Nufarm expands R&D partnerships in US and Brazil

In Australia, Nufarm acquired biomass oil trait technology developed by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency in recent years, comprising a significant estate of patents and know-how relating to technology traits that when deployed into crops enable novel production and accumulation of oil in plant tissue.  This acquisition and subsequent potential advancements are intended to bring new sustainable oil feedstock volumes to downstream industries.

To advance this technology, Nufarm has established R&D partnerships with the University of Florida (UF) USA and the Instituto Agronomico (IAC) Brazil and expanded its R&D partnership with CSIRO to create a strategic pathway to advance this R&D technology, and associated know-how which further enhances Nufarm’s novel, sustainable, and scalable oils strategy in high-biomass crops.

Nufarm’s proprietary energy cane and forage sorghum genetics offer two of the highest biomass crops suited for the development and introgression of the Biomass Oil trait. In conjunction with the acquisition of the Biomass Oil Technology, Nufarm has created a strategic pathway to advance this R&D technology, and associated know-how.