Viewpoint & Interview

• KWS: Expand corn business to Huanghuaihai Plain and south region in ChinaMay. 25, 2018

  KWS SAAT SE is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies focused on global breeding and distribution in more than 70 countries in the temperate climatic zone. K...

  Tags:Maize

• Canada: Rules for gene editing a worryMay. 24, 2018

  Canadian breeders and seed technology companies are anxious about how regulators will handle new crops developed through gene editing.

  Tags:Gene Editing

• LatAm agricultural sector sees boon from ties with ChinaMay. 23, 2018

  Latin America’s agricultural sector, which over the past decade has benefited from rising consumer demand in China, is expected to increase and diversify its exports to ...

• Data: A powerful crop protection tool of modern agriculturalMay. 23, 2018

  With scientific and technological development, the methods farmers use to protect crops are constantly being refined and optimized. Data technology is one of the most inn...

• Pakistan: Functional regulatory framework needed to implement plant breeding lawsMay. 21, 2018

  With the advent of modern technological advancements as well as scientific developments, the concept of intellectual property and its application have become quite signif...

• An overview of development of Chinese seed industryMay. 18, 2018

  Recently Yu Xinrong, the Vice Minister of Chinese Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs, says that the development of Chinese seed industry is experiencing 4 signifi...

• EU seeds industry: No sense to label products from new breeding techniquesMay. 16, 2018

  Labelling products that result from the so-called new plant breeding techniques would provide little new information and would therefore make no sense for consumers, Garl...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• Adaptable seeds, an answer to food shortageMay. 15, 2018

  “Farmers have to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 to feed the global population,” according to the UN. To meet this startling prediction, scientific and accurate br...

• MEP De Castro: New plant breeding techniques will ensure food quality and quantityMay. 15, 2018

  The new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) are a major opportunity to move toward sustainable agriculture and simultaneously ensure food quality for EU consumers, MEP Paol...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• Pesticide registration rejection in Brazil and ANVISA’s new technical noteMay. 15, 2018

  Based on the survey conducted by AllierBrasil, majority of the registration processes being evaluated right now were submitted in 2011 (equivalent formulated product, FP-...

• AgraSyst : Dicamba Tolerant Crops - A Development Opportunity or A Debacle?May. 15, 2018

  The 2017 growing season in the USA has demonstrated that the new dicamba tolerant crops have good tolerance (genetics) and dicamba is an excellent broadleaf weed herbicid...

• How do corporations perceive their role in the GMO debate?May. 14, 2018

  Smack at the center of the debate over genetically modified organisms and their role in developing countries are large corporations. Bayer, BASF, Dow AgroScience, DuPont ...

  Tags:GM crop

• USDA puts breeding on the fast trackMay. 14, 2018

  Instead of seven to 10 long years of waiting for the next ‘big’ jump in yield or agronomic improvement, precision gene editing technology could get it on farms in as fe...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• EFSA needs to be dramatically better staffed and fundedMay. 14, 2018

• Global Adjuvants Company: Adjuvants for Use with Bio Control products and Organic ProductionMay. 10, 2018

  The potential and continuing growth of the Bio Control (Bioinsecticides, Biofungicides, Bioherbicides, Bionematicides) market has been widely reported and is projected to...

• Beware of planter seed treatment dustMay. 9, 2018

  While you're filling planter boxes, dust from seed corn and soybean treatments may be blowing in the wind — into your eyes, nose, maybe mouth and onto your skin. Concern...

  Tags:Seed treatment

• Change and Challenge in Agrochemical Formulation Development in BrazilMay. 9, 2018

  Formulation professionals are increasingly facing big challenges in the development of new products containing a mixture of multisite active ingredients. In Brazil, where...

• Local seeds resist climate change betterMay. 8, 2018

  In the late 1990s, scientists told farmers in Malawi to abandon their traditional crop varieties. The experts argued that the yield was too low. Moreover, up-to-date hybr...

• Fungicide issues worse in U.S.May. 8, 2018

• A Glimpse Inside the Crop Protection ToolboxMay. 8, 2018

  Now, while some long-standing methods remain important, the industry has provided an array of advanced chemical, biological, and digital answers to crop protection challe...

• Chinese scientists move toward genetic 'editing' of crops, sparking US concernsMay. 7, 2018

  China is aiming to be the world leader in editing plant genes — and the move has U.S. farmers, agriculture industry and academics worried, The Wall Street Journal report...

  Tags:Gene Editing

• The role of LEDs in speed breedingMay. 4, 2018

  Some of the most important crops for feeding the ever-increasing global population include wheat and barley. In order to meet the future demand, scientists have a task of...

• China: Tropical corn hybrids in demand as a result of climate changeMay. 4, 2018

  The inevitable climate change which is manifested in more frequent events such as droughts, floods, extreme temperatures and sudden weather changes emphasizes the need fo...

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• The Overview of China’s Biopesticide Market: Opportunities Are More than ChallengesMay. 4, 2018

• What are the political drivers for GMOs in developing countries?May. 3, 2018

  In developing nations across the globe, governments are grappling with questions of what role, if any, genetically modified organisms should play in helping address a ran...

  Tags:GM crop

• Plant breeders balance shared innovation, revenueMay. 3, 2018

  Have you thanked a crop breeder today? Public-sector plant breeders (for example, at public universities) have developed crops for better productivity. As a result, more ...

• What are the start-up challenges associated with farm growth?May. 1, 2018

• Syngenta CEO: Focus On Digital Farming, Sees More AcquisitionsApr. 26, 2018

  Bloomberg Markets AM with Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz. GUEST: Erik Fyrwald, CEO of Syngenta, on developing technologies including a malaria insecticide, their recent deb...

  Tags:Acquisition

• Generic agrochemicals lose market for specialties, says AENDAApr. 23, 2018

• Spotlight on Eurofins Regulatory AG - a Q&A with Vincent DrezeApr. 20, 2018

  Following his appointment in September, 2017, Vincent Dreze has been pivotal in developing and shaping the in-house group of regulatory experts at Eurofins Agroscience Se...