Viewpoint & Interview

• Did you know that treated seeds perform better?

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

  Treated seed has a much better chance of thriving under adverse conditions when untreated seed might be challenged.

  Tags:Seed treatmentOrnamental and Turf

• “Innovation at Syngenta through development of organic products' - says sustainability officer

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

  Xavier Leprince, who is responsible for Sustainability at Syngenta, announced that it will accelerate the company's innovation process. The goal, according to L...

• Blocked by GMO politics, African scientist turns to 1950s technology

  Date：May. 20, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Africa’s uneasy history with agricultural biotechnology can be summed up by what’s growing, and not growing, on a small research farm in central Malawi, one o...

  Tags:GM crop

• "Biological control grows in Brazil and earns producers’ confidence" - Sérgio Abud, from Embrapa

  Date：May. 20, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Biologist Sérgio Abud, supervisor of the Embrapa Cerrados technology transfer area, notes that biological control is the best tool for sustainable agricultural...

• Smart Farm Policies in Korea

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

  The Smart Farm government policy started with the rapid opening of the oversea market with trading economies such as the US and the EU has progressed rapidly. I...

• GMO superior to organic? Researchers assert that strict EU policy hinders agricultural innovation

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

  Ironclad EU policies on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is unjustified on the basis of the perceived “unnaturalness” of GMO plants and may stand in the ...

  Tags:GM crop

• Does Big Ag control farmers through seeds patents? Farmers don’t think so.

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

  You may have heard this before: “Big Ag” controls modern farming because they produce GMO seeds, which forces farmers to buy from soulless corporations.

• Brazil CHD's: to be the supplier providing support to every link of agriculture chain

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

  Brazil's CHD's company is an agrochemical company established only two years ago but with rapid growth, and in 2018 it became the second biggest importer of Ema...

• Western Growers issued statement on California's chlorpyrifos ban

  Date：May. 13, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Western Growers

  California farmers are universally committed to the safety of their food, the health of their workers and communities, and the sustainability of their land. At ...

  Tags:Chlorpyrifos

• Is Kenya finally ready for rollout of GM crops?

  Date：May. 13, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The Kenyan Cabinet is over the next two months expected to make a monumental decision over lifting of a ban on genetically modified organisms.

  Tags:GM crop

• "Intelligent spraying generates savings of up to 90% in cost of herbicides" - Interview with Bosch product manager

  Date：May. 13, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  AgroPages exclusively interviewed Rodrigo Neiva de Lima, Bosch product manager, about "smart application" technologies. The smart application technologies were ...

• Biocide Product Families – Stricter rules in the pipeline!

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

  Eurofins Agroscience Services Ltd.

  Although the revised concept on BPF is yet to be endorsed, applicants should prepare themselves for a more robust, but also a more defined concept of what will ...

• The trade dispute between America and China affects the global agricultural sector

  Date：May. 9, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  US President Donald Trump threatens to further increase US import duties on Chinese goods. Kleff-mann Groups expert Dr. Bob Fairclough, Principal consultant of ...

• Pesticide research must stay transparent and independent

  Date：May. 9, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Getting the best scientific information about the safety of pesticides can be challenging. There is almost always some uncertainty in the science, making it som...

• Korea nurtures seed industry to bolster food security

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

  The government is making every effort to nurture the domestic seed industry, to catch up with advanced countries' growing efforts for food security.

• Cannabidiol is booming. But US farmers struggle to keep up with demand for industrial hemp

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

  It’s Hollywood’s new favorite beauty product. It’s the superfood du jour. Demand for CBD is so strong that companies are scrambling to infuse their products ...

• CRISPR rolls along with tools breeders use

  Date：May. 6, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Why do some individual plants live longer in the field after others died off? Why do some individual plants yield better? Why do some naturally resist disease t...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• "Nigeria seed sector has huge potential but weak" - An interview with the ISF Secretary General

  Date：May. 6, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Michael Keller is the Secretary General of the International Seed Federation(ISF), Nyon, Switzerland, which is the voice of the seed sector globally with nation...

• Why Organic Food on the Shelves is Suspicious

  Date：May. 6, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Organic farming attempts to do away with chemical pesticides and chemical fertilisers. However, certified organic fertilisers such as compost and animal manure ...

• The Precision Agriculture Revolution is Here ... See it in Action!

  Date：May. 3, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Bayer CropScience Ltda.

  Technology has revolutionized agriculture and started a dialogue about nuanced and diverse approaches to sustainable farming. Today, the most productive convers...

• Can sweet potatoes save the world?

  Date：May. 2, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Some foods are known as seasonal wonders, making an appearance only once or twice a year when families gather for holiday feasts.

• Why breeding cannabis is unlike other crop breeding efforts

  Date：May. 2, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The cannabis market today presents a huge demand for new and exciting products containing cannabis ingredients. Producers expect reliable and stable plant varie...

• How should greenhouse growers get the best use out of their biopesticide toolkit?

  Date：May. 2, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  As Dr Andy Brown, secretary of the IBMA (International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association), and managing director of biological control specialist Andermatt U...

• Hot potato: Michigan State University professor develops new varieties for countries far and wide

  Date：May. 1, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  David Douches, a professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences and director of the Michigan State University (MSU) Potato Breeding and Genet...

  Tags:Potato

• It’s a hot potato for PepsiCo and farmers

  Date：Apr. 30, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  PepsiCo sued potato farmers in Gujarat, India for Rs 1.05 crore each over patent infringement. The corporate giant has claimed that the farmers are cultivating ...

  Tags:Potato

• Interspecific breeding: making the impossible possible

  Date：Apr. 30, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Interview about interspecific breeding with Joost Kos, Head of R&D Flowers, published in the Dutch floricultural newspaper De Bloemenkrant.

• U.S.-China GMO-approval breakthrough anticipated

  Date：Apr. 29, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Canadian farmers may benefit from the trade dispute between the United States and China to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

  Tags:GM crop

• CEO Werner Baumann at the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting of Bayer AG: “We made great progress – both operationally and strategically”

  Date：Apr. 29, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The Bayer Group can look back on a successful yet difficult year. “We made great progress – both operationally and strategically,” said Werner Baumann, Chair...

• Silicon valley company aims to help farmers compare seed prices

  Date：Apr. 25, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Major seed companies have a transparency problem. Farmers can't look up and compare prices for some seeds. Some have turned to co-ops and others to Silicon Vall...

• Occurrence of Fall Armyworm in South Africa and possible control measures and registered products

  Date：Apr. 25, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Chris Coetzee

  Under ideal warmer conditions (about 28°C), the entire life cycle of the Fall Armyworm can be completed in approximately 30 days. This extends to approximately...