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• Valley Irrigation and Kusto Group form joint venture to establish sustainable agriculture in Central Asia through agreement with government of Kazakhstan

  Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  Valley Irrigation

  Valley Irrigation, a Valmont (NYSE: VMI) company, is advancing its collaboration with the Republic of Kazakhstan and announcing its joint venture with private h...

• Brazil: Drones reduce the cost of applying agrochemicals in sugar cane

  Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Markets

  ARPAC

  Brazilian energy company Raízen entered into a partnership with startup ARPAC to intensify the use of drones in the intelligent spraying of herbicides.

• Cotecna acquires Fitosoil Laboratorios SL

  Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  Cotecna

  Cotecna is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fitosoil Laboratorios SL, a leading Spanish laboratory in the agriculture and food safety market. Founded and ...

• Nufarm and CROP.ZONE launch NUCROP – Hybrid Electric Crop Protection, for alternative weed control

  Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Products

  Nufarm Australia Ltd

  Australian crop protection and specialty seed company Nufarm and German ag-tech start-up CROP.ZONE are announcing the launch of NUCROP – Hybrid Electric Crop P...

• Wynca to acquire over 51% of Hefei Xingyu

  Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group Co., Ltd

  On 11th January, China's leading glyphosate and organosilicon manufacture Wynca announced that it is planning to invest capital of up to Yuan210 million to acqu...

• CNH Industrial India helping to overcome challenges associated with stubble burning in India

  Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  The end of the Kharif season, signalled by the rice harvest, saw the first baling session, which marked the formal launch of the “Straw Management” CSR projec...

• Enhanced focus on R&D and reduction in GST –Crop Life India stresses on Union Budget 2021 for agrochemical sector

  Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  ‘Crop Life India’ an association of 15 R&D driven crop science companies, suggested that in order to enhance the focus on Research & Development, which would ...

• Xingfa Chemical Group's net profit expected to double in 2020

  Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co Ltd

  On 11th January, Xingfa Chemical Group issued an anticipated performance growth announcement, expecting to achieve a net profit attributable to shareholders ran...

• Prosus Ventures leads $30 million investment in Indian agritech startup DeHaat

  Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  On Tuesday, DeHaat, an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers, said it has raised $30 million in a new financing round as the I...

• Limin Group’s difenoconazole, EBDC, emamectin benzoate projects enter trial production

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Limin Chemical Co., Ltd.

  China’s major agrochemical company Limin Group announced the start of the trial production of several of its projects, which are the annual 500-ton difenoconaz...

• EU recognizes UK organic certification for one year, alleviating stress of 2020

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Markets

  After much uncertainty, the EU has decided to approve a regulation to recognize the UK’s six organic certification bodies as equivalent to its own until Dec. 3...

• Rallis India Q3 results: Net profit up 20% at Rs 46 cr

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Rallis India Limited

  Rallis India, a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals, on Monday announced a 20.23 per cent growth in consolidated net profit for the quarter ending December 31, 2020, a...

• US EPA finalizes guidance to waive toxicity tests on animal skin

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Regulations

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tuesday delivered on EPA Administrator's directive to reduce animal testing by finalizing guidance that will allo...

• New fertilizer formulation by Biokasvu now patented and ready for the international market

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Biokasvu Oy

  Biokasvu has succeeded in developing and patenting a fertilizer formulation which stimulates the activity of natural soil micro-organisms so that nutrients are ...

• Seeds cleaned by 'activated air' in world's first - Northern lights phenomenon inspires chemical-free seed cleaning

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Products

  Zayndu Ltd

  The world’s first ‘activated air’ seed sterilisation system, Aurora Z10, is to be launched by Loughborough University spinout Zayndu Ltd at the Agri-TechE ev...

• FMC Corporation updates fourth quarter 2020 outlook

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  FMC Corporation

  FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) Tuesday announced that the company is reducing its fourth quarter 2020 outlook. The company is proceeding through its quarterly clo...

• Indian Pesticides Management Bill 2020: Polishing the existing Law

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Markets

  A regulated and fair pesticide market is imperative to address food security, increase export and farmers’ income, along with achieving the goal of self-relian...

• IHBT study on developing heat-tolerant wheat varieties in India that will improve grain yield

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Markets

  Research undertaken by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has laid the groundwork for developing a variety of wheat that does not lose its...

• Crop Enhancement’s non-toxic CropCoat hides crops from insects

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Products

  Crop Enhancement

  While pest insects can have a devastating effect on crops, pesticides can likewise cause a great deal of damage to the environment. That's where CropCoat comes ...

• US EPA registers BASF's Teraxxa seed treatment

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Products

  BASF Crop Protection USA

  BASF is arming cereal growers with a powerful new seed treatment to combat wireworms. Teraxxa seed treatment will offer growers what no other currently register...

• Italpollina changes name to Hello Nature

  Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Hello Nature (formerly Italpollina)

  Three years after a major image rebrand, Italpollina, a world leader in producing organic fertilizers, natural biostimulants, and beneficial microbials for use ...

• 【Video】CHD'S: Standing out in agribusiness market in Brazil

  Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  CHD´S - GROWING RESULTS: With new investments in applied technology to agriculture, CHD’s has stood out among the large companies in the agribusiness market i...

• Indian agrochem sector seeks GST cut to spur use of crop protection chemicals

  Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  Pesticide and agrochemical makers have sought a reduction in the GST in the Budget to spur the use of crop protection chemicals by farmers in the country.

• Farm bills significant step forward for agriculture reforms in India: IMF

  Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  The IMF believes the farm bills passed by the Indian government have the potential to represent a significant step forward for agricultural reforms, but a socia...

• Sajjan India to invest Rs300 cr for expansion

  Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  SAJJAN INDIA LIMITED

  Sajjan India, a leading manufacturer of active agro ingredients, electronic chemicals, speciality chemicals and intermediates, will invest Rs 300 crore to expan...

• USDA publishes final rule for hemp production

  Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Regulations

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced the final rule regulating the production of hemp in the United States. The final rule incorporates ...

• Brazil: PROMIP and partners launch MIP EXPERIENCE platform for IPM

  Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  PROMIP - Integrated Pest Management

  The biopesticide manufacturer PROMIP, in partnership with GenesisGroup, launched in Brazil the “MIP EXPERIENCE” Platform, for Integrated Pest Management.

• Heliae Agriculture and Rizobacter collaborate to deliver unique soil and crop nutrition technologies

  Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  Heliae

  Heliae® Agriculture announced Monday a new strategic collaboration with Rizobacter, a subsidiary of Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., a global leader in sustainab...

• Hard to crack research reveals how crop roots penetrate hard soils

  Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Science&Research

  Scientists have discovered a signal that causes roots to stop growing in hard soils which can be ‘switched off’ to allow them to punch through compacted soil ...

• Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Call for comment for food from herbicide-tolerant GM canola

  Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Regulations

  Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for comment on an application to allow food from a genetically modified (GM) canola.