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• Pesticides terbufos and iprodione to be recommended for Rotterdam listing

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Regulations

  On terbufos and iprodione, the CRC concluded that FRA notifications meet the criteria for listing banned or severely restricted chemicals.

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• Sri Lanka imports 30,000 MT of organic fertilizer for Maha Season

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Markets

  Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Ministry announced that 30,000 Metric Tonnes of Organic Pottasium Chloride fertilizers were imported to the country on October 13.

• Bayer approves sale of traded seeds business to Crystal Crop Protection

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Companies

  Bayer CropScience India

  The Board of directors of Bayer CropScience Limited has approved the sale of its Traded Seeds business relating to Cotton, Millet, Mustard and Sorghum crops ("C...

• The Crop Trust and the International Potato Center (CIP) announce new disease-proof potato

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Products

  On the occasion of the 42nd World Food Day, the Crop Trust and the International Potato Center (CIP) are announcing the release of a new disease-resistant pota...

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• ZJAMP Holding Group was assigned 3.26% stakes in Nutrichem at spending of RMB 212 million ZJAMP Holding Group, Nutrichem

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Companies

  浙农控股集团有限公司

  On September 29, 2021, Zhejiang Hetai, a subsidiary of ZJAMP Holding Group, was assigned 40 million shares of Nutrichem, which was held by Huapont Life Sciences...

• ABA CHEM and FMC signing supplementary agreement, reaching a value of RMB 2 billion

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Companies

  ABA Chemicals Corporation

  On September 30, ABA CHEM announced that it has signed the supplementary agreement to the customization service with ARGO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. The supplementary ...

• China Registration Watch | Three novel pesticides granted registration the first time in China - picarbutrazox, bixlozone and thiorantraniliprole

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Products

  In September 2021, Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs approved registration of 3 novel chemical pesticides: picarbutrazox, bixlozone and clomazon...

• ICRISAT to collaborate with bioproducts firm for plant health

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Companies

  ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics)

  ICRISAT and Varsha Bioscience and Technology India Pvt Ltd (VBTIPL), a Hyderabad-based bioproducts company, recently signed an agreement to work together in the...

• China Registration Watch | Bayer’s Vayego SC (tetraniliprole) granted registration for use in rice, bacillus amyloliquefaciens QST713 registered as pesticide

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Products

  In September 2021, after the evaluation by China Pesticide Registration Evaluation Committee, Bayer’s tetraniliprole (product trademark Vayego SC) was approved...

• Invaio Sciences secures $50 million debt financing to develop and commercialize agricultural solutions to address climate change

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Companies

  Invaio Sciences

  Invaio Sciences, Inc., a Flagship Pioneering company unlocking the potential of natural systems to accelerate the transition to sustainable agriculture to urgen...

• Next Interactions and BASF Agricultural Solutions develop new technology to analyze Asian soybean rust

  Date：Oct. 15, 2021 Category：Companies

  BASF Agricultural Solutions

  Next Interactions and BASF's Agricultural Solutions division collaborate to develop a unique scientific approach to fight Asian soybean rust (ASR), one of the m...

• Can pseudoscience feed us?

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Any technology or product (e.g., chemical compound such as a drug or a pesticide molecule) will have its own advantages and disadvantages as well as risks and b...

• Bee Vectoring Technologies signs first commercial industry partnership

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Companies

  Bee Vectoring Technologies (BVT)

  Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. (the "Company" or "BVT") today announced its first commercial agreement with BIOGARD, a division of CBC (Europe) S...

• Soybean study designs and implements a more effective and less toxic bio-fungicide

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Science&Research

  Fungal diseases of plants are normally managed through the application of fungicides, which are not only toxic to the pathogens that cause these diseases but to...

• Genome-edited tomato enters Japanese market

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Products

  A committee from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare granted Sanatech Seed permission to commercialize this new tomato variety, on the express co...

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• USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts its first Hemp Acreage and Production Survey

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Markets

  USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will mail its first Hemp Acreage and Production Survey to 20,500 producers across the nation, beginning ...

• EU Farm to Fork strategy– It is time to listen to what the data say

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Food chain actors all agree with the main principles set out in the Farm to Fork strategy and are fully aware that constant and substantial improvement must be ...

• USDA/APHIS seeks comment on draft pest risk assessment for the importation of corn seed from South Africa

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Regulations

  The government of South Africa has asked USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to authorize the importation of corn seed (Zea mays) for plan...

• Calyxt names IBM’s Global Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Dr. Seth Dobrin, to Scientific Advisory Board

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Companies

  Calyxt

  Calyxt, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLXT), a plant-based synthetic biotechnology company, today announced the appointment of Seth Dobrin, Ph.D., to the Company’s Scientific ...

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• India to provide additional subsidy for phosphate-based fertilizer-govt

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Regulations

  India on Tuesday approved an additional subsidy of 57.16 billion rupees ($757.79 million) for the crop nutrient diammonium phosphate (DAP) to ensure retail pric...

• 2021 China Pesticide Exporting Workshop is available for online participation in one day!

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Markets

  27 industry experts from China and global discussed and exchanged views on the current hot topics of the pesticide industry, include: China pesticide exp...

• Croda: How to select the correct components for your biopesticide-based products

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Carlos Eduardo Oliveira da Silva, Lead Researcher at Croda explores various methods that are available to assess the compatibility of formulation components wit...

• Mrs Catherine Lamboley, new director of the Olmix Group’s Plant Care Division

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Companies

  Olmix Group

  Olmix Group continues to roll out its 2021-2025 strategic plan with the appointment of Catherine Lamboley as Global Plant Care Division Head.

• “Unity of Knowledge and Action” – Interview with Jelle Vriend from Ad Terram

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  This is the second time the lead from Ad Terram team has spoken to AgroPages. Ad Terram is a Dutch company which develops and produces agricultural treatments a...

• Fertilizer Fever: Soaring Costs Could Impact Farmers and Food Prices

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Bloomberg writer Elizabeth Elkin reported on last Friday that, “A gauge of North American fertilizer prices soared to a record high, driving up costs for farme...

• Univar Solutions: Meet customers’ needs by expanding product portfolio for crop protection, fertilizers, and adjuvants and offering market-leading technical innovation services in LatAm

  Date：Oct. 14, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  Univar Solutions is a leading global specialty chemical and ingredient distributor representing a premier portfolio from the world’s leading producers. With ou...

• Food inflation heats up and energy crisis may make it worse

  Date：Oct. 13, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  The jump in global food prices to a decade high risks leading to even more expensive grocery bills, and the energy crisis is threatening to make things even wor...

• The insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant GMO corn developed by Dabeinong's subsidiary was approved by the FDA for food safety

  Date：Oct. 13, 2021 Category：Products

  Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group Co.,Ltd

  Chinese biotechnology company Dabeinong announced that the insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant genetically modified corn DBN9936 independently developed by ...

• Researchers develop a mixture of biological, chemical, and mineral products for seed treatment

  Date：Oct. 13, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

  GRUPO FLOSS

  The Grupo Floss laboratories are working with two teams of microbiologists on trials to make mixtures of biologicals with chemicals and minerals for seed treatm...

• Double control of energy consumption, power and production limit, the price of glyphosate breaks through RMB 80,000/ton

  Date：Oct. 13, 2021 Category：Markets

  Recently, a series of policies such as double control of energy consumption, power limit and production limit have caused the already "crazy" glyphosate market ...