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• Projects aim to manage weeds in organic fruit, hemp farming

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

  Weed control is a problem as old as agriculture itself, but two projects from a Cornell AgriTech researcher aim to cultivate new methods for zapping the pesky p...

  Tags:Organic AgricultureFruits and Vegetables

• Scientists uncover pathogen’s similar impact on two very different crops

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

  Investigating the interaction between Pcal and cabbage and oats, the University of Tsukuba scientists found that COR does reopen the stomata but that it also su...

• Breeding beetle-resistant potatoes

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

  In a new study, published in Crop Science, researchers describe genetic tools to develop potato varieties with improved natural resistance to the potato bug.

  Tags:Seed breedingPotato

• EarthOptics raises $10.3 million in Series A Funding, led by Leaps by Bayer, to accelerate carbon mapping

  Date：Sep. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  EarthOptics

  EarthOptics has closed its Series A investment round, raising an additional $10.3 million in funding. This funding will enable further growth and expansion acro...

  Tags:Investment & ExpansionPrecision Farming

• De Sangosse acquires British biocontrol company Agronaturalis

  Date：Sep. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  De Sangosse Ltd

  De Sangosse Group on Monday announced that it has acquired Agronaturalis, a biocontrol company based in the United Kingdom.

• Origin Agritech and China Agricultural University to collaborate on research of molecular design of corn using CRISPR

  Date：Sep. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  Origin Agritech Limited

  Origin Agritech Ltd., an agriculture technology company, announced on September 21 that it has entered into collaboration agreement with China Agricultural Univ...

  Tags:CollaborationSeed breedingMaizeGene Editing

• Australia - A scientific approach to managing Panama TR4 in bananas

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

  An independently commissioned review into Panama disease tropical race 4 (Panama TR4) in Far North Queensland has provided a list of research priorities to help...

  Tags:Fruits and Vegetables

• AI tool for diagnosing potato diseases

  Date：Sep. 22, 2021 Category：Products

  More than two million farmers in East Africa who depend on potatoes will be able to point their smartphones at a plant and receive an instant disease diagnosis ...

  Tags:Potato

• USA - Syngenta launches new assurance program for guaranteed, season-long control of annual bluegrass weevils and more

  Date：Sep. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  As the trusted leader for annual bluegrass weevil control solutions, Syngenta announced the launch of its new WeevilTrakSM annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) assuran...

  Tags:InsecticidesOrnamental and Turf

• Nuseed’s focus on healthier sunflower hybrids

  Date：Sep. 22, 2021 Category：Products

  For discerning growers and processors, as well as health-conscious consumers, the nutritional quality of the sunflower oil matters. For Nuseed, this means a foc...

  Tags:Seed breedingOilseed Rape

• Croda officially opens its Crop Care Product Validation Centre

  Date：Sep. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  Croda International Plc today has officially opened its Product Validation Centre. Located in Holambra near Sao Paolo, Brazil, this state-of-the-art centre is d...

  Tags:Investment & Expansion

• GreenLight Biosciences opens RNA production facility for the next generation of agricultural products

  Date：Sep. 22, 2021 Category：Companies

  GreenLight Biosciences, Inc.

  GreenLight Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on RNA research, design, and manufacturing for human, animal, and plant health, on Tuesday announc...

• CABI launches PlantwisePlus program

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  A new CABI-led worldwide program – PlantwisePlus – has been launched to help support low and lower-middle income countries to predict, prepare themselves for,...

• INTA of Argentina and IICA establish regional agtech network

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  Argentina’s National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) have established a regiona...

• FBSciences Technologies Prove the Power to Decrease Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 37%

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  FBSciences Inc

  With the launch of their Climate Impact Report, FBSciences, a global leader in the innovation, development, and commercialization of biologicals for agriculture...

• Koppert launches new range of insect traps

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Products

  Koppert Biological Systems（KOPPERT B.V.）

  Koppert Biological Systems has expanded its Horiver sticky trap range with 4 new traps for monitoring and trapping pests like aphids, leaf miners, whiteflies, t...

• NE Nitro Geneva acquires Nebraska nitrogen plant

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  The operations at the Geneva, Nebraska facility provides nitrogen-based fertilizer critical to sustaining soil fertility and crop production.

• BASF Reorganizes Its Field Team

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  BASF Agricultural Solutions

  To help lay the groundwork for a successful season, BASF is reaffirming its commitment to growers and retailers through the realignment of its field team from I...

• GrubMarket Acquires Farmigo to Expand Software Offerings to American Farms

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  GrubMarket recently announced it has completed the acquisition of Farmigo, a provider of community supported agriculture ("CSA") software to farms to manage the...

• French EU president wants to eliminate chemical crop protection faster

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Markets

  The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, announced during his speech at the Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which was he...

• Azelis launches IPO, sets price range from €22.00 to €26.00

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  Azelis

  Azelis recently announced the launch of its initial public offering on Euronext Brussels. The price range for the Offering has been set at €22.00 to €26.0...

• Australian OGTR - Receipt of licence application from The University of Adelaide for field trial of genetically modified wheat and barley

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Products

  The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) has received a licence application (DIR 186) from The University of Adelaide to conduct a field trial of gene...

• The Netherlands - Plant scientists will use artificial intelligence to make crops more resilient

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

  A revolutionary method to make crops more resilient to climate change and other threats is one step closer to becoming reality. A team of universities and compa...

• On the Roof of Ecuador, XAG Spearheads Drones for Sustainable Andean Farming

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  XAIRCRAFT （XAG）

  Flying into the Andes mountains of Ecuador, XAG Agricultural Drones were recently introduced to a series of on-farm spray trials for high-altitude specialty cro...

• KWS publishes sustainability targets for 2030

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  KWS SAAT SE

  Plant breeding as a key technology for sustainable farming into the future: In its “2030 Sustainability Ambition,” the plant breeding company KWS has set ambi...

• Seipasa receives a grant for the development of a new product

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  SEIPASA SA

  Seipasa, the Spanish company specialised in the development and formulation of bioinsecticides, biofungicides and biostimulants for agriculture, has undertaken ...

• Andermatt Madumbi formed following merger

  Date：Sep. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

  Madumbi Sustainable Agriculture (Pty) Ltd

  South Africa-based Madumbi Sustainable Agriculture has rebranded to Andermatt Madumbi following a merger with Andermatt Biocontrol.

• Innospec: Solution Provider for Innovative, Sustainable Agrochemical Additives

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

  Jonathan Selby, Global Business Director Agricultural Market, Innospec Performance Chemicals shared his views on the Innospec’s global presence, core competiti...

• Healthy Hydroponics analyzes microbiomes from vegetable, fruit, and cannabis growers

  Date：Sep. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Metagenom Bio Life Science Inc.

  A large-scale microbiome project across 12 commercial hydroponic farms in Canada has been ongoing since September 2020. The project, Healthy Hydroponics, is led...

• Future of farming: Driving farmer value through satellite-powered directed scouting

  Date：Sep. 20, 2021 Category：Companies

  Corteva Agriscience

  Corteva Inc. will use Planet Labs Inc.’s satellite imaging products to get more data that’s key to boosting crop health and productivity. The companies signed...

  Tags:CollaborationPrecision Farming