Viewpoint & Interview

• Dynamics of the global vegetable seed market - A Verdant Partners report

  Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Verdant Partners LLC

  In January 2019, Verdant released its annual Agribusiness M&A and Investment Review which featured summaries of observations and expectations for key trends in ...

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• Interview with Syngenta CEO, Erik Fyrwald

  Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Syngenta Crop Protection AG

  Erik Fyrwald, CEO of Swiss-based Syngenta, sat down with swissinfo.ch to share his views on the future of food systems, the role of technology in sustainable ag...

• "Speed up seed policies harmonisation across East and Southern Africa", say experts

  Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Delayed harmonisation of policies for encouraging the transfer of seeds across East and Southern Africa is hampering trade and increased agricultural growth, ex...

• Integrated pest management will play an 'increasing role' in UK crop production

  Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Integrated pest management (IPM) will play an 'increasing role' in UK crop production post-Brexit and agronomists are leading the way in its implementation on f...

• Canada: Seed companies defend proposed cereal seed royalty changes

  Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Four independent Canadian seed companies want western grain farmers to “get the facts” on a proposal for them to pay more royalties on new cereal seed to enco...

• Is the New Farm Bill an Opportunity or Threat for Specialty Crop Growers?

  Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  John VanSickle

  Hurricanes, wildfires, and trade — how much more can you sustain? If we let science speak its peace, then the environment is critical to our future for many re...

• EU food safety system overstretched, say Auditors

  Date：Jan. 21, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Although the EU’s system for protecting consumers from chemical hazards in food is soundly based and respected worldwide, it is currently overstretched, accord...

• Lawsuits - speeding pesticide registrations up

  Date：Jan. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Flavio Hirata

  Pesticide registration in Brazil is regulated by a range of laws, decrees, ordinance, technical standards, resolutions, normative instructions, which converge i...

• Why South Africa and Sudan lead the continent in GMO crops

  Date：Jan. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Why are South Africa and Sudan ahead of every other country on the continent when it comes to biotech? The answer is simple.

  Tags:GM crop

• Syngenta keeping close tabs on changes for the future of ag

  Date：Jan. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Syngenta Crop Protection AG

  A lot has happened across the world of agriculture the past two years. This fact was acknowledged by David Hollinrake, President of Syngenta Seeds, as he kicked...

• African Countries Should Turn to Lower Risk Solutions to Fight Fall Armyworm

  Date：Jan. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The caterpillars of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), an invasive moth, can potentially feed on over 350 different species of plants. In the Americas i...

• An Interview with Paul Mullins, Vice President, European Biostimulant Industry Council and Managing Director Brandon Bioscience

  Date：Jan. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The European Biostimulant Industry Council (EBIC) aims to raise awareness of and promote the contribution of plant biostimulants to a more sustainable and resil...

• Wheat breeders get a cheat sheet

  Date：Jan. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Plant breeding is strictly a numbers game — but researchers have found a way to improve the odds with help from a new tool called a ‘breeder chip.’

  Tags:wheat

• Canada: Seed companies urge crop producers to get the facts on seed royalties

  Date：Jan. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  A group of independent western Canadian seed companies have united to speak out in support of proposed plant breeding funding changes, which has become a divisi...

• Why Pakistan’s cotton value-chain has begun to atrophy

  Date：Jan. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The industry blames a lack of government support, but capital appears to be shifting away from manufacturing, and the economics of growing other crops is better...

  Tags:Cotton

• The new EU Regulations take effect: less copper for crop protection

  Date：Jan. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  More restrictive regulations on the use of copper for crop protection. In a few years, it could be completely banned. On the first of January, the new EU regula...

• EU pesticide review ‘in danger of being overly politicised’

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

  EU pesticide policy is under scrutiny and review – but is in danger of being overly politicised, with scientific rigor taking second place to opinion, accordin...

• After Monsanto patent ruling, Indian farmers hope for next-gen GM seeds

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

  Monsanto India

  Monsanto’s victory this week in a patent case in India regarding genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds has raised hopes among farmers that the company will no...

  Tags:GM crop

• Merger wave: Effect on crop seed prices

  Date：Jan. 14, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The global seed industry has been reshaped by several mergers over the last years. What does this mean for seed prices for farmers for example? Experts from the...

• Researchers Criticize Proposal for Late Planting of Soybean in Brazil

  Date：Jan. 14, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  As soon as the Soybean and Corn Producers Association of Mato Grosso (Aprosoja/MT) proposed allowing farmers in Brazil's number one soybean producing state to p...

• Myanma Awba: Staying Competitive in a Budding Market

  Date：Jan. 14, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Myanma Awba Group

  During its business tour of Myanmar last month, AgroPages had the opportunity to visit Myanma Awba Group, the leading group of companies in Myanmar with a focus...

• Interview with Martin Gruss, former Global Head Bayer SeedGrowth, and his successor Boualem Saidi : The new setup for growth

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

  Bayer CropScience AG

  With more than 100 years as a leader in the seed treatment market, Bayer SeedGrowth stands for expertise, engagement, and consistency. Read how Martin Gruss, fo...

• China's approval of DowDuPont soy poses challenge to Bayer

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

  Bayer CropScience AG

  China’s approval of imports of a DowDuPont Inc (DWDP.N) genetically modified soybean puts rival Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE) on the defensive, investors and analysts sa...

• Fera: Learning the microbead lesson

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

  Fera Science Ltd

  A UK-wide prohibition on the use of plastic microbeads came into effect in 2018, but what fundamental lessons can we learn from this high profile case? Dr Racha...

• Biopesticides could be a safe solution to combat fall armyworm in African countries

  Date：Jan. 10, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Through our research we identified 23 active ingredients that we recommended for further consideration. We also identified eight active ingredients that should ...

• A Review of 6,000 studies over two decades delivers its verdict on GMO corn

  Date：Jan. 8, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  There is a great deal of misinformation out there regarding genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

  Tags:GM crop

• Bayer Crop Science R&D pipeline: toward tailored solutions for farmers around the world

  Date：Jan. 8, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Bayer CropScience AG

  The transition from one year to the next is a time of reflection for many people – and I’m no exception.

• The future of crop protection is hybrid

  Date：Jan. 7, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  STK

  For centuries, farmers have sought to shield their crops from weeds, pests, nematodes, and various diseases by using pesticides to protect and continue nourishi...

• Jancen Ag Law reviews largest agtech trends in 2018

  Date：Jan. 4, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  E-Commerce. I think 2018 was the year ag retailers woke up to find e-commerce knocking on their door. FBN launched its own seed brand to sell online, after bein...

• AgTech Trends in 2019: Synthetic Biology, Precision Agriculture, and Millennial Farmers

  Date：Jan. 4, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  With a heavy dose of innovation and disruption, agriculture technology, or agtech, has transformed the operational processes and expectations of the agriculture...