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• Roquette names Azelis as a preferred distributor for the plant care markets in Asia Pacific

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  Azelis

  Azelis, a leading international specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor, and Roquette, a global leader in plant-based ingredients, are delighted to anno...

• GLP 5-batch analysis: know the unknowns from your partner of choice

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  Eurofins Advinus Limited

  For registering the agrochemicals, thorough information on the composition of the technical grade material must be provided to the regulatory authorities. This ...

• Nutrien acquires over 100 pesticides from BRA Agroquímica

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  Nutrien Ltd

  Canadian agricultural inputs and services distributor Nutrien announced the signing of an agreement to purchase the records of more than 100 pesticides from the...

• Brazil’s Mapa cancels registration of paraquat-based technical products

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Regulations

  The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply and the National Health Surveillance Agency published a joint normative instruction that defines the...

• Bayer launches new nematicide in Brazil

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Products

  Bayer Cropscience do Brasil Ltda

  Bayer has developed the nematicide Verango Prime, whose active ingredient is Fluopiram, which offers effective and long-term control to a wide spectrum of the n...

• SATT Paris-Saclay and Valent BioSciences sign joint agreement to develop breakthrough sustainable biopesticide technologies

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  Valent BioSciences Corporation (VBC)

  SATT Paris-Saclay and Valent BioSciences LLC signed a joint agreement to develop breakthrough sustainable biopesticide technologies for agricultural application...

• Agriculture trade deficit turns positive as farm exports from India jump by 43%

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Markets

  Despite the Covid pandemic, figures for agricultural exports show a positive picture. Agriculture trade deficit turns positive as farm exports from India jump b...

• DV Sadananda Gowda congratulates HIL for brilliant achievement in FY2020-2021

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  HIL (India) Limited

  HIL (India) Limited, formerly known as Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) is a PSU (public sector undertaking) under the Department of Chemicals and Petrochem...

• Syngenta reaches out to Yavatmal cotton farmers in India with assistance during Covid-19 time

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  Syngenta India as part of their commitment to creating awareness on safety and health of the farming community, organized a "Virtual Cotton Field Visit on Safe ...

• NACL Industries acquires 19.7 acres land to set up agrochemical plant in Gujarat

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  NACL

  NACL Industries Ltd on Tuesday said it has acquired 19.7 acres land in Gujarat to set up an agro-chemical manufacturing plant.In a regulatory filing, the compan...

• AMVAC and Syngenta Crop Protection promote tank mixing with FirstRate herbicide

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  American Vanguard Corporation （AMVAC)

  AMVAC®, an American Vanguard® company, and Syngenta® Crop Protection have teamed up to promote the agronomic value of tank mixing FirstRate® herbicide with ...

• UPL launches digital platform to assist soy producers in Brazil

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Companies

  UPL Brasil

  UPL launched the “Cultiv-e” platform, a new way of interacting with its customers and sharing knowledge and content about good practices in managing the soybe...

• US EPA announces 2020 dicamba registration decision

  Date：Oct. 28, 2020 Category：Regulations

  At the Cromley Farm, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced that EPA is approving new five-year registrations for two...

• A Study of the Prospect of Abamectin: Taking EFSA Latest Risk Assessment Analysis Report as an Example

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  By analyzing the EFSA risk assessment results of Abamectin, this paper reviews the development process of Abamectin at home and abroad, and discusses the future...

• Solvay-Novecare appoints Red River Specialties, LLC (RRSI), an Azelis company, as their exclusive distributor for agricultural inert ingredients and tankmix adjuvants in North America

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Companies

  Effective August 24th, 2020, Red River Specialties, LLC (RRSI), an Azelis company, was appointed the exclusive distributor of the Solvay-Novecare Agricultural S...

• FMC Corporation announces new executive role, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, and elects new Vice President of Procurement and Global Facilities

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Companies

  FMC Corporation

  FMC announced that Dr. Karen Totland has been appointed to the newly created role of vice president and chief sustainability officer (CSO). Thaisa Hugenneyer, ...

• ICL agrees to acquire Fertiláqua, a leading brazilian specialty plant nutrition company

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Companies

  ICL (Israel Chemicals Ltd.)

  ICL (NYSE: ICL) (TASE: ICL), a leading global specialty minerals and specialty chemicals company, announced Monday that it has entered into a definitive agreeme...

• Rajasthan govt to bring bill against Centre's farm laws on Oct 31: Congress

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Markets

  The Rajasthan government will bring a bill against the Centre's farm laws in the state assembly on October 31, a senior Congress leader said on Sunday. After Pu...

• Syngenta’s root and yield-boosting seed treatment gains timely British acceptance on malting barley

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Products

  British farmers growing barley for malting have a major new seed treatment option this season, says manufacturer Syngenta – with news that sedaxane, the SDHI a...

• Banning of Insecticide Order 2020 and Future of the 27 Molecules in India

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  This year in the month of May, Ministry of Agriculture issued a draft order banning the use and sale of 27 pesticides in India. The draft order came as a surpri...

• Off-Patent Product Registration Watch in China: Penthiopyrad, Metrafenone, Fluoxastrobin

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Products

  According to China Pesticide Registration Watch (CPRW), as of October 27, 2020, there are 2 penthiopyrad products, 2 metrafenone products and 3 fluoxastrobin pr...

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• Update on retreat of 2020 monsoons in India

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Markets

  The final retreat of monsoon is expected in the country by October 28, as per the latest weather update from the Nation’s weather department i.e. IMD. The sout...

• Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal species on soybean cyst nematode

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) form symbiotic relationships with the roots of most plants, including soybean. Previous research has shown that these fungi c...

• Common liverwort study has implications for crop manipulation

  Date：Oct. 27, 2020 Category：Science&Research

  A new study on genetic pathways in the common liverwort could have future implications for crop manipulation. The findings of the US-led study, co-authored by g...

• Australia: Corteva’s Applaud insecticide now registered to control Silverleaf whitefly

  Date：Oct. 26, 2020 Category：Products

  Corteva Agriscience

  Applaud Insecticide from Corteva Agriscience™ is now registered for use in Australian cotton. The APVMA approved the new use on Monday October 12, 2020 which a...

• Croda: Let's Talk Ag Symposium 2020

  Date：Oct. 26, 2020 Category：Companies

  From 03 – 05 November, join Croda Crop Care and our team of global experts in this virtual journey to explore the new challenges and current trends that the ag...

• How pesticides are playing really important role in Indian agriculture?

  Date：Oct. 26, 2020 Category：Markets

  Looking at the Pesticides Industry of India, since the last 60 years, use of pesticides has greatly helped Indian farmers for agriculture and providing nutritio...

• JRF AgCelerate: A Collaborative Research Platform as an “End-to-End” Service

  Date：Oct. 26, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  This service of JRF, which is built around “Take-the-full-tour” as well as “Hop-on/hop-off” principles, offering connecting interdependent services for our ...

• India's GDP expected to contract by 9.6% this fiscal: World Bank

  Date：Oct. 26, 2020 Category：Markets

  The World Bank on Thursday said that India's GDP is expected to contract by 9.6 per cent this fiscal which is reflective of the national lockdown and the income...

• Monsanto loses final appeal over French farmer's weedkiller accident

  Date：Oct. 26, 2020 Category：Regulations

  Bayer CropScience AG

  Bayer's Monsanto division on Wednesday lost a final appeal in a long-running French legal battle in which the crop chemical maker has been held liable for the a...