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• Insight Plant Health secures funding through the Agriculture Development Fund to evaluate nitrogen-fixing inoculants for fenugreek

  Feb. 3, 2022

  # Seed Treatment #
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  Trace Genomics, a leading biotech startup focused on soil health, announces new President

  Feb. 3, 2022

  Trace Genomics

  # Soil Health ## AgTech & Venture Capital ## Appointment & Recruitment #
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  OGTR release - Genetically Modified Organism Herbicide Tolerance Trait Review

  Feb. 3, 2022

  # GM Crops #

• Australian OGTR - Invitation to comment on a proposal to include dealings with GM canola on the GMO Register

  Feb. 3, 2022

  # GM Crops #
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  Yield10 Bioscience receives favorable ruling from the Argentine Biosafety Commission (CONABIA) for company’s Camelina lines

  Feb. 3, 2022

  Yield10 Bioscience

  # Latin America Focus ## Gene Editing #

• University of Calgary scientists produce new canola type for potentially higher crop yield

  Feb. 3, 2022

  # Science & Research ## Gene Editing #

• CropLife India acclaims the Government for supporting the use of “Kisan Drones” for Agrochemical Spraying, crop assessment & digitization of land records

  Feb. 3, 2022

  # India Special ## Drone/UAV Plant Protection Industry #
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  Clariant launches 100% bio-based surfactants range driving the transition towards renewable carbon

  Feb. 3, 2022

  Clariant International Ltd

  # Carbon Farming ## Newly Registered / Launched ## Adjuvant Technology #
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  NutriAg launches M-BOS™ biological plant supplement in Canada

  Feb. 3, 2022

  NutriAg Ltd.

  # Newly Registered / Launched #
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  Nutrichem’s subsidiary obtaining GMO biosafety approval of three biotechnical herbicide-tolerant products

  Feb. 2, 2022

  Nutrichem Company Limited

  # China Special #
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  Agrochemical production net zero emission accomplished in China for first time, Hailir’s environment-friendly formulation project put into trial run

  Feb. 2, 2022

  Hailir Pesticides and Chemicals Group Co., Ltd.

  # China Special #

• Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issues Safety Evaluation Guideline for Gene-Edited Agricultural Plants (Provisional)

  Feb. 2, 2022

  # China Special #

• Shandong Province prohibits newbuild of glyphosate, chlorothalonil, avermectin, imidacloprid and acetochlor facilities

  Feb. 2, 2022

  # China Special #
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  Punjab Chemicals reports 48% increase in sales in Q3 FY2021-22

  Feb. 2, 2022

  Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd.

  # India Special #
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  Agrochemical Industry expected increase in custom duty on formulations & inclusion under PLI scheme: CCFI

  Feb. 2, 2022

  Crop Care Federation of India (CCFI)

  # India Special #

• ‘Cannabis develops pest control in South America’ – Interview with Lorenzo Rolim, LAIHA president

  Feb. 2, 2022

  # Latin America Focus ## Interview #
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  Brazil introduces agricultural drones from XAG to plant trees

  Feb. 2, 2022

  XAIRCRAFT（XAG）

  # Drone/UAV Plant Protection Industry ## Latin America Focus #
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  Yara and Linde Engineering agree to build a 24 MW green hydrogen demonstration plant in Norway

  Feb. 2, 2022

  Yara International ASA

  # Carbon Farming #
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  HarvestPlus brief unpacks rapid scaling effort for zinc wheat in Pakistan

  Feb. 2, 2022

  HarvestPlus

• Summit Carbon Solutions announces progress on carbon capture and storage project

  Feb. 2, 2022

  Summit Carbon Solutions

  # Carbon Farming #

• Ag Economy Barometer declines, producers concerned about rising costs and supply chain disruptions

  Feb. 2, 2022

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  AgIdea and BioHeuris launch a joint platform for agile breeding services

  Feb. 2, 2022

  AgIdea

  # AgTech & Venture Capital ## Latin America Focus #

• Mexico becomes the world’s 7th largest supplier of agri-food products

  Feb. 2, 2022

  # Latin America Focus #
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  Russia provoked a shortage of seed potatoes in the European Union

  Feb. 2, 2022

• USDA announces partnership to ease port congestion and restore disrupted shipping services to U.S. grown agricultural commodities

  Feb. 2, 2022

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  USA - The Seed Source and Meristem join forces

  Feb. 2, 2022

  Meristem Crop Performance Group, LLC

  # Seed Treatment #
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  Nuseed and bp enter into strategic agreement to accelerate market adoption of Nuseed Carinata as a sustainable low-carbon biofuel feedstock

  Feb. 2, 2022

  Nuseed

  # Carbon Farming #
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  BASF develops seed variety for the first tearless onion entering the European market

  Feb. 2, 2022

  BASF Agricultural Solutions
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  U.S. EPA approves expanded use of LEAP^® ES Bacterial Disease Management Biological Insecticide from Valent BioSciences

  Feb. 2, 2022

  Valent BioSciences LLC

  # Fungicides & Bactericides #

• Five Trends Farmers And Tech Companies Are Betting The Farm On

  Feb. 1, 2022

  # AgTech & Venture Capital #