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• Brazilian Biopesticides market grew 28% in the last two years

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  The biological pesticides market continues to grow in Brazil, with numbers considered “encouraging” by the companies. According to a study by IHIS Markit/Crop...

• Novozymes expects agricultural division to have 86% higher turnover in Brazil

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  Novozymes has predicted that its agricultural division will increase sales by 86% in Brazil this year, projecting a total expansion of the biopesticides market ...

• Three new species of fungi that could replace agrochemicals discovered in Argentina

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Products

  Three species of fungi new to global science were identified in Argentina. The new species discovered were named Trichoderma austroindianum, Trichoderma hortens...

• Charles River:Refining Your Agrochemical Field Trial Program from Multiple Angles

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  Charles River Laboratories

  Webinar Overview Costing nearly 300M USD over a decade or more*, bringing a plant protection product to market is a significant investment of money and time....

• Biorationals: from glasshouse to field

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  Biorational products have now been used extensively in horticulture for many years and developments, both in terms of discovering new active ingredients and of ...

• Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Comparison of the agro-industrial complex of the countries - Part 1

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  The economy of one of the republics of the former Soviet Union has been actively developing in recent years. And much attention is paid to agriculture as one of...

  Tags:AgriData

• Van Iperen International and Cinis sign deal for sustainable fertilizer

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  Van Iperen International

  Van Iperen International, a Dutch producer and marketer of specialty fertilizers, and Cinis Fertilizer, a Swedish cleantech startup, announced they have signed ...

• S&W announces $5.0 million private placement with management and board participation

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  S&W Seed Company

  S&W Seed Company announced that it has closed a non-brokered private placement of its common stock for total gross proceeds of approximately $5.0 million.

• Bayer strengthens Australian Agritech sector through industry partnership

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  Bayer is joining a group of Australian heavy-hitters committed to the next frontier of food and agriculture, announcing a foundation membership with Australian ...

  Tags:Collaboration

• Naïo Technologies unveils plans for international expansion in agricultural robotics market

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  Naïo Technologies

  Naïo Technologies, a company in agricultural robotics for nearly 10 years, is accelerating its international development strategy, moving beyond the context of...

  Tags:Precision Farming

• Best Agrolife: Journey towards Becoming the Fastest-Growing Agrochemical Company in India

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Companies

  ​Mr. Vimal Alawadhi, son of the soil, started working in the Agrarian economy of India at an early age. While exploring the ground realities of the conventiona...

• 2021CPEW successfully held: Seeking common prosperity in upstream and downstream value chain; Seizing opportunities for business upgrading with China’s industry

  Date：Oct. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

  Now, the videos of all presentations made on 2021CPEW are available online. You can simply sign up for Virtual Participation and pay US$298 to access them (All ...

• Ingevity: Biopesticides - An eco-friendly approach to plant protection and crop yield

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  In recent years, increasingly stringent government regulations and growing consumer pressure to minimize the use of chemical pesticides have caused a shift in t...

• Prime Source announces Quintessential receives US EPA registration

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Products

  Prime Source, a division of Albaugh LLC, announced the US EPA registration of its new Quintessential Herbicide.

  Tags:RegistrationHerbicidesOrnamental and Turf

• UPL announces long-term collaboration with Chr. Hansen to develop and commercialize microbial solutions for sustainable agriculture

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Companies

  UPL Limited

  UPL Ltd., a world-leading champion of sustainable agriculture and OpenAg™, has announced a long-term strategic collaboration with Chr. Hansen, a global bioscie...

• PHDCCI moots plan to combat GHG emissions in agriculture sector in India

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Markets

  In order to reduce GHG emissions, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), has put forth some critical and pertinent steps that are required to be suitabl...

• BASF finishes $70m agricultural solutions plant expansion

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Companies

  Chemicals firm BASF held a ribbon cutting event on October 6 at its Agricultural Solutions seed treatment production plant in Sparks, GA to mark the completion ...

  Tags:Investment & Expansion

• Paradeep Phosphates to raise ₹1,255 crore in fresh capital

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Companies

  Paradeep Phosphates Limited (PPL)

  Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. (PPL) is planning to raise up to ₹1,255 crore in fresh capital through an IPO to part finance the acquisition of the Goa facility of Z...

• Pesticide usage on arable crops in Northern Ireland: 2020 survey report

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Markets

  This is the sixteenth survey of pesticide usage practices on arable crops in Northern Ireland. Information on all aspects of pesticide usage was collected from ...

  Tags:Planting AreaAgriData

• BASF Venture Capital and Amathaon Capital acquire minority stake in bioinformatics company Computomics

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Companies

  Computomics

  BASF Venture Capital GmbH (BVC), the corporate venture company of BASF Group, and Amathaon Capital, a venture capital company specializing in AgTech, are invest...

  Tags:AcquisitionInvestment & Expansion

• InterGrain's Kingbale, a mid-maturing IMI tolerant oaten hay variety with improved tolerance to soil residual imidazolinone herbicides - potentially available in 2022

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Products

  InterGrain

  Kingbale will likely be available in 2022 pending successful receipt of a domestic APVMA Sentry feed grain use permit and/or registration.

• U.S. fertilizer industry commits to 70 million acres under 4R Nutrient Stewardship by 2030

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Markets

  The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) celebrated Global Fertilizer Day yesterday, a day when agricultural professionals gather to highlight the critical key role that ...

• Plants can prepare for insect attack sequence

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Science&Research

  Plants are prepared for the damaging insects to arrive in a specific sequence. They organise their defences and ensure that they can deal with these different i...

• Philippines - Quezon farmers to produce their own hybrid rice seeds

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Products

  The local government of Buenavista, Quezon will showcase to their rice growers the potential of hybrid rice seed production in their locality in a field day to ...

• New fumed silica plant by Evonik and Wynca goes on stream in Zhenjiang, China

  Date：Oct. 18, 2021 Category：Companies

  The joint venture between Evonik and the Chinese company Wynca - Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang) Silicon Material Co., Ltd. is starting-up of its new fumed silica plan...

  Tags:CollaborationInvestment & Expansion

• Thierry Pradier appointed Director of KIMITEC for Europe

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Companies

  KIMITEC GROUP

  KIMITEC has appointed Thierry Pradier as Director for Europe in a newly created position that emphasizes the company’s desire to acquire a leadership position ...

  Tags:People

• Brazil Registration Watch: MAPA approved two new biopesticides

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Products

  Daymsa do Brasil Comercial de Insumos Agrícolas Ltda

  The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) announced the approval of two new biopesticides in Act No. 42​ of the Department of Plant Protection and Supplies ...

  Tags:Registration

• The Use of AI/ML tools for help agronomist to improve their recommendations

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Renato Seraphim

  I strongly believe that the next unicorns, that is, companies with values greater than US$ 1 Bi dollars will be the agtechs, and among the technologies I believ...

• Pesticide usage on top fruit crops in Northern Ireland: 2020 survey report

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Markets

  This report presents information from a survey of the pesticide usage practices of top fruit growers in Northern Ireland in 2020. This is the eleventh pesticide...

• Plant protection fungus can control pathogenic fungi with small RNAs

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Science&Research

  For the first time, researchers have shown that one fungal species can control the behavior of another fungus using secreted RNA molecules. It has important use...