Viewpoint & Interview

• Challenges of Proving Biostimulants & BiofertilizersSep. 11, 2018

• The rise of blockchain technology in agricultureSep. 11, 2018

  Blockchain appeared in our lives as a modern technology that promises ubiquitous financial transactions among distributed untrusted parties, without the need of intermedi...

• Challenges facing agriculture and the plant science industry in the European UnionSep. 10, 2018

  The EU’s political environment and related regulatory decisions have led to reduced access to modern agricultural tools, such as plant biotechnology and crop protection ...

• ORO AGRI: After the Acquisition Opens A New Development JourneySep. 10, 2018

• Machine learning used for helping farmers select optimal products suited for their operationSep. 7, 2018

  For years, farmers have been selecting products for their operation through the best advice available – seed guides, local agronomists, seed dealers, etc. The advancemen...

• The 2nd Nunhems Onion Seminar (Part II): focusing on industry chain, how will Chinese onion industry develop?Sep. 7, 2018

  Xiang Weiyong, Nunhems China Sales Director, said that there is not yet an accurate figure of onion planting area in China. Nunhems did a market survey and made a calcula...

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• Top 6 Indian AgriTech startups that are revolutionising agricultureSep. 6, 2018

  AgriTech in India has become a booming field with numerous startups working with technologies such as data analytics, machine learning and satellite imaging, among others...

• The 2nd Nunhems Onion Seminar (Part I): Global Onion Market AnalysisSep. 6, 2018

  On the 24th August, the 2nd Nunhems Onion Seminar was held in China’s prime onion farming location – Jinchang City, Gansu Province, as participated by nearly 200 people...

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• Global warming could mean crop losses from insect damage double in ‘breadbasket of Europe’ by 2050Sep. 5, 2018

• Technology could soon revolutionize agriculture in AfricaSep. 5, 2018

  The stakes are high. Africa currently holds the highest prevalence of the world’s undernourished people and has among the lowest agricultural yields in the world. The co...

• Why is DLF a world-class seed company?Sep. 5, 2018

  DLF takes part in MOOT’s programme series about Danish companies who are among the very best in the world at what they do.

• Russell IPM: To Build an Integrated Bioproducts Solution For the Next Five YearsSep. 4, 2018

• Sapec Agro Business: Continues the expansion in existing markets and increases the presence in growing markets and new territoriesSep. 4, 2018

  Through differentiated Specialty Crop Nutrition (SCN) and customized off-patent Crop Protection (CP) products, Sapec Agro Business, headquartered in Portugal, provides an...

• PhytoGen: Harvest is best time to evaluate fields for variety selection next seasonSep. 3, 2018

  At harvest, cotton growers learn how much yield-robbing diseases and pests impacted fiber production. This knowledge helps determine the best varieties to plant next seas...

  Tags:Cotton

• Ghana’s anti-GMO farm leader adopts pro-GMO positionSep. 3, 2018

  The former leader of the Peasant Farmers’ Association, Ghana’s primary anti-GMO farmers group, has switched sides to adopt a pro-GMO position.

  Tags:GM crop

• Expointer 2018: 2,4-D ban would increase costs by 400% in BrazilSep. 3, 2018

  A study released during Expointer 2018 by Professor Robison Osipe from the State University of North Paraná indicated that the absence of the herbicide 2,4-D on crops su...

• Mutation breeding of rice increases food security across AsiaAug. 31, 2018

  The use of radiation in improving crop varieties offers an effective means of adapting agricultural crops to changing weather conditions, while also increasing yields to ...

  Tags:Rice

• Bayer: protect corn yields with a zero tolerance approach to weed controlAug. 31, 2018

• Biostimulants, A Marketing ChallengeAug. 31, 2018

• Glyphosate not yet suspended in BrazilAug. 31, 2018

• Biopesticide and Biostimulant Growth Prompts Need for RegistrationAug. 30, 2018

• Bill Gates: Gene Editing for GoodAug. 30, 2018

  Today, more people are living healthy, productive lives than ever before. This good news may come as a surprise, but there is plenty of evidence for it. Since the early 1...

• EU Fertilizing Product Regulation for Biostimulants - Current State of Play & Next StepsAug. 29, 2018

• Precision breeding crucial to maintain peanut yield trendAug. 29, 2018

  As American farmers and ranchers step up to help meet the global challenge of producing 70 percent more food by the year 2050 to meet nutrition needs of some 9 billion pe...

• How Agtech has quietly transformed agriculture during the downturnAug. 29, 2018

  It’s been a long, dark period in the agriculture industry since corn prices tumbled almost five years ago. We still are not out of the woods as the threat of a trade war...

• The plant breeding software, keystone of seed business informationAug. 28, 2018

  Researchers and technicians, you are probably using a plant breeding software for your daily activities in breeding, agronomy, analytical, product development and product...

• Bayer leaders discuss future of new companyAug. 28, 2018

  It’s official. Nearly two years from the day it was announced Monsanto would merge with Bayer Crop Science, Bayer executives met with a select group of reporters at the ...

• Should agri-input manufacturers outsource e-commerce to startups?Aug. 28, 2018

  Now, when we work with this question, depending on where the stress is placed, it contains many questions - all of which are real questions - asked again and again when y...

• A Distributor’s Perspective on How to Improve Biopesticide AdoptionAug. 28, 2018

• Time for India to set up a framework to use gene-editing tech in its farmsAug. 28, 2018

  The European Court of Justice has ruled that organisms altered using gene editing tools should be subjected to the same rules as genetically modified organisms (GMO). Thi...

  Tags:Gene Editing