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• Idaho governor vetoes bill backed by crop-duster group changing pesticide regulations

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Regulations

  Idaho Gov. Brad Little vetoed a bill backed by a regional crop-duster association that would have changed some state pesticide regulations.

• BASF’s Alite 27 herbicide receives US EPA registration

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Products

  BASF Crop Protection USA

  BASF has received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration of Alite™ 27 herbicide for use in select counties across Indiana, Kansas, Kentuck...

• EU: Production and movement of seed under coronavirus restrictions

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Regulations

  The European Commission clarified that the production and transport of agricultural inputs such as plant reproductive material is included in the list of essent...

• Queries of Indian Farmers will be answered on WhatsApp by Agricultural scientists amid Lockdown

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Markets

  During the prevalent pan-India lockdown, farmers, who were looking for answers on their queries and other agriculture-related information, will get all the esse...

• Benefits of treatment with Barenbrug’s microbiological nematicide in brachiaria seeds

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Products

  Barenbrug do Brasil

  The Yellow Jacket® seed treatment technology, exclusive to Barenbrug, has become more efficient when used with a novel technology developed by the company in B...

• Pesticide Management Bill 2020: What could have made it better

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Markets

  The Pesticide Management Bill, 2020 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar on March 23 and will be discussed when ...

• Health benefits of GMO crops: Fewer farmer suicides, cancers and pesticide poisonings

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Markets

  The reality is that GM crops reduce and prevent cancers as well as a dozen other serious health problems from occurring, not only in regions where they are grow...

• Agricultural area grows in two years in Brazil and occupies 7.6% of the national territory

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Markets

  The agricultural area of Brazil grew 3.3% between 2016 and 2018, as shown by the Monitoring of Land Cover and Use, released on March 26 by IBGE, and available o...

• Covid 19 lockdown: Urgent suggestions to the Government of India to support to farmers, their livelihoods as well as to ensure uninterrupted food supply chains

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  This note is prepared with the understanding that all producers including farm workers have to be protected with an economic support package, even as some produ...

• Colombia approves first bio-herbicide

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Products

  Novag SAS

  Agrogreen USA and Novag SAS joined forces several years ago in the research, synthesis and development of the bioherbicide, EMERION® 7700.EMERION® 7700 is the...

• Syngenta and the Analytics Society of INFORMS announce finalists for 2020 Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Companies

  Syngenta United States

  Syngenta and the Analytics Society of INFORMS announced on Tuesday the finalists for the 2020 Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics.

• Farmers a harried lot amid yellow rust attack

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Markets

  Already staring at delay in harvesting this season amid the Covid-19 scare, the yellow rust attack on the standing wheat crop has left farmers worried. Farmers ...

• U.S. farmers expect to plant more corn and soybean acreage

  Date：Apr. 1, 2020 Category：Markets

  Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant an estimated 97.0 million acres of corn in 2020, up 8% from last year, according to the Prospective ...

• US agriculture shines in fight against pandemic

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Markets

  For all of you working on farms and ranches, you realize that the important work of producing food and feeding people never stops. It’s the same pattern for th...

• BASF react at all levels of the organization to the coronavirus crisis

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Companies

  BASF’s Agricultural Solutions

  The Covid-19 pandemic is now getting severe in many countries. The governments are forced to adopt lockdown measures and advise people to stay at home. This als...

• Good news amid the gloom: Monsoons expected to be normal

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Markets

  While the coronavirus is the main worry for India at the moment, we shouldn’t take our eyes off another lurking danger – the monsoons. Should the seasonal rai...

• UP govt to start crop procurement from Apr 2

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Markets

  The Uttar Pradesh government on last Saturday announced that the procurement of mustard, gram and lentils (masoor) will start from April 2 on the minimum suppor...

• Deepak Fertilisers shares climb 9%

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Companies

  Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (DFPCL)

  The company is the only Indian manufacturer of specialty chemical IPA (isopropyl alcohol), a key ingredient for sanitisers. It may benefit from rising demand fo...

• UPL celebrating success with the Tech Innovation Award in 2020, entry deadline extended

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Companies

  “UPL is excited to sponsor and support the inaugural PMA A-NZ Tech Innovation Award for 2020” says Ian Cass, Marketing and Business Development Manager, UPL A...

• Pesticide registration in Brazil: How long for approval?

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The ownership of the pesticide registration gives security to the player who accesses the market, as well as significantly increases the value of the company wi...

• Some Urea Units to face the grim prospect of shutting down because of lockdown: Fertiliser Association Reports

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Markets

  Fertilisers are rampantly being used by farmers all over the globe and they are among the five imports from China. The lack of availability of India’s non-Urea...

• What am I learning from this crisis ...?

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Knowing that the situation we are facing is one of the most serious that I have gone through in my entire professional life and despite having gone through seve...

• Certis’ fungicide/bactericide ManKocide approved for California tree nuts

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Products

  Certis USA

  ManKocide®, a leading fungicide/bactericide for control of Alternaria, powdery mildew and blight has been approved for use on all tree nut crops by the Califor...

• Bayer pays $39.5 million to settle Roundup false-ad lawsuits

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Companies

  Bayer CropScience U.S.

  Bayer AG agreed to pay $39.5 million to settle allegations that its Monsanto unit ran misleading ads about the controversial Roundup weedkiller and its potentia...

• China has favorable conditions to achieve bumper summer grain harvest

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Markets

  China has favorable conditions to achieve a bumper summer grain harvest as the soil moisture content is sufficient and the seedling condition is generally good,...

• Kiwa Bio-Tech announces agreement with China State-Owned enterprises to develop new fertilizer market areas

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Companies

  Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation

  Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corp., an emerging agricultural company that develops, manufactures and markets bio-fertilizers and the developer of smart soil rem...

• Bolivia: Over 14% of agrochemical imports are illegal, falsified or adulterated

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Markets

  More than 14% of all the agricultural pesticides bought by Bolivian farmers are illegally, falsified or adulterated products. This was presented during the "Ill...

• ADAMA delivers record fourth quarter with over $1 billion in sales, touching $4 billion sales for the year

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Companies

  ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd

  ADAMA Ltd. (the “Company”) (SZSE 000553), reported on Monday its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year period ended December 31, 2019.

• Peru and Ecuador strengthen HLB prevention strategy

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Through agreements established during the Binational Cabinets, SENASA Peru and Agrocalidad Ecuador developed surveillance actions on the northern border, an ini...

• USDA, USTR cite progress on farm provisions of U.S.-China trade deal

  Date：Mar. 31, 2020 Category：Regulations

  The United States and China have made progress in implementing the agriculture-related provisions of a Phase 1 trade deal that took effect on Feb. 14, the U.S. ...