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• Israeli Agritech Startup PlantArcBio and ICL Innovation Announce Collaboration in the Development of Breakthrough Crop Enhancers

  Date：Apr. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

  PlantArcBio Ltd.

  PlantArcBio, an Israeli agritech startup company, and ICL Innovation, a subsidiary of ICL (NYSE; TASE: ICL), announced today that they have signed a collaborati...

• Entrepreneurs, enterprises and VCs explored initiatives to improve India’s agritech sector at AWS AgriTech Day 2019

  Date：Apr. 15, 2019 Category：Markets

  From March 7-9, 2019, Amazon Internet Services in association with Omnivore and SatSure, hosted AgriTech Day 2019 at Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad.

• How a humble seed is helping African farmers to better manage both food and water

  Date：Apr. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  As our global population continues to grow and the climate becomes hotter and drier and resources become scarcer, a simple reality has evolved into a societal c...

• Jass Biotech: An excellent surfactant and formulation solution provider

  Date：Apr. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

  Jass Biotech(shanghai) CORP.

  Founded in 2000, Jass Biotech is primarily engaged in the marketing of the pesticide surfactant, formulation research and novel product development to serve cus...

• Pre-crop values from satellite images to support diversification of agriculture

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Pre-crop values for a high number of previous and following crop combinations originating from farmers' fields are, for the first time, available to support div...

• “Calaris is differentiated from atrazine herbicides”, says José Santos, Syngenta's Herbicide Leader in Brazil

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Syngenta announced the registration in Brazil of the herbicide Calaris (terbuthylazine + mesotrione) for the control of broadleaf weeds in maize. "Calaris has t...

  Tags:SyngentaTerbuthylazineMesotrione

• Rainbow is looking for advanced agrochemical technology partners

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

  Shandong Weifang Rainbow Chemical Co., Ltd.

  Rainbow Chemical, the Top Agrochemical Exporter from China, has many product registrations globally, with well-developed market access in many countries. In ord...

• Indigo - most valuable agtech startup in the world begins operations in Brazil

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

  Indigo AG

  This year 2019 marked the beginning of activities in Brazil by the American startup Indigo, which is considered to be one of the most valuable "unicorns" among ...

• WinField United launches E-based platform pilot for retailers, farmers to interact

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Products

  WinField United

  WinField United is piloting an entirely new way to connect with customers - and while it's web-based, that farmer relationship still matters.

• FMC names Christina Coen U.S. Commercial Director as John Kasper retires

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

  FMC Corporation

  FMC announces a leadership change to address the planned retirement of its U.S. Commercial Director, John Kasper, in June. Christina Coen, currently North Ameri...

• Colorago-based Agfinity cooperative opens two new locations

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

  Agfinity

  Agfinity, Inc., one of the largest member owned local agricultural cooperatives in Colorado, announced plans to make two location moves that will increase opera...

• French court finds Monsanto’s alachlor liable for farmer's sickness

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Products

  A French court has ruled that Monsanto was liable for the sickness of a farmer who inhaled one of its herbicides, in another legal setback for the Bayer-owned b...

  Tags:Alachlor

• TerrAvion announces data integration in EFC Systems FieldAlytics platform

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

  TerrAvion

  TerrAvion announces the completed integration of TerrAvion aerial imagery data into the EFC Systems FieldAlytics platform. This newly coined integration allows ...

• Bionema releases video showing successful nematode application for chafer grub control

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

  Bionema Limited

  Bionema Ltd, a leading biopesticide technology developer, has released a new case study video for the control of chafer grubs in turf. The video provides step ...

• US Secretary of Agriculture criticizes Vietnam ban of glyphosate imports

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Thursday criticized Vietnam’s move to ban imports of glyphosate-based herbicides, saying the decision would have ...

  Tags:Glyphosate

• Agerris raises $6.5 million funds to develop smart robots for farms

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

  Agerris

  Agerris develops robotic systems which use decision mapping and AI to help farmers in weeding, spraying, harvesting and even picking fruits.

  Tags:Precision Farming

• Yifan Bio-tech Group to expand clethodim capacity to annual 6,000 tons

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

  Yifan Biotechnology Group Co., Ltd.

  Yifan Bio-tech Group announced an investment on newbuild of a clethodim production plant and intermediate synthesis workshop, which are expected to be brought t...

• Indian state turns to drones to modernise agriculture

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Markets

  In order to increase agricultural production with the help of precision farming technologies, the Indian state of Maharashtra turns to drones.

• Dubai-based gene bank data now to be available worldwide

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  A Dubai-based gene bank containing the world’s largest collections of genetic material of heat- and salt-tolerant plant species has officially been made availa...

• Arend Schot, Syngenta: "Patents were invented for a reason"

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Syngenta Nederland

  Patents in the fruit and vegetable sector are a recurring topic of discussion. The mixed signals sent out by the European Patent Office, who cannot seem to reac...

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• BASF partners with the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

  BASF Crop Protection USA

  BASF is joining the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University as an industry partner to support emerging technology and innovations to help soybean ...

  Tags:CollaborationSoybean

• FMC India commissions water filtration plants to bring clean water to farmers

  Date：Apr. 12, 2019 Category：Companies

  FMC Corporation

  As part of its commitment to make farming communities more sustainable, FMC India announced that it has commissioned community water filtration plants in 15 vil...

• The future of agriculture is computerized

  Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  What goes into making plants taste good? For scientists in MIT’s Media Lab, it takes a combination of botany, machine-learning algorithms, and some good old-fa...

• Precision Laboratories appoints Mark Johnson as new Business Manager, Seed Applied Technologies

  Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Companies

  Precision Laboratories, Inc.

  Mark Johnson has joined Precision Laboratories as the Business Manager, Seed Applied Technologies.

• Kenya Seed on the spot over tender

  Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Companies

  The Kenya Seed Company issued a direct tender for the provision of goods similar to what had been cancelled by a regulatory body, and then re-advertised the sam...

• Next-generation gene drive arrives

  Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  New CRISPR-based gene drives and broader active genetics technologies are revolutionizing the way scientists engineer the transfer of specific traits from one g...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• Arcadia Biosciences welcomes Dr. Randy Shultz as Head of Research and Development

  Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Companies

  Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

  Arcadia Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKDA), a food ingredient company and proven leader in agricultural innovation to improve the quality and nutritional content ...

  Tags:People

• Oxitec progresses on self-limiting fall armyworm development

  Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Companies

  Oxitec Limited

  Oxitec Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intrexon (NASDAQ: XON), today announced it has entered into a second agreement with a collaborator to advance the next...

• How is plant science helping to safeguard crops against climate change?

  Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  CropLife

  The world is changing fast, and we must adapt. Read how plant scientists and farmers are leading the way in ensuring the world’s food is secure as our environm...

• Airbus partners with The Climate Corp. for satellite imagery

  Date：Apr. 11, 2019 Category：Companies

  The Climate Corporation

  Airbus Defence and Space and The Climate Corp., a subsidiary of Bayer, have announced a new global agreement to deliver best-in-class, frequently updated satell...