Viewpoint & Interview

• Guide to Plant Breeders’ Rights in Canada

  Date：Nov. 20, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Canada is known for its agricultural innovations, the protection of which is important for commercial success. This article provides a detailed review of the re...

• Will Argentina be the first country approving a GMO wheat?

  Date：Nov. 19, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  “We musn’t do what other countries have already done; we must do what no other country did” Self-confident and why not a little bit provoker, the CEO of Bioc...

  Tags:GM cropwheat

• Biocidal Product Risk Assessments and Their Relation to Efficacy

  Date：Nov. 19, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Eurofins Agroscience Services Ltd.

  Under the EU BPR regulation, as part of the preparation of a biocidal product authorisation dossier, it is essential that your biocidal products are assessed fo...

• Ultra-low gossypol seed long time coming, long road ahead

  Date：Nov. 16, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Texas A&M AgriLife Research plant biotechnologist Dr. Keertie Rathore has developed a cotton variety that exhibits low levels of gossypol in its cottonseed whil...

  Tags:Cotton

• Higher tier testing would answer neonicotinoid pesticide question

  Date：Nov. 16, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  From September 1, 2018, the use of five neonicotinoid pesticides are banned in France, making the nation stricter than the European Union, which has only banned...

• Why Microsoft, Tencent, and Intel are growing cucumbers in autonomous greenhouses

  Date：Nov. 14, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Researcher teams led by employees at Microsoft, Intel, and Tencent are participating in a cucumber-growing competition to operate autonomous greenhouses to expl...

• On the cusp of another green revolution

  Date：Nov. 13, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Crop scientist Robert Furbank opens a light-filled cabinet to inspect a rice plant, the tops heavy with grain. It looks like any other rice plant except that th...

  Tags:Rice

• New study identifies India as major seed hub in Asia

  Date：Nov. 12, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The global and regional seed industry invests heavily in India to support the productivity of smallholder farmers. An evaluation of 24 leading seed companies in...

• Canada: Royalty shift could equal more costly seed for farmers

  Date：Nov. 12, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Nobody likes paying more. But it’s also often said you get what you pay for. That’s the dilemma facing Canadian farmers being consulted about new options for ...

• Agri-Tech Week 2018: Solving the challenges of crop protection

  Date：Nov. 8, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Agri-Tech East

  This event at the University of Hertfordshire explored the innovative and cutting edge solutions being developed to improve crop protection in the face of envir...

• Seed care keeps rolling along

  Date：Nov. 7, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Seed care, as a part of the average ag retailer’s business, remains as important as ever, according to the numbers. And given what this segment is charged with...

  Tags:Seed treatment

• Know one of the three largest soybean breeding companies in Argentina

  Date：Nov. 7, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Maybe not as well known as Asociados Don Mario or Nidera Semillas in the world, but Santa Rosa Semillas (SRS) is the third largest soybean genetic developer in ...

  Tags:Soybean

• Bayer blog: how harvesting data leads to better harvests on the farm

  Date：Nov. 6, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Farmers have been collecting data about their operations for hundreds of years - first in paper ledgers, then on computer spreadsheets. They have recorded detai...

• Seed Industry in Europe: Dialogue with Syngenta, KWS and ESA

  Date：Nov. 6, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  AgroPages invited Syngenta and KWS to introduce their performance in Europe and also share their ideas on Europe seed market. Besides, we also invited European ...

• BASF, Corteva issue comments on dicamba's extended registration

  Date：Nov. 6, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  BASF Crop Protection USA

  The decision to extend registration of Engenia® herbicide for an additional two years means that farmers will continue to have access to a critically needed to...

• Two brief lessons for agri-input retailing from Amazon Prime

  Date：Nov. 6, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Let me start with a trivia question. Can you guess the original name proposed by the founding team which built Amazon Prime ?

• BIOGARD®: The Pioneer on the Development and Applications of Bioprotectants

  Date：Nov. 6, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  BIOGARD - Division of CBC (Europe) S.r.l.

  BIOGARD® was born by merging of CBC (Europe) and Intrachem Bio Italy, two of the largest companies dealing with biological control for more than 30 years. And ...

• Sichuan Lomon Bio Takes S-ABA and Gibberellin as Core Products to Build Full Range Product Line on Basis of Biotechnology

  Date：Nov. 5, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Lomon Corporation is a large private group, dedicated to the comprehensive development and utilization of phosphorus chemicals, Titanium chemicals, biochemical ...

• What venture capital looks for in agricultural start-ups

  Date：Nov. 5, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Agricultural start-up firms with great ideas but no funds can tap venture capital firms for cash. Despite the downturn in agriculture, venture capital continues...

• 6 top tomato innovations from Israeli experts

  Date：Nov. 5, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Next time you chop some luscious red tomatoes into your salad or sauce, you can thank Israeli scientists.

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• As we breed crops to grow bigger and faster, they’re less delicious to the bees they depend on

  Date：Nov. 5, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Bees prefer flowers that offer significant rewards, like high quality pollen. If we expect bees to continue spreading pollen on our farms, they need to get some...

• Seed patent growth prompts litigation and licensing fears

  Date：Nov. 5, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  European seed companies prepare for licensing and litigation difficulties as technology allows them to patent more inventions and threatens to stifle the indust...

• GM sugar beets revolutionize industry

  Date：Nov. 5, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Growers say the glyphosate-tolerant varieties have eased crop management and reduced crop’s environmental impact

  Tags:GM crop

• Lim-Loges and Masters: Providing Strategic Counselling in Asia during Challenging Times

  Date：Nov. 1, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  "The Agribusiness sector is our major Practice and we work with Multinational clients based in Asia pacific. Our focus from inputs to retailers give our clients...

• What changes are in store for Brazilian agribusiness from new president Bolsonaro

  Date：Nov. 1, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The election of Jair Messias Bolsonaro as president of Brazil should result in significant changes for Brazilian agribusinesses. This is the opinion of economis...

• Dow: Using Encapsulation Technology to Address the Agrochemical Formulation Trend

  Date：Oct. 31, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The use of microcapsules is well known in chemical art, including pharmaceutical, dye, ink, fragrance, food and agriculture application. In agriculture, encapsu...

• Dutch researcher stays positive despite EU ruling on gene editing

  Date：Oct. 31, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Gene editing, although researched by many scientists in Europe, is considered controversial. The Court of Justice of the European Union recently ruled organisms...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• USA: What about higher yields? A closer look at changing seed expense

  Date：Oct. 31, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Our recent post reviewing trends in corn and soybean seed expense received a lot of attention. A few readers reached out with questions and comments about the d...

• Analysts' views on how new Brazilian president will impact U.S. ag

  Date：Oct. 31, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Analysts are pondering what the election of far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil's new president might mean for that country's agricultural industry.

• Cuulong js Company: Expecting to Cooperate with Chinese Partners in the Future

  Date：Oct. 31, 2018 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Established in 2001, Cuulong js Company has been building a long-term business strategy which focusing on product quality and perfect service for the benefits o...