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• Syngenta Seeds production and supply and R&D sites recognized for safetyJun. 19, 2018

• India Punjab Government to Act Tough Against Dealers Selling Fertilizers, Agro-Chemicals Without BillsJun. 19, 2018

  To decimate the possibility of sale of fake fertilizers and agro chemicals, the Punjab Government has decided to deal strictly with the dealers selling fertilizers and in...

• The Yield Lab launches LatAm accelerator, invests in 3 agtech startupsJun. 19, 2018

• AgBiome’s Biological Nematicides project awarded multi-year grantJun. 19, 2018

• Valagro launches Master Supreme water-soluble fertilizersJun. 19, 2018

• AlgaEnergy strengthens its presence in Italy with the incorporation of Giuseppe Castellani as Country ManagerJun. 19, 2018

• Seipasa doubles its biopesticide production capacity following the expansion of its plant in Valencia (Spain)Jun. 19, 2018

• Microsoft-Techno Brain reshape farming in Africa with digital platformJun. 18, 2018

  Techno Brain has partnered with Microsoft Corporation to launch a Digital Agriculture Platform in Africa to help farmers improve crop yieldsand increase income.

• Can new IARC director bridge gap between controversial cancer agency and rest of scientific community?Jun. 18, 2018

  In recent years the IARC Monographs program has been embroiled in controversy brought on by its assessments of a number of agents, including cell phones, formaldehyde, re...

• Neonicotinoid insecticides negatively impact bumblebee queen health, lab study findsJun. 18, 2018

  In a study published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers at the University of California, Riverside found that environmental threats are piling onto ...

• Syngenta : High risk of food shortages without pesticides, says chemical giantJun. 18, 2018

  Head of Syngenta, world’s biggest pesticide maker, says rejecting farming tech could have serious consequences within 20 years

• New field test for Alternanthera mosaic virus (AltMV) available from AgdiaJun. 18, 2018

• Stine invests $5 million in Ames startup with driverless tractor softwareJun. 18, 2018

  US Iowa billionaire Harry Stine is investing $5 million in an Ames tech startup that developed software that takes the farmer out of the tractor.

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• Best way to control soybean rust is multipronged approachJun. 18, 2018

• Critical plant gene takes unexpected detour that could boost biofuel yieldsJun. 18, 2018

  For decades, biologists have believed a key enzyme in plants had one function--produce amino acids, which are vital to plant survival and also essential to human diets.

• Japan blocks Canadian wheat after unapproved GMO plants found in AlbertaJun. 18, 2018

  A Japanese Farm Ministry official said on Friday it has suspended its tender and sale of wheat from Canada after plants containing a genetically modified trait were disco...

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• Corteva: ‘Mother Nature’ changes the game quickly and demands new agricultural toolsJun. 18, 2018

  “Mother Nature” is changing quickly and this requires the adoption of technology-driven solutions that will help both growers and consumers, Jim Collins, the chief oper...

• What makes some varieties of rice resistant to drought?Jun. 18, 2018

  In thirty years, the global population of 7 billion will increase by 30% to a staggering 9.1 billion people. Feeding everyone with the same amount of land that is availab...

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• Trump’s $50 billion tariff announcement harsh reality for U.S. soybean growersJun. 18, 2018

  Weeks of speculation have ended with new anxiety for growers of America’s leading agricultural export: President Trump announced today he is indeed levying 25 percent ta...

• Andermatt Biocontrol and Trifolio-M acquires shares in Biocont PolandJun. 15, 2018

• ZemlyakoFF plans to build €50m crop protection agents factory in Mogilev RegionJun. 15, 2018

  ZemlyakoFF Crop Protection Company (headquartered in Moscow) plans to invest around €50 million in a project to build a protection agents factory.

• USA: Syngenta partnering with Pivot Point on second seed distribution center serving customers in key growing areasJun. 15, 2018

  June 14, Syngenta announced the company is partnering with Pivot Point Spencer, Inc. to manage a second seed distribution center. The cold storage facility is in Spencer,...

• US Senate ag committee passes its farm billJun. 15, 2018

• India: Rs 3 crore worth spurious & illegal genetically modified seeds seizedJun. 15, 2018

  India Hyderabad: Vigilance and enforcement personnel conducted searches across the state on seed distributors and traders and seized ?3 crore worth spurious and unauthori...

• Tropic Biosciences raises $10m Series A for Tropical CRISPR TechJun. 15, 2018

  Tropic Biosciences, a pioneering leader in the development of new plant varieties in the massive tropical agriculture industry using CRISPR Gene Editing, is proud to anno...

• Brazilian farmers seeking directly agrochemical supply from manufacturersJun. 15, 2018

  A new business model could be an alternative for market access and keep higher margins.

• New type of photosynthesis discoveredJun. 15, 2018

  The discovery changes our understanding of the basic mechanism of photosynthesis and should rewrite the textbooks.It will also tailor the way we hunt for alien life and p...

• New Market Insights for Crop BiologicsJun. 15, 2018

• Marrone Bio Innovations launches Amplitude™ Biofungicide in USJun. 15, 2018

• Agricultural Policy of IndiaJun. 15, 2018

  Agriculture is one of the important backbones of Indian economy. Agriculture has special significance for low income, poor and vulnerable sections of rural society. Indi...