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• ESDS launches its digital agro platform – 'Famrut'

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Products

  ESDS Software Solution Limited, amongst India's leading Managed Cloud Service and end-to-end multi-Cloud requirements provider, launched its digital platform 'F...

  Tags:Launch

• Canada - NK Seeds gives corn portfolio a “refresh”

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Products

  Syngenta Canada Inc.

  Syngenta Canada Inc.’s NK Seeds brand is boosting its corn lineup with a renewed focus on seed.

  Tags:Maize

• Harvest Agro technology detoxifies plants after herbicide spray

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Products

  Wirschat Group

  The new agrochemical brand Harvest Agro, part of the Wirstchat Group, announced exclusively to AgroPages its first launch in Brazil. It is called Argard Impact,...

  Tags:Launch

• Mexico's agriculture minister say Mexico will not limit GMO corn imports from U.S.

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Markets

  Mexico's agriculture minister said the country would not limit imports of genetically modified (GMO) corn from the United States during a meeting with U.S. Agri...

  Tags:GM cropMaize

• Sumitomo Chemical to switch all electricity purchased for Oita Works to renewable energy and change fuel used in the plant

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

  Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. has decided to switch all of the electricity purchased for its Oita Works to renewable electricity starting November 2021, as part o...

  Tags:Carbon footprint

• Stepan to expand alkoxylation capacity with U.S. Gulf Coast investment

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  Stepan Company

  Stepan Company announces that it plans to build and operate a new alkoxylation plant at its existing Pasadena, Texas facility.

  Tags:Investment & Expansion

• Tradecorp presents Cash Coat^®, a new tool for successful plant establishment

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Products

  Tradecorp Nutri-Performance

  Tradecorp presents Cash coat® seed cereals, a new tool for successful plant establishment. This patented microplastic-free seed enhancement formulation is base...

• BASF and Vipergen accelerate targeted research and development of sustainable crop protection products

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Science&Research

  BASF Agricultural Solutions

  BASF partners with Vipergen, a global leader in research services, to apply their technology to discover new active ingredients for sustainable crop protection...

  Tags:Collaboration

• JiuYi Agriculture’s tembotrione granted EU technical equivalence

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Products

  Anhui Jiuyi Agriculture Co., Ltd.

  On October 14, 2021, tembotrione technical of Anhui JiuYi Agriculture Co., Ltd was granted technical equivalence in the EU. As the EU is world’s strictest regi...

• Yellow phosphorus price going down; glyphosate price still on the rise

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Markets

  Since the release of the article - Analysis of Glyphosate Price Trends, dated September 3, 2021, the market price of glyphosate has maintained upward trend. As ...

• Biotalys awarded multi-year grant to develop new biological solutions for cowpea and other legumes

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  Biotalys (formerly AgroSavfe)

  Biotalys (Euronext - BTLS), an Agricultural Technology (AgTech) company focused on addressing food protection challenges with protein-based biocontrol solutions...

• Measuring soil health easily and reliably - Carbon dioxide flush information found to be more reliable and useful indicator of soil health

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Science&Research

  Healthy soils are a precious resource. They are vital for protecting ecosystems, maintaining water quality, producing crops, and mitigating climate change.

• Data will play key role in use of new farming biopesticides

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Regulations

  With an increasing focus on reducing the use of synthetic agrochemicals in the fruit and vegetable and cropping sectors, the use of naturally occurring control ...

• "Alternative tools to manage insect pest outbreaks have never been more important," said Sam Jones from IPS

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  International Pheromone Systems Ltd.

  Crop protection is vital for every grower; you do not put all that effort into growing your crops just for them to get eaten or get ill.

• Lusosem, Econatur announce partnership in natural solutions

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  Lusosem, s.a.

  The Portuguese agrochemical company Lusosem and the Spanish Laboratory Econatur have just announced a cooperation agreement to provide natural solutions to the ...

