BASF Agricultural products division</description>
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	<copyright>2008, BASF SE</copyright>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF enters a challenging 2008 with a record first quarter]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3073</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany - April 24, 2008 - The BASF Group has continued on its successful path in the first three months of 2008. Having posted a further record quarter, it is confident with regard to the coming months. First-quarter sales rose by almost 9 percent to €15.9 billion, while income from operations (EBIT) before special items increased by more than 11 percent compared with the same period of 2007 to almost €2.4 billion.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF Podcast - Better harvest in spite of climate stress]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3032</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF Corporate Communications started a regular bilingual Podcast service in April 2007 to report on BASF’s innovations and research and development activities in an easy-to-understand, informative and entertaining way.<br />In this Podcast of “Chemistry of Innovations” you will learn about how plant biotechnology can help to make crops more tolerant against climate stress. ]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[A novel path in Spanish fresh produce production:]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3025</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Sevilla – March 10, 2008 - Under the motto “Living Food Quality Together,” the Crop Protection division at BASF is working to maintain and expand partnerships and joint projects in the fruit and vegetable value chains.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF launches two crop protection active ingredients]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3024</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF Crop Protection has launched two active ingredients from its promising pipeline of development projects in the past few months: orysastrobin and metaflumizone.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[New record year 2007 gives BASF confidence for 2008]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3004</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – February 21, 2008 – For BASF, 2007 was another record year. Thanks to organic growth and the very positive development of the acquired businesses, BASF posted sales of almost €58 billion and income from operations (EBIT) before special items of more than €7.6 billion in 2007.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF Crop Protection introduces development pipeline herbicide to scientific community]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2987</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF introduced its new development pipeline herbicide saflufenacil under the trade name Kixor™ to the scientific community at the Weed Science Society of America meeting in Chicago in early February.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[“Living Food Quality Together“]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2963</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[In line with the motto “Living Food Quality Together”, the BASF business unit Crop Protection consequently relies on the continuation and expansion of partnerships and joint projects within the fruit and vegetable value chains.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Agricultural products</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF Agricultural Products division opens new laboratory for consumer and environmental safety in Brazil]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2898</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF – The Chemical Company – is strengthening its Agricultural Products research and development facilities in Brazil. On October 29, 2007 the company inaugurated its Global Environmental and Consumer Safety Laboratory in Guaratinguetá.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF heading for record year again]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2891</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[- Increased sales (up 5 percent) and EBIT before special items (up 6 percent) in third quarter <br />- Earnings per share more than doubled in third quarter<br />- Positive outlook for 2007: Significant sales increase to nearly €58 billion and EBIT before special items above previous year’s record level<br /><br />BASF – The Chemical Company – also increased its sales and earnings in the third quarter of 2007 and is thus heading for a record year again. BASF’s Chief Financial Officer Dr. Kurt Bock pointed out to analysts and journalists that all segments contributed to the increase in sales. In particular, the businesses acquired last year performed strongly.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF Agricultural Products steps up fight against product piracy]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2866</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[The Agricultural Products division of BASF has announced that it will step up its worldwide fight against illegal pesticides. "Whether it's an infringement of our patent rights, illegal imports or ineffective substances being sold under our brand names – we will relentlessly pursue all violations," said division president Michael Heinz in the run-up to the “XVI International Plant Protection Congress” in Glasgow from October 15 - 18, 2007. "This is part of our worldwide product responsibility, and we're doing it to protect our customers."]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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