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• Q&A with EY: Significant agribusiness transaction activity to be driven by ongoing agrochemicals industry consolidation, greater ag-tech adoption and shift towards clean label

  Date：Apr. 19, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Christina Xie

  I was introduced to Mr. Akhil Agarwal, Vice President, Investment Banking Advisory, EY in India at a recent workshop in Singapore. The focus of the workshop was...

• US: China's biotech crop approval process is costing companies billions

  Date：Apr. 19, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  China's approval process for biotech crops is beset by regulatory hurdles and delays that have cost U.S. companies billions of dollars and added to challenges f...

• Australia approves field trial for the University of Melbourne's GM wheat

  Date：Apr. 19, 2019 Category：Regulations

  The Australian Regulator has issued licence DIR 165 to the University of Melbourne, authorising the limited and controlled release (field trial) of wheat geneti...

  Tags:GM cropwheat

• India Commerce Ministry laid down procedures for import of some varieties of pulses

  Date：Apr. 19, 2019 Category：Markets

  The Commerce Ministry has laid down a procedure for import of a few varieties of pulses for the current fiscal and has invited applications from millers.

• Hunan Haili Chemical Industry joins with Bayer in production of thiodicarb

  Date：Apr. 19, 2019 Category：Companies

  A ceremony was held in Changde, China, on 14th April when Haili Chemical Industry and Bayer announced that they would jointly manufacture thiodicarb. This is t...

• A new look, same quality - A new visual identity for the Nunhems brand seed packaging

  Date：Apr. 19, 2019 Category：Companies

  Nunhems (BASF Vegetable Seeds)

  As you know, BASF acquired the vegetable seeds brand Nunhems on August 16, 2018. Since that date we have been rebranding our visual identity.

• New Zealand Overseas Investment Office approves sale of PGG Wrightson Seeds Holdings Ltd to DLF Seeds A/S

  Date：Apr. 19, 2019 Category：Companies

  DLF

  The New Zealand Overseas Investment Office has given approval for the sale of PGG Wrightson Seeds Holdings Limited (PGW Seeds) to DLF Seeds A/S (DLF).

  Tags:Acquisition

• BASF launches soybean varieties at Tecnoshow Comigo and reinforces commitment to efficient crop management

  Date：Apr. 19, 2019 Category：Companies

  BASF Brazil S.A.

  Choosing the best cultivar to be sown in the 2019/20 soybean crop is one of the challenges for farmers. To help in this decision making, BASF presents its seed ...

  Tags:HerbicidesSoybean

• AgLaunch receives Regional Innovation Cluster Award from Small Business Adminstration

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  AgLaunch

  AgLaunch Initiative (AgLaunch) has been named one of seven new Small Business Administration's Regional Innovation Clusters, a program built to strengthen oppor...

• Brazil Anvisa to exclude obsolete active ingredients used in agrochemicals

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Markets

  The Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa ) plans to begin a process to review the list of active ingredients in pesticides authorized througho...

• Inari broadens plant breeding toolkit through exclusive agreement with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  Inari

  Inari, a company that is advancing plant breeding by tapping nature's genetic diversity, continues to expand its capabilities with exclusive patent licenses to ...

  Tags:Collaboration

• Two new wheat varieties announced by Texas A&M AgriLife

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Products

  Texas A&M AgriLife Research

  Two new wheat varieties have been announced by Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the TAM Wheat Improvement Program, according to Dr. Jackie Rudd, AgriLife Researc...

  Tags:wheat

• Genetic variant linked to cucumber fruit length

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  The cucumber is among the top five vegetable crops grown in the world. Cucumbers are most commonly eaten fresh or preserved as pickles. An important attribute o...

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• Coromandel International signs MoU with Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  Coromandel International Limited

  The Coromandel International has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) here on ...

• Jiangshan Agrochemical to launch US subsidiary

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical & Chemicals Limited Liability Co., Ltd.

  Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical has announced it will launch a wholly-owned subsidiary in the US, to be named Jiangshan America LLC and located in the State of D...

• NewLeaf Symbiotics adds manufacturing expert to scientific advisory board

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  NewLeaf Symbiotics Inc

  NewLeaf Symbiotics (NewLeaf) announces the addition of Mark Warner to the organization's Scientific Advisory Board. Warner, a manufacturing expert, will advise ...

• Chlorpropham,Propisochlor and Prochloraz TCs got registration approvals at India CIBRC 398th meeting

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Regulations

  Terry Chow

  Adama India Pvt. Ltd., for grant of registration for indigenous manufacture of the product Prochloraz Technical 95% w/w Min under section 9(3).

• Brazil: Embrapa develops co-inoculation technique, using two bacteria

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  The Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (Embrapa) has developed, along with the Emater PR (Paranaense Institute of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension ...

  Tags:SoybeanInoculant

• Australia - Bayer's new seed treatment targets yield limiting rhizoctonia disease

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Products

  The new product, EverGol Energy, which builds on the strong reputation of EverGol Prime from Bayer, combines the proven disease control strengths of penflufen w...

• Ceradis: Focus on formulation technologies and biological solutions

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  Grace Yuan

  Ceradis is a spin-off from the University of Wageningen, the Netherlands. This university is consistently ranked #1 or 2 globally for Food/Agri. Ceradis develop...

• New study identifies Nigeria as leading seed hub in Western and Central Africa

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Access to Seeds Index

  Nigeria-based Value Seeds tops the rankings in new research on seed companies operating in Western and Central Africa

• CNH Industrial signs partnership agreement to bring state-of -the-art connectivity to Brazilian agriculture

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  CNH Industrial N.V.

  To prepare for the next productivity enhancing step, Brazil needs to invest in ensuring connectivity is brought to the entire agricultural sector. For this purp...

• U.S. approval for Syngenta's dicamba herbicide Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Products

  Syngenta United States

  Syngenta announced recently that its newest herbicide, Tavium® Plus VaporGrip® Technology herbicide, has been registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

• SGS opens new global IoT Competence Center

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  SGS GROUP

  SGS recently announced the opening of an Internet of Things (IoT) Competence Center in Madrid, partnering with Swisscom, Vodafone and Microsoft. The center will...

• Winner of the 2019 Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics announced

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  Syngenta International AG

  Syngenta and the Analytics Society of INFORMS are proud to recognize a team from Germany as the winner of the 2019 Syngenta Crop Challenge in Analytics.

• Albaugh Brasil announces Cesar Rojas as new president

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  Albaugh Brasil

  Albaugh announces the agronomist Cesar Rojas as the company's new president in Brazil. Rojas also presides over Albaugh of Argentina. The executive has more tha...

  Tags:People

• ABA Chemicals see 25%-55% growth in first quarter, pesticide contract production rises for overseas market

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  ABA Chemicals Corporation

  On the evening of 9th April 2019, ABA Chemicals announced its first quarter report which reveals net profits to be delivered to shareholders of Yuan46.08 – 57....

• BASF invests in quantum computing startup Zapata Computing

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  BASF SE

  BASF Venture Capital is joining a group of prominent investors in the Series A investment round of Zapata Computing, Inc. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachuse...

• GROWMARK FS completed the acquisition of Miller Spraying in Lowville, New York

  Date：Apr. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  GROWMARK, Inc.

  GROWMARK FS, LLC has just completed the purchase of Miller Spraying, LLC in Lowville, NY. This expansion bolsters the footprint of GROWMARK FS in the northern r...

• Grain storage monitoring firm TeleSense acquires Webstech

  Date：Apr. 17, 2019 Category：Companies

  TeleSense, an IoT technology innovator providing solutions to improve grain storage, announced recently the acquisition of Webstech, a Danish wireless sensor te...