  Tags:Collaboration

• TEBRIO's oFrass, the 100% sustainable biofertilizer that revolutionizes traditional agriculture towards a more environmentally responsible model

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Products

  TEBRIO, the first Spanish biotechnology company specializing in industrial breeding and transformation of the insect Tenebrio Molitor, has developed oFrass, the...

  Tags:Biofertilizer

• Cooperja is the first Cooperative in Brazil to achieve certification of excellence in seed treatment

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  COOPERATIVA AGROINDUSTRIAL COOPERJA

  Through the Seedcare Institute, Syngenta granted Cooperja the Seedcare certification seal, which attests to the excellence in seed quality and industrial treatm...

• Philippine leading distributor Agway celebrates World Organic Month with an online forum

  Date：Oct. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  Agway Chemicals Corporation (ACC), Philippine leading agrochemicals distributor, held an online forum to celebrate the “World Organic Month”. It was tagged as...

  Tags:Organic Agriculture

• IBMA: Back Biocontrol, not chemical pesticides

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Europe’s biocontrol industry urges EU lawmakers to back biocontrol, the nature-based crop protection, or miss the Green Deal targets. Reported pushbacks to mak...

• Strict energy consumption regulation to be implemented in more than 60 cities in China

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Regulations

  High-energy consumption and highly polluting industries must be strictly controlled. In the northern region, clean heating services will be promoted in an order...

• Shanghai Stock Exchange resumes premarket review of Syngenta’s IPO

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), on October 12, 2021, resumed the premarket review of Syngenta’ IPO. CICC and BOCI Securities act as sponsors, intending to r...

• Paraguay a “Pearl” in Latin America Agriculture

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Renato Seraphim

  Today's Paraguay has 7.2 million people in a land area of 406,000 square km, a little larger than the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, which I consider the most pro...

• Crystal Crop Protection acquires Cotton, Mustard, Pearl Millet and Grain Sorghum hybrids from Bayer CropScience in India

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  Crystal Crop Protection Limited

  Crystal Crop Protection Limited, one of the leading R&D based crop solution companies in India, has entered into a definitive agreement with Bayer to acquire Co...

• BASF presents Vaboro herbicide for pasture management in Brazil

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Products

  To help the rancher in the management of razor grass, BASF developed the Vaboro herbicide. The tool that contains two active ingredients, Imazapic and Imazapir,...

  Tags:Herbicides

• Profile^® Products acquires controlled release fertilizer manufacturer Florikan^®

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  Profile Products has announced the acquisition of Florikan, a leading manufacturer, blender, and distributor of controlled release fertilizer to high-value orna...

  Tags:AcquisitionSlow release fertilizer

• More than 80 ag groups formally object to US EPA's chlorpyrifos rule, citing harm to growers and lack of scientific basis

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  This week, more than 80 agricultural groups filed formal objections to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Aug. 30 rule to revoke all tolerances of chlo...

  Tags:BanInsecticides

• Building capacity in DNA sequencing for agricultural biosciences in Africa

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Science&Research

  A unique and comprehensive bioinformatics training programme has been launched which aims to help African researchers take advantage of long-read DNA sequencing...

• IRRI formally transitions Rice Crop Manager Philippines to the Philippine Department of Agriculture, PhilRice

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  IRRI (International Rice Research Institute)

  The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) through Director General Jean Balié formally transitioned Rice Crop Manager Advisory Service (RCMAS) Philippin...

  Tags:Rice

• Rizobacter builds a new plant in Brazil and advances in offering premium agricultural adjuvants

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  Rizobacter, one of the leading global biological companies, announced the construction of a new plant in Brazil, thus deepening its international expansion. Cur...

• KWS successfully completes fiscal year 2020/2021 and increases dividend

  Date：Oct. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

  The KWS Group achieved net sales growth of approximately 2% to €1.31 billion in fiscal year 2020/2021. The key figures EBIT and EBITDA were at the level of the...

  Tags:Sales PerformanceSeed breeding