0 a chemical that is used in farming to help grow crops or kill insects --
1 a chemical that is used in farming to increase crop production or kill insects: --
They produce a wide range of agrochemicals including pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, and seed treatments.
I have in my constituency several highly sophisticated agrochemical works.
Unfortunately, the effect of these increases has been modified by the departure of two experienced senior scientists to the agrochemical industry.
The most popular source of advice for farmers on the use of pesticides is the agrochemical merchants' representative.
The first people to whom one would turn for paying the costs would be the agrochemical companies themselves.
There are no figures available that specifically identify spending by agricultural and horticultural producers on agrochemicals.
The agrochemical industry is developing new products which have improved surficants (which make pesticides stick to leaves), lower toxicity and require lower application rates.
But there will also be others in slightly different areas of agrochemicals which will be great money spinners.
If not, it would mean their return to the legal status of serfs, with the agrochemical giants as lords and leeches.
