Latest news

• 2016/17 Chinese corn purchasing price may suffer a further 10% drop

  Dec. 9, 2015

  # China Special #

• Monsanto retained expert panel finds glyphosate unlikely to cause cancer

  Dec. 8, 2015

  # Science & Research #

• APVMA couldn’t meet timeframe targets due to legislation transition

  Dec. 8, 2015

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  Adama to launch China business and become exclusive distributor for five entities

  Dec. 8, 2015

  ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd
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  Topcon and Agisoft sign partnership agreement for UAS software

  Dec. 8, 2015

  Topcon Precision Agriculture(TPA)

  # Drone/UAV Plant Protection Industry #

• Chinese biopesticide conformity rate at lower side

  Dec. 8, 2015

  # China Special #
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  Cibus published an article review on application of Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutagenesis as a precision genome editing technology

  Dec. 8, 2015

  Cibus

• DuPont Dermacor® is classified as “slightly toxic” in Brazil

  Dec. 8, 2015

  DuPont Crop Protection

  # Latin America Focus #
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  Staphyt UK names new technical director

  Dec. 8, 2015

  Staphyt

  # Appointment & Recruitment ## CROs & CRAOs #
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  S&W filed patent application for stevia variety SW 129 for commercial production

  Dec. 8, 2015

  S&W Seed Company
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  ICL Signed MOU to establish phosphate operation in Namibia

  Dec. 8, 2015

  ICL Specialty Fertilizers
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  Arysta PH-D fungicide expanded label for carrots

  Dec. 8, 2015

  Arysta LifeScience
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  Arysta North America launches Rancona Pinnacle fungicide seed treatment

  Dec. 8, 2015

  Arysta LifeScience

  # Newly Registered / Launched ## Seed Treatment #
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  Koppert Biological Systems: Partners with Nature

  Dec. 8, 2015

  Koppert

  # Biostimulant #

• Brazil Anvisa bans Methyl Parathion

  Dec. 7, 2015

  # Latin America Focus #

• Global plant growth regulators market worth $1.91 bn by 2020

  Dec. 7, 2015

• Pro Seed Foundation launches nematode resistant soybeans in Brazil

  Dec. 7, 2015

  # Latin America Focus #
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  Australia to approve BASF’s insecticide metaflumizone

  Dec. 7, 2015

  BASF Australia Limited

  # Newly Registered / Launched #

• World’s first plant immunoprotein biopesticide Atailing getting popular in China

  Dec. 7, 2015

  # China Special #
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  USDA to extend deregulation to J.R. Simplot’s GM potato

  Dec. 7, 2015

  J. R. Simplot Co. (Simplot Grower Solutions)
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  Brazil soy traders to renegotiate Monsanto royalty deals

  Dec. 7, 2015

  Monsanto Company

• Ukraine woes won't drag world wheat area much lower

  Dec. 7, 2015

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  BASF to launch 7 new pesticides to Chinese market in 2016

  Dec. 7, 2015

  BASF (China) Co.,Ltd

  # China Special #

• New Zealand to import Dow herbicide GF-2687

  Dec. 7, 2015

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  Albaugh opens seed treatment technology center in US

  Dec. 7, 2015

  Albaugh, LLC

  # Seed Treatment #

• Syngenta may reconsider sale of assets, shareholder group says

  Dec. 7, 2015

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  DuPont Pioneer, AGP collaborate on new plenish high oleic soybean program

  Dec. 7, 2015

  Pioneer
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  EAS acquires French CRO Phyliae

  Dec. 7, 2015

  Eurofins Agroscience Services Ltd.

  # Merger & Acquisition ## CROs & CRAOs #
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  Yara acquires Greenbelt Fertilizers for $51 million in Africa

  Dec. 7, 2015

  Yara International ASA

  # Merger & Acquisition #

• A novel patent -SW2 cropping system to making inputs more effective in China

  Dec. 7, 2015