21.  The purchase would make BASF the fourth-largest agricultural company in the world and greatly increase its presence in the United States.

22.  The technology known as PCR, for polymerase chain reaction, has become the bread-and-butter of cutting-edge pharmaceutical makers, agricultural companies and police forensic labs.

23.  The two companies, both agricultural companies, said the meetings will be held at their headquarters in San Blas, El Morro.

24.  They called for protection of declining fish stocks, and were particularly critical of large agricultural companies that have been displacing family farms.

25.  An agricultural company in Sichuan province is expected to list its shares this week on the Shanghai exchange.

26.  Authorities speculated that a nearby agricultural company could be releasing pesticides or other chemicals into a stream which flows by the homes.

27.  But he said the agricultural companies are now concentrating on specialized hybrid plants while Indian farmers need plants they can grow and reproduce themselves.

28.  Delta and Pine said it hopes to increase shareholder value by enhancing its own high-tech systems through alliances with other agricultural companies.

29.  Guo was the manager of a state-owned agricultural company in Guiyang, the capital of the Guizhou region, where Nanzhou is located.

30.  He also said that seven new firms will join the stock market this week, and five agricultural companies will be given trial listings.