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• Brazil approves environmentally ‘Friendly’ GM tool for controlling fall armyworm

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Science&Research

  Brazilian farmers are a step closer to using an environmentally friendly tool to control a destructive agricultural pest with the government’s approval of Oxit...

• Syngenta uses recycled resin packaging to store crop protection products

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  A pioneer in supporting and adopting recycled products from the Campo Limpo System (the reverse logistics program for empty packaging and post-consumer leftover...

• Idai Nature launches new bioinsecticides in France and Italy

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Products

  IDAI NATURE

  Idai Nature expands its catalog of products for agricultural biocontrol by launching its TEC FORT in Italy and France, as well as TEC BOM in Italy.

• Pesticide use in Hungary averages 1.5 kg per hectare

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Markets

  Pesticide use in Hungary averaged 1.5 kg per hectare in 2019, around the mid-range in a comparison with other European Union member states, news agency MTI repo...

  Tags:AgriData

• Corteva ends registration process for new dicamba-choline herbicide in the USA

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Products

  Corteva Agriscience

  Corteva Agriscience opted to end the U.S. EPA registration process underway for a novel dicamba herbicide containing a dicamba choline salt - a different form o...

  Tags:RegistrationHerbicides

• Arcadia Biosciences acquires European food ingredient platform that further enhances its GoodWheat™ business

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.

  Arcadia Biosciences, Inc.® announced it has acquired, through Arcadia SPA, S.L., the assets of Agrasys S.A, a food ingredients company based in Barcelona, Spai...

  Tags:Acquisitionwheat

• Beetles that pee themselves to death could be tomorrow’s pest control

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Science&Research

  Instead of using toxic pesticides that damage biodiversity, environment and human health, the researchers seek to exploit beetles’ greatest strength against th...

• Jiangsu Yangnong earns USD185.6 million net profit in 2020, up 3.4% YoY

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical. Co.,Ltd.

  In detail, the company attained USD1.5 billion and USD185.6 million as annual revenue and net profit attributable to equity holders of the parent company in 202...

• Verdesian Life Sciences announces acquisition of Cytozyme Laboratories, Inc.

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Verdesian Life Sciences, LLC

  Verdesian Life Sciences, a leader in developing patented biological, nutritional, fertilizer enhancers, seed treatment and inoculant technologies, announced rec...

  Tags:Acquisition

• Nufarm expands cotton solutions portfolio with Pentia ​Plant Regulator acquired from BASF

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Products

  Nufarm Americas, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Pentia® Plant Regulator to its expanding portfolio of performance-driven cotton solutions.

  Tags:Plant Growth RegulatorsAcquisitionCotton

• IFFCO to set up nano urea plant in Phulpur

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Encouraged by the field reports on the efficacy of Nano range of fertilizers, IFFCO has embarked on setting up yet another Nano Urea Plant now in Phulpur. The B...

• Huifeng's 5,000-ton glufosinate and 1,000-ton epoxiconazole technical facilities approved for trial production

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Jiangsu Huifeng Bio Agriculture Co., Ltd.

  Chinese agrochemical company Jiangsu Huifeng Bio Agriculture Co., Ltd. announced on April 13, 2021, that it was commencing the trial production of pesticide tec...

• Heranba Industries receives consent to establish manufacturing plant

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  The company announced on Monday that it has received the consent to establish (CTE) manufacturing of pesticides, intermediates, fungicides, herbicides & insecti...

• Nutrien announces appointment of Mayo Schmidt as President and CEO

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Nutrien Ltd

  Nutrien Ltd., the world's largest provider of crop inputs and services, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Mayo Schmidt as President and Chief ...

  Tags:People

• Corteva and Symborg agreement expands farmer access to microbe-based nitrogen fixation product

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Corteva Agriscience

  Corteva Agriscience and Symborg, an expert in microbiological technologies, announced a multi-year agreement around a microbe-based nitrogen fixation product in...

  Tags:Collaboration

• Сorteva Agriscience to expand sunflower seed production in Romania

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Corteva Agriscience has announced the investment of almost €13 million to expand its production facility at Afumati, Romania, and to accelerate the growth of i...

  Tags:Investment & ExpansionSunflower

• Position India as a global hub for chemical manufacturing: Maulik Mehta, CEO, Deepak Nitrite

  Date：Apr. 20, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Maulik Mehta, CEO, Deepak Nitrite Limited shares his views on global trends, company’s performance, R&D plans, supply chain plans, plans of DPL and DNL, expans...

• Agrauxine and DECCO announce an exclusive distribution agreement for NEXY bio-fungicide

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  AGRAUXINE SA

  Agrauxine and DECCO announce the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement whereby DECCO will distribute Nexy® bio-fungicide (Candida oleophila Strain O) ...

  Tags:Organic Certification

• Australia's Biological Services and Biobest join forces with equity stake

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  Biobest Belgium N.V.

  Biological Services, a pioneering and leading biological pest control company in Australia and Biobest Group NV, a global player in biological control and polli...

• Brazil Embrapa discloses 2 new genomes of Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the cause of Asian rust

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

  Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) has released two new genomes of the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, which causes Asian rust, according to th...

  Tags:Soybean

• Scheffer adopts ‘regenerative agriculture system,’ builds own biopesticide factory in Brazil

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  Being one of the largest grain and cotton producers in Brazil, Scheffer announced the adoption of the “regenerative agriculture system” and the construction o...

• Exclusive subscription | China Special Bi-weekly 0416:2020 China ICAMA Registration Analysis; Prochloraz Product Watch

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  The AgroPages China Special bi-weekly newsletter will broadcast the latest Chinese agrochemical market news. The content involves policy changes, market prices,...

• PM’s call to tap food processing industry may bring positive prospect for Indian agrochem industry, Focus on farmers’ education and R&D is the need of the hour: IIL

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  Agrochemical use in India, one of top 5 exporters of pesticides to the world, is one of the lowest in the world. Key reasons for the low use include lack of inf...

• India’s first digital soil map to help agriculture immensely

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  Using data collected over the last three decades, a team of scientists from IIT Kharagpur and other collaborating institutes has created the first digital soil ...

• FICCI organizes virtual 7th India Maize Summit 2021

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  The 7th India Maize Summit 2021 was organized virtually by FICCI on April 15 and 16. Mr. Parshottambhai Rupala, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture & Far...

• Gayland Ward Seed transitions to next generation management

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  Gayland Ward Seed announced a transition in management. As part of a transition to the next generation, Carson Ward will take the helm of Gayland Ward Seed.

• Impact of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use must be considered crop by crop, pesticide by pesticide

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  A new report from the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest finds that the impacts of GE crops on pesticide use must be considered on a case-by-ca...

  Tags:GM crop

• Lantmännen and Dataväxt launches a new tool to create value from farm climate data

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Products

  Lantmannen

  The new tool, Klimatkalkylen (the Climate Impact Calculator), measures actual emissions of greenhouse gases from the farmer’s cultivation and factors in local ...

  Tags:CollaborationPrecision Farming

• Certis Europe develops Kumiai herbicide ‘Effeeda’ for the European market

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Products

  A new herbicide with a novel mode of action in cereals and rice is being developed in Europe. Certis Europe and Kumiai are jointly developing Effeeda® for the ...

  Tags:CollaborationHerbicides

• Bioceres Crop Solutions announces transfer to Nasdaq Stock Market

  Date：Apr. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  Bioceres Crop Solutions

  Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp.announced recently that it will voluntarily transfer its stock exchange listing from the NYSE American to The Nasdaq Global Select ...