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• ISCA’s Noctovi attractant controls devastating invasive fall armyworm

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Products

  ISCA Technologies, Inc.

  A recent scientific study found that a proprietary blend of naturally occurring moth attractants, now marketed in Brazil under the brand name Noctovi, is effect...

• Dow signs MoU to establish South China Specialties Hub

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Companies

  Dow signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone Administrative Committee (Zhanjiang EDZ) to build ...

  Tags:Investment & Expansion

• Solinftec and Planet partner to provide real-time agronomic insights

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Companies

  Solinftec

  Solinftec announced a global partnership with Planet, operator of history's largest commercial fleet of earth observation satellites, to deliver real-time data ...

  Tags:CollaborationPrecision Farming

• Raven Industries launches integrated dispatch program for ag retailers

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Products

  Raven Industries, Inc. announced the release of Dispatch Pro™. This comprehensive program provides ag retailers and enterprise farms with a fast and flexible s...

  Tags:LaunchPrecision Farming

• EU Commission breaking own rules to give green light for new GMOs?

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The European Commission broke its own rules and is allowing companies that stand to profit from the weakening of GMO safety rules to help rewrite them, an inves...

  Tags:GM crop

• ADAMA's FirstAct herbicide receives US EPA approval

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Products

  S&W Seed Company

  S&W Seed Company and ADAMA Ltd.announced U.S. EPA approval of FirstAct™, the herbicide component of the companies' Double Team Sorghum Cropping Solution, pavin...

  Tags:TraitRegistrationHerbicides

• Syngenta announces US EPA registration of enhanced post-emergence-plus-residual corn herbicide Acuron GT

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Products

  Syngenta United States

  Syngenta announced that its new corn herbicide, Acuron® GT, has been registered by the U.S. EPA for post-emergence use in glyphosate-tolerant corn and will be ...

  Tags:RegistrationHerbicidesMaize

• BASF strengthens innovation pipeline for sustainable agriculture

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Companies

  BASF strengthens its activities in research and development (R&D) for sustainable agricultural innovations, helping farmers to overcome environmental and econom...

• Limin Group planning fundraising for emamectin benzoate, fosetyl-aluminium projects

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Companies

  On 25th February, 2021, the Limin Group Co., Ltd. made several announcements related to fundraising to support an annual 12,000-ton fosetyl-aluminium technical ...

• Four agri-tech startups that empowering Indian farmers in their job role

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Companies

  The technologies not only help to create viable business but also helps to improve farmer’s income. The companies try to help the farmers by providing the best...

• Pakistan could resume cotton imports from India: Report

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Markets

  According to a media report, Pakistan may soon allow cotton imports from India via land routes, as the prospects for gradual restoration of bilateral trade rela...

• Casale technology to boost capacity at IFFCO phosphates and NPK complex

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Companies

  Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO)

  Casale has announced that its technology will be deployed to boost capacity at IFFCO’s oldest production centre for phosphates and NPK, in Kandla, Gujarat, Ind...

• Cabinet approves MoU between India and Fiji

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Markets

  The government on Wednesday approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Fiji for cooperation in the field of agriculture and allied sectors.

• Ghana opens trade desk in South India

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Markets

  To enhance India-Ghana bilateral trade and investment opportunities, Ghana High Commission inaugurated the Ghana Trade Centre in Bengaluru under the India Afric...

• Valagro launches Talete biostimulant in five additional countries

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Products

  Valagro S.p.A.

  Valagro announces the launch of Talete in five additional countries on Thursday at a global digital event. The additional countries are Australia, China, Colomb...

• Scientific trial proves efficacy of Bioiberica Plant Health’s Terramin® Pro in boosting soil health

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Products

  Bioiberica S.A.U.

  Bioiberica Plant Health has announced positive results of a scientific trial with Terramin® Pro in different sorts of soils for growing lettuce in Murcia (Spai...

  Tags:Organic AgricultureOrganic Certification

• Facing challenges raised by major organizations in integrating back into manufacturing

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Nick Read

  The gap between producer cost and grower application price is getting smaller, and this can no longer support the current chain between these two factors. There...

• BioAg industry insights from Luca Bonini, CEO at Hello-Nature

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Hello Nature (formerly Italpollina)

  Luca Bonini, the CEO of Hello Nature (Italpolina) is a very recognized leader in the BioAg Industry. His perspective on innovation comes from an uncommon commit...

• Chickpea genetics reduce need for chemicals

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Science&Research

  George Vandemark and his team have worked to improve chickpea varieties and develop new ways to control disease in legumes. Their research was recently shared i...

  Tags:Seed breeding

• Developing differentiated products and new formulations, Baocheng grows with global customers

  Date：Mar. 5, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Developing differentiated products and new formulations, Baocheng grows with global customers

• China's crop protection UAV development report 2020

  Date：Mar. 4, 2021 Category：Markets

  In the special year of 2020, China achieved doubled digit growth in the development of its crop protection industry. In 2019, the annual cumulative sales of cro...

• AgriThority prepares for growth with strategic alignment moves

  Date：Mar. 4, 2021 Category：Companies

  AgriThority announces strategic alignment moves including global leadership changes with emphasis on growth. Key members of the team have elevated assignments t...

  Tags:People

• New Karma™ Fungicide from Sipcam gives turf power over Pythium​

  Date：Mar. 4, 2021 Category：Products

  Sipcam Agro USA announces it has released its newest innovation: Karma™ Fungicide. The highly systemic fungicide is a powerful tool to combat many Pythium dise...

• Bayer adds Huskie® FX herbicide to the Huskie® brand family of herbicides

  Date：Mar. 4, 2021 Category：Products

  Bayer CropScience U.S.

  Bayer announced the launch of the new Huskie® FX Herbicide for cereals to provide broad-spectrum control of broadleaf weeds, with improved efficacy against tou...

  Tags:LaunchHerbicides

• PureAcre releases Augere for nitrogen-use efficiency in row crops

  Date：Mar. 4, 2021 Category：Products

  PureAcre

  PureAcre™ has released their first product to row-crop farmers. Augere is a soil amendment that increases nutrient assimilation when added to liquid fertilizer...

• US EPA opens comment period for draft biological opinions on four pesticides

  Date：Mar. 4, 2021 Category：Regulations

  US EPA and US NMFS are seeking comment on two NMFS draft biological opinions on four pesticides: metolachlor, bromoxynil, prometryn and 1,3-D.

  Tags:InsecticidesHerbicides

• Farmers Business Network℠ acquires Pro Ag, expands choice for horticulture and specialty markets

  Date：Mar. 4, 2021 Category：Companies

  Farmers Business Network, Inc. (FBN)

  Farmer’s Business Network, Inc.(FBN®) announced that it has acquired Professional Ag Distribution Inc. (Pro Ag), as it moves to meet the needs of specialty cr...

  Tags:Acquisition

• MustGrow isolates and concentrates a mustard-derived molecule that acts as a systemic, non-selective bioherbicide

  Date：Mar. 4, 2021 Category：Companies

  MustGrow Biologics Corp.

  MustGrow Biologics Corp. announces that it has isolated and concentrated an additional molecule, thiocyanate, from mustard seed. Thiocyanate, which is responsib...

• WayBeyond launches Crop Registration, moving tomatoes into next-gen tech

  Date：Mar. 4, 2021 Category：Products

  Waybeyond has launched a purpose-built mobile Crop Registration app for tomato growers, digitizing a time-consuming manual data process.

  Tags:LaunchPrecision FarmingFruits and Vegetables

• Bayer announces new resources, training opportunities for use of its XtendiMax herbicide

  Date：Mar. 4, 2021 Category：Products

  Bayer CropScience U.S.

  With the new XtendiMax® herbicide with VaporGrip® Technology and the introduction of XtendFlex® soybeans, U.S. growers using the Roundup Ready® Xtend Crop S...

  Tags:HerbicidesCottonSoybean