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• Bangladesh's crop scientists find an ally to better cope with climate change

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

  Bangladesh, whose populous and low-level delta region is expected to be severely affected by rising sea levels, is using nuclear technology to adapt to this thr...

• Cibus postpones initial public offering

  Date：Feb. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  Cibus

  Cibus, a leader in advanced plant-breeding technologies, today announced it has postponed plans for an initial public offering.

• The genetic improvement of cowpea: Develop high-yielding varieties

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

  Dr Ousmane Boukar, CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes & Dryland Cereals Director discusses climate-resistant cowpea for improved nutrition and income in su...

• Western Australia - Current GM crop systems adequate: inquiry

  Date：Feb. 18, 2019 Category：Regulations

  Farmers who plant genetically modified crops can breathe a sigh of relief, after a parliamentary inquiry into compensation for non-GM farmers concluded the curr...

• Spain's most powerful R&D sector threatened by seed piracy

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

  The pirates we are talking about don't wear hooks or eye patches, but they plunder about one hundred million Euro per year from the Spanish agricultural sector.

• Rallis India reported 45 per cent YoY fall in consolidated net profit in December quarter

  Date：Feb. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  Rallis India Limited

  Rallis reported 45 per cent year-on-year (YoY) fall in its consolidated net profit at Rs 13.76 crore in December quarter (Q3FY19). The Tata Group agrochemicals ...

• 2019 Formulation & Adjuvant Technology Magazine: Focus on future requirements &trends and innovative technologies& solutions

  Date：Feb. 18, 2019 Category：Markets

  AgroPages will publish its 2019 Formulation& adjuvant Technology magazine this May, which aims to promote innovation in agrochemical formulation and application...

• St. Louis Fed Ag Survey: 20th consecutive quarter farm income declines in the U.S.A

  Date：Feb. 18, 2019 Category：Markets

  Farm income continued to decline in the Midwest and Mid-South during the fourth quarter of 2018, according to the latest Agricultural Finance Monitor published ...

• Survey shows American farmers' invest strategically in their future

  Date：Feb. 18, 2019 Category：Markets

  The Farmer Speaks research study, commissioned by J.L. Farmakis, Inc. and completed on January 15, 2019, by Millennium Research, shows farmers continue to make ...

• Indofil enters into JV with Italy-based Reagens

  Date：Feb. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

  Indofil Industries Limited

  Modi Enterprises Group company Indofil Industries Ltd, a Rs 2,500 crore giant in crop protection and speciality chemicals, has announced a joint venture with It...

• Manage farm, fleet and data with Case IH's AFS Connect

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Products

  Case IH Agriculture & Farm Equipment

  To meet the remote operation management and technology needs of farmers in North America, Case IH has enhanced the Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) Connect farm m...

• Personalized nutrition: Teamwork between Maastricht University and BASF Vegetable Seeds

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

  Nunhems (BASF Vegetable Seeds)

  Recently, Claudia Daniels, Market Research Specialist at BASF Vegetable Seeds, met 160 Master students at University Maastricht (UM). Claudia explained a new pr...

• Kenya’s support for GMO crops likely to influence East Africa

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  For nearly 20 years, Kenya has attempted to adopt the better-yielding and disease- and drought-tolerant crop varieties bred through genetic engineering.

  Tags:GM crop

• A breeding revolution could unleash the potential of potato

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  On a bleak, brown hill here, David Ellis examines a test plot of potato plants and shakes his head. "They're dead, dead, dead," he says. Pests and lack of rain ...

  Tags:Seed breedingPotato

• Yara and ENGIE to Test Green Hydrogen Technology in Fertilizer Production

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

  Yara International ASA

  Yara’s mission is to responsibly feed the world and protect the planet. In achieving this, innovating sustainable solutions is key. ENGIE is a leader in the en...

• John Deere announces Machine Sync updates

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

  John Deere

  To further enhance the automation, documentation, functionality and security of its Generation 44600 CommandCenter and 4640 Universal Displays, John Deere has r...

• Maggrow chosen as a Trimble select partner for agriculture

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

  Trimble

  Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced recently that MagGrow has been chosen as a Trimble Select Partner for agriculture. As a Trimble Select Partner, MagGrow's innov...

• Agnition launches Procure for soybeans, microbial catalyst

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Products

  Agnition

  Agnition, a leader in soil and plant health, announced recently another breakthrough in soybean plant health with Procure for Soybeans. This new product utilize...

• Canadian government invests $50 million to help the ag sector address challenges, opportunities

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Markets

  Canada's agriculture and agri-food system contributes over $114 billion to our gross domestic product, and provides safe, nutritious and sustainable food for th...

• Wilbur-Ellis Feed division re-branded Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

  Wilbur-Ellis

  Wilbur-Ellis Feed, LLC, an industry leader in the international marketing and distribution of nutrients for the livestock, pet food and aquaculture industries, ...

• New Leadership At The Fertilizer Institute

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

  The Fertilizer Institute (TFI)

  The Fertilizer Institute Board of Directors elected new leadership earlier this month. The board voted-in Tony Will, president and CEO of CF Industries, as boar...

• Lindsay announces FieldNET Pivot Watch universal remote irrigation monitoring solution

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Markets

  Lindsay Corporation

  Lindsay Corporation (NYSE: LNN), a leading global manufacturer and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology, recently announced a n...

• Soil Health Partnership calls for proposals

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

  The Soil Health Partnership (SHP) announced it is accepting proposals for partnerships and collaboration for 2019. SHP encourages any organization or individual...

• UCLA biologist’s research could lead to more resilient crops

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Science&Research

  Inari

  UCLA biologist Steve Jacobsen’s research has the potential to have a significant impact on the improvement of crops.

• Equinom Says “Open Sesame” to Local Markets

  Date：Feb. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

  Equinom, Ltd.

  Equinom, Ltd., a leading-edge seed technology company, launches its unique patented sesame variety to open new markets for the cultivation of sesame.

• Conab lowers Brazilian soybean production 3.5 mt to 115.3 million

  Date：Feb. 14, 2019 Category：Markets

  In their February Crop Report released on February 12th, Conab lowered their estimate of the 2018/19 Brazilian soybean crop by 3.5 million tons to 115.3 million...

• PI Industries reported strong growth of 33 per cent in net profit in December quarter

  Date：Feb. 14, 2019 Category：Companies

  PI Industries Ltd

  PI Industries reported strong growth of 33 per cent in net profit at Rs 107 crore in December 2018 quarter (Q3FY19). The agrochemicals company had a profit of R...

• Brandt's innovative product with mobile boron reduces herbicide toxicity in cotton

  Date：Feb. 14, 2019 Category：Products

  Brandt do Brasil

  Brandt do Brasil announced the launch of the Manni-Plex B-Moly, a unique technology that contains in its formulation natural elements that promote the mobility ...

  Tags:Cotton

• USA: Plant Intellectual Property (IP) Protections Grow

  Date：Feb. 14, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  In the past, Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Certificates could only be used to protect plant varieties that reproduce sexually (through seeds) or through tuber ...

• Kansas Ethanol, LLC signs agreement to use Enogen corn from Syngenta

  Date：Feb. 14, 2019 Category：Companies

  Syngenta United States

  Syngenta today announced a three-year marketing agreement with Kansas Ethanol, LLC to use Enogen® corn enzyme technology at its 80 million-gallon ethanol plant...

  Tags:CollaborationMaize