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• Agriculture ministry proposal to ban 27 pesticides faces resistance

  Date：Jun. 29, 2020 Category：Markets

  An agriculture ministry proposal to ban a set of widely used pesticides has kicked up a storm, with the chemicals ministry opposing the ban, and advocacy groups...

• Limagrain UK's Group 4 soft winter wheat LG Spotlight stands out from the crowd

  Date：Jun. 29, 2020 Category：Products

  Limagrain UK Ltd

  Group 4 soft winter wheat LG Spotlight is the best looking wheat crop on Banchory Farm, near Kircaldy in Fife this year, says farm manager Craig Norrie. This wi...

• What's driving Europe's stance on glyphosate

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Markets

  Chemicals giant Bayer has reached a settlement to end most of the current US lawsuits its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup causes cancer, plaintiffs insist,...

• 28 international partners from 14 different countries are launching the new EU research project: INCREASE

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  28 international partners are launching the new EU research project INCREASE. Looking into the status of plant genetic resources of four important traditional E...

• EWG Investigation: Across Farm Country, Nitrate Pollution of Drinking Water for More Than 20 Million Americans Is Getting Worse

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  In much of America’s farm country, nitrate contamination of drinking water, largely caused by polluted runoff from crop fields, poses a serious health risk – ...

• Essential fertilizers ride the coronavirus storm

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Markets

  The domino effect of the coronavirus, as it has spread across the globe, has so far had a limited impact on the fertilizer industry. However, the full effects o...

• Alta Seeds offers the first herbicide-tolerant sorghum to growers

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Products

  Alta Seeds

  With growing demand for sorghum, growers now have the advanced technology to achieve their crop production goals with igrowth from Alta Seeds.

• Crop Enhancement: CropCoat® offers pest and disease control for high-value crops—with a sustainable approach

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  "We see numerous opportunities for using the unique strengths of CropCoat to complement other biological and conventional pesticides. CropCoat is more than a pe...

• USDA/APHIS announces new plant biotechnology regulations

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Regulations

  New plant biotechnology regulations announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, APHIS, are a breakthrough for ut...

• US EPA to host webinars on assessing risks to bees from pesticides

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Regulations

  EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs will host a two-part webinar series on July 21st and 28th as part of its series dedicated to pollinator health and habitat. ...

• National Corn Growers Association in the US responds to glyphosate developments

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Regulations

  The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) responds to two significant legal developments concerning glyphosate that have occurred this week.

• Eden Research gets two US patents for its encapsulation technology and compositions used in pesticides

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Companies

  Eden Research plc

  Biopesticides and encapsulation technology company Eden Research has been granted two patents for its technology in the United States, it announced on Thursday.

• Adama Spain and Plant Response close distribution agreement on biostimulant Neptunion

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Companies

  Adama Spain

  ADAMA and Plant Response signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the biostimulant Neptunion. ADAMA Spain will distribute the product developed by Plant R...

• India’s three new agricultural ordinances will weaken state finances – and shortchange farmers

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Regulations

  Three ordinances approved at a cabinet meeting on June 3 were hailed as landmark decisions that would benefit Indian farmers and transform the agricultural sect...

• Countries start trials of biological pesticide to fight desert locusts in East Africa

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Products

  ÉLÉPHANT VERT

  Countries devastated by desert locusts in East Africa have begun trials on the effectiveness of a bio-control pesticide against the hoppers even as the Food and...

• NAWG responds to Bayer's announcement to settle pending Roundup lawsuits

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Regulations

  Bayer recently issued a statement announcing that it has decided to settle thousands of U.S. lawsuits around the company's Roundup products. NAWG President and ...

• FMC Corporation launches FMC Ventures to advance emerging Ag technology innovation

  Date：Jun. 26, 2020 Category：Companies

  FMC Corporation

  FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced on Thursday that it has launched FMC Ventures. The new venture capital arm of FMC Corporation is targeting strategic inves...

• Start production by Sept, Niranjan Reddy to RFCL officials

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Companies

  Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited (RFCL)

  Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy instructed officials of Ramagundam Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited to start production by September by completing all pe...

• INTERMAG invested new biotechnology facility in Poland

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Companies

  INTERMAG Ltd.

  INTERMAG built in Olkusz (Poland) a new biotechnology production facility. Modern production workshops, with an area of 1200 square meters.

• Canada proposes MRLs for azoxystrobin residues in berry fruits

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Regulations

  On June 3, 2020, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulation Agency (PMRA) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that the proposed MRLs for Azoxystrobin a...

• Forward Contracting of Brazil Soybeans Should Slow

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Markets

  By the start of the second semester of 2020, Brazilian farmers will have probably sold 90% of their 2019/20 soybean production and 35% to 40% of their anticipat...

• Marrone Bio Innovations’ Regalia is top biofungicide brand in California - Newly approved Stargus expands company footprint

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Products

  Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.(MBI)

  Marrone Bio Innovations announced that its flagship biofungicide, Regalia, holds more than 25% market share* of the foliar biofungicide segment in California; o...

• Certis USA reaffirms commitment to strong citrus industry through annual pledge to fight its greatest threat

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Companies

  Certis USA

  For the fourth consecutive year, Certis USA, the leader in biopesticides, has donated $20,000 to the Citrus Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (CRDF) to ...

• FMC: Strengthening the Application of Automation Control and Artificial Intelligence in Formulation Development and Engineering

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  FMC Corporation has production capabilities present in all major geographies and manufactures several types of formulations. Our work on the development of new...

• Timely Monsoon 2020 Helped Bihar Farmers to Increase Paddy Cultivation

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Markets

  Monsoon in Bihar has arrived timely after a decade, which is a hopeful sign for farmers who already faced hit due to the lockdown measures and COVID-19 effects ...

• Remote Sensing Technology Continues to Expand in Indian Agriculture

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Markets

  India has made notable advancements towards the utilization of remote sensing for agriculture in crop identification and mapping, area calculation, yield estima...

• Chinese experts offer advice to locust-hit India

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Markets

  Chinese experts offered advice to neighboring India as it faces its worst locust swarm in 27 years, amid the novel coronavirus epidemic. The Indian governme...

• Covid-19 relief package: Farm sector’s 1991 moment

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Markets

  In financial terms, the third tranche of the stimulus package aimed at India’s rural economy is set to be around Rs 1 lakh crore, a substantial part of which w...

• AI goes underground: root crop growth predicted with drone imagery

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Using machine learning, scientists can analyze drone images shot above the soil to understand how root crops respond to drought or heat beneath the soil. The Ph...

• New study reveals use of antibiotics on crops is more widespread than previously thought

  Date：Jun. 25, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  The world is very aware of the overuse of antibiotics and the development of resistance in bacterial populations. What is less well known is that antibiotics, a...