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• Draft genome-editing guidelines are restrictive

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  In Argentina, which is a large food exporter, if the final plant variety has transgenic material, it is regulated as a genetically-modified organism.

  Tags:Gene Editing

• Internal docs show Monsanto, BASF prepared for drift complaints prior to dicamba launch

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Companies

  For years, Monsanto and BASF have been blaming alleged crop damage from the weed killer dicamba on other factors, including weather, other pesticides and applic...

  Tags:Dicamba

• Seipasa and Suez sign an alliance for the distribution of biostimulants in Chile

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Companies

  SEIPASA SA

  Seipasa, the Spanish company specialised in the development and formulation of biopesticides, biostimulants and fertilizers for agriculture, and Suez, a French ...

• After a dry start, late rains benefit soybeans in Paraguay

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Markets

  Beneficial rains have returned to Paraguay and Soybean farmers in Paraguay are now more optimistic concerning their 2019/20 soybean production. The summer rains...

  Tags:Soybean

• Global cotton trade is projected at a 7-year high

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Markets

  For 2019, increased imports are expected in many non-cotton-producing countries, as well as some producing ones.

  Tags:CottonAgriData

• Ceres Imaging, Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness partner to provide aerial imagery tech for farmers

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Companies

  Wilbur-Ellis

  Ceres Imaging, the aerial imagery provider that helps growers make proactive decisions to maximize resources, announced a partnership with Wilbur-Ellis Agribusi...

• Copa-Cogeca and IBMA: Biocontrol technologies as key part of farmers’ toolbox

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Solutions to tackle pest and diseases in the farming sector have been at the top of the policy agenda in the recent years. Biocontrol technologies offer and are...

• Canada confirms continued registration of clodinafop-propargyl based products

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Products

  Health Canada has completed the re-evaluation of clodinafop-propargyl. Under the authority of the Pest Control Products Act, Health Canada has determined that c...

  Tags:Clodinafop-propargyl

• New Argentina agrochemical law went into effect in January

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Regulations

  From the first working day of January 2020, fruit growers in Argentina needed to prove that they comply with Good Agricultural Practices (BPA). The same enforc...

• Takii Europe launches Phytorich, a premium vegetable concept packed with powerful phytonutrients, at Fruit Logistica 2020

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Companies

  Future consumers will attach far more importance to health and well-being food products over the coming years (IGD) . In anticipation of this latest food trend,...

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• White lupin: The genome of this legume has finally been sequenced

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  White lupin is a particularly abstemious crop, requiring very little fertiliser and producing high-protein seeds of great nutritive quality.

• Euralis Semences strengthens its financial resources to accelerate its international development

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Companies

  Euralis Semences carried out a capital increase of € 20 million, subscribed exclusively and equally by its historic minority shareholders, Unigrains and Sofipr...

  Tags:Investment & Expansion

• Genetic marking discovery improves fruit quality, bolsters climate defenses

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Transferring genetic markers in plant breeding is a challenge, but a team of grapevine breeders and scientists at Cornell University have come up with a powerfu...

• ISO approves five pesticide common names

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Products

  The ISO Technical Committee on Common Names for Pesticides has provisionally approved 5 new active ingredient common names in January 2020, according to the Com...

• Brazil authorizes use of spinetoram for chrysanthemum

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Products

  Brazil has approved for use those products already registered in the country based upon the active ingredient spinetoram, in a concentration of 250g/Kg.

  Tags:Spinetoram

• Koppert, FAPESP and Esalq launch unprecedented biocontrol research center in Brazil

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Companies

  Koppert Biological Systems（KOPPERT B.V.）

  SPARCBIO (São Paulo Advanced Research Center for Biological Control), conceived through a partnership between FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), Escola S...

• Novel Coronavirus | Will it affect Chinese agrochemical companies’ production after Chinese New Year?

  Date：Jan. 29, 2020 Category：Markets

  During this period, AgroPages kept receiving inquiries from readers, who expressed concerns about the supply of Chinese agrochemical products in the future. In ...

• Indonesia Agrochemical Market to be Driven by Growing Pesticide Registrations & Increasing Awareness about Product Usage

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Markets

  From the past 5 years, there has been very little growth in the area of arable land available in the country; however, the demand for food has been persistently...

• Brexit policy will see British farming become 'envy of the world' - Boris Johnson told

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Markets

  A cohort of 60 farming and environmental groups have written a joint letter to the Prime Minister to highlight the importance of ensuring the UK’s standards of...

• BRANDT to Showcase New Sustainable Foliar Nutrients, GRIGG Technology at Golf Industry Show

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Products

  Brandt Consolidated Inc.

  BRANDT will be rolling out two new proprietary nutrient technologies this week, BRANDT® Organiplex™ and GRIGG® Turftopia™. The new products will be on displ...

• Floranova Ltd announces Managing Director and General Manager appointments

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  After a period of 22 years with the company I have decided to take up a new challenge outside of the ornamental industry. It has been a privilege to work for F...

• United Nations declares 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Markets

  Plants make the oxygen we breathe and give us 80 percent of the food we eat. But plants are under attack by invasive pests. These pests destroy up to 40 percent...

• A wild bean’s genes may help a key crop thrive on a hotter Earth

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  The climate change point-of-no-return may still be 1 degree C away. But that is of little solace to the people whose lives have already been upended by a warmer...

• First US patent issues for PREtec peptide products

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  Plant Health Care®, a leading provider of novel patent-protected biological products to global agriculture markets with a strong track record of successful com...

• Helm Agro US hires Dustin Smith as Regional Sales Manager for Mid-South

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  HELM AGRO US, Inc.

  HELM Agro US, Inc., a global manufacturer of high-quality crop protection and fertilizer products, announces the hiring of Dustin Smith as Regional Sales Manage...

• Bayer agrees to delay next glyphosate lawsuit trial as settlement possibly nears

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  Bayer CropScience Ltda.

  Bayer may be close to settling thousands of lawsuits alleging exposure to Roundup as a cause of cancer.

• Brandt promotes five to leadership positions

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  Brandt Consolidated Inc.

  BRANDT, a leading agriculture retailer and manufacturer of specialty agriculture products, has promoted five managers to corporate leadership positions.

• Illinois Soybean Association, United Soybean Board and Syngenta teamwork to enhance soybean quality and value

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  Syngenta United States

  A new collaboration amongst Syngenta Seeds, the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) and the United Soybean Board (USB) will help showcase and advance the livesto...

• California Plant Based Alliance launches to protect rights of consumers and companies

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Markets

  As the demand for plant-based options steadily grows nationwide, the need for increased market opportunity and fair legislation has become vital for consumers a...

• Quinoa's flowering genes could make it easier to grow

  Date：Jan. 28, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Quinoa is an ideal crop for the future, says Agnieszka Golicz of the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences.