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• Seed treatments need to work — all the timeDec. 10, 2018

  You’ve got the genetics, now how do you take full advantage of them. Most producers in Western Canada plant seed with applied treatments, fungicide and insecticide.

• Mondias Provides Update on Natural Fungicide Product Development & CommercializationDec. 10, 2018

• ESA regrets the decision of the European Patent Office declaring restriction of patentability of plants invalidDec. 10, 2018

  On December 5, 2018, in an oral hearing on a patent on pepper plants, the European Patent Office declared the new rule 28(2) invalid[1] paving the way again for patents b...

• Canada: Why is canola winning acres and not wheat?Dec. 10, 2018

  Wheat needs more research money to compete with crops like canola. That’s the message organizers delivered at the first consultation meeting on two new proposed royalty ...

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• Sustainable hybrid seed sector key to Africa’s Green RevolutionDec. 10, 2018

  Africa’s demand for food will more than double by 2050, driven by population growth and rapid urbanisation.

• Trevor Mecham, Joe Strickland join Valley Irrigation in leadership rolesDec. 10, 2018

• EU moves to re-open glyphosate issue 'politically motivated', Tory MEPs sayDec. 10, 2018

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• Study suggests fipronil caused massive honeybee die-off in FranceDec. 10, 2018

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• EU pesticide approval procedure to become clearer, saferDec. 10, 2018

  The EU special committee on pesticides has adopted plans to make the EU pesticide approval procedure more transparent and accountable.

• 100% of price variation of imported mancozeb in BrazilDec. 10, 2018

  There is a considerable price import variation between source, brand name and type of formulation that could reach up almost 100%. In the last 12 months (Dec 2017 till No...

• Brazil partners with Canada and US in agrochemical use on minor cropsDec. 10, 2018

  The Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has announced a technical-scientific cooperation agreement with Canada and the United States to evaluate existing produc...

• Brazil helps Argentina control European grapevine moth with aerial applications of insecticideDec. 10, 2018

  The Ministry of Production and Economic Development in the province of San Juan, in west Argentina, has carried out aero-agriculture operations to protect its wine indust...

• Japan may boost gene-edited foods developmentDec. 10, 2018

  Tags:Gene Editing

• Bayer posts more than 300 glyphosate safety study summaries onlineDec. 10, 2018

• UPL Ltd. Announces Leadership Team as Arysta LifeScience Acquistion Nears CompletionDec. 7, 2018

  UPL Limited declared the new leadership appointments for the merged entity yesterday. The appointments will be effective upon the completion of the proposed transaction. ...

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• Bayer's CEO comments on company's 30% stock price dropDec. 7, 2018

• senseFly widens commercial strategy and announces new leadership structure to build on eBee X’s successDec. 7, 2018

• Since Chinese tariffs, US soybean sales to EU have doubled, 70% market shareDec. 7, 2018

• Zambia government launches the SADC seed certification and harmonized seed regulation systemDec. 7, 2018

  Zambia government has launched the Southern African Development Community (SADC) seed certification and harmonized seed regulation system.

• Education may be key ingredient in CRISPR technology adoptionDec. 7, 2018

  Will consumers accept the CRISPR Cas9 gene editing technology and the wealth of new products and cropping innovations it promises to usher in in coming years?

  Tags:Gene Editing

• Researchers breed new edamame plants suitable for U.S. productionDec. 7, 2018

  Virginia Tech researchers are collaborating on a research project that focuses on growing stronger and sweeter edamame in the U.S. to boost edamame production and satisfy...

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• British farmers 'could lead the way' on gene editing after BrexitDec. 7, 2018

  Michael Gove has said that British scientists and farmers could “lead the way” on gene editing after the UK leaves the EU.

  Tags:Gene Editing

• Azotic’s natural nitrogen fixing technology is now commercially available in the USADec. 7, 2018

  Azotic Technologies, the UK-based global ag-tech company, is now making commercial progress with its natural nitrogen fixing technology. N-Fix®/ Envita™ (Envita™ is t...

• AgriThority® Adds Research Associate in North America with Crop & Technology ExpertiseDec. 7, 2018

  AgriThority®, an agricultural science consultancy specializing in accelerating new technologies to commercialization in markets around the world, welcomes Al Green as Re...

• India: Bitter neem is sweet pill for pesticide, pharma firmsDec. 7, 2018

  The bitter neem has turned out to be a sweet pill for the multicrore pesticide and pharmaceutical industries with scores of researchers and organisations carrying out int...

• BASF and VanderSat collaborate to provide farmers with high-precision, field-specific crop optimizationDec. 7, 2018

• China reported to be making plans to start purchasing US soybeansDec. 7, 2018

  Chinese officials have begun preparing to restart imports of U.S. soybeans and liquefied natural gas, the first sign confirming the claims of President Donald Trump and t...

• Australian cotton and rice plating area forecast to decline sharply in 2018–19Dec. 7, 2018

• World premiere: KWS acquires exclusive license for long-lasting encapsulation of biologicalsDec. 7, 2018

  A major advance for sustainable agriculture: Using a new method, KWS is the first company to make long-lasting seed capsules containing biologicals. These can now be appl...

• China’s Jiangsu Province to close 3 chemical parks in Guanhe river outlet area if environmental compliance not reached by 2020Dec. 7, 2018