Syngenta Canada receives registration for Fortenza insecticide as a seed treatment on soybeansAug. 10, 2018

Syngenta Canada Inc. is pleased to announce the registration of Fortenza® insecticide as a soybean seed treatment for control of below-grou...

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QSAR (Quantitative structure-activity relationship) Models: An Increasing Trend in Toxicological Evaluations for Pesticides RegistrationAug. 10, 2018

QSAR modeling is an in silico technique that applies mathematical models to predict (either qualitatively or quantitatively) the physico-che...

SDS Biotech’s recorded sales of 2,431 million yen in Q1 FY 2018-19Aug. 10, 2018

Net sales of SDS Biotech for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2019, were 2,431 million yen, operating income was 106 millio...

Brazil agrochemical group to appeal ruling suspending glyphosateAug. 10, 2018

Brazil-based agrochemical companies plan to appeal a ruling suspending the use of glyphosate in Brazil, an industry spokeswoman said on Wedn...

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Former Motorola CIO Greg Meyers takes on the same role at $13 billion SyngentaAug. 10, 2018

Greg Meyers has joined $13 billion revenue Syngenta, as chief information officer (CIO) in Basel, Switzerland. Greg will now focus on leadi...

Interview Series 3: New Solutions for Control of Citrus Psyllid and HLB in South AmericaAug. 10, 2018

The recent main pests and disease damages in South America include Asian soybean rust, whitefly and citrus huanglongbing. AgroPages conducte...

BASF presents Enervin line for the protection of the vineyards in SpainAug. 9, 2018

BASF introduces the Enervin family, a generation of products based on ametoctradin (trade name: Initium) that offers the vine grower the fle...

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Counterfeit pesticides cost Kenyan farmers Sh120bnAug. 9, 2018

The country is losing at least Sh120 billion in revenue to unregistered agro-chemicals dealers and counterfeit pesticides, according to Agro...

France set to become new watchdog in safety assessment of glyphosateAug. 9, 2018

The European Commission looks set to make France the new lead evaluator in an overhaul of the safety assessment of glyphosate.

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US EPA to register the first food and outdoor uses for Nichino’s insecticide pyrifluquinazonAug. 9, 2018

The US EPA is proposing to approve the first food and outdoor uses of Nichino America’s insecticide, pyrifluquinazon on Brassica head and s...

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PBI-Gordon releases Pedigree Fungicide SCAug. 9, 2018

The Pedigree Fungicide SC from PBI-Gordon Corporation is designed to provide disease control on golf courses, residential and commercial pro...

Interview Series 2: New Solutions for Control of Whitefly in South AmericaAug. 9, 2018

The recent main pests and disease damages in South America include Asian soybean rust, whitefly and citrus huanglongbing. AgroPages conducte...

Political View over Future of Agrochemicals and Agriculture during Election Time in BrazilAug. 8, 2018

Economist Gustavo Grisa, partner of Agencia Futuro, an impact business consultancy in Sao Paulo. He is one of the leading Brazilian professi...

Vive announces five new crop protection products for 2019 seasonAug. 8, 2018

Five new fertilizer-compatible products are expected to be available from Vive Crop Protection for U.S. corn, sugarbeet and potato growers i...

The Regulation of Nanotechnology in AgricultureAug. 8, 2018

While nanoparticles can be found in a wide variety of natural sources including sand, ocean spray, volcanic ash, dust, and even blood borne ...

Interview with STK: Prepping Philippine farm produce for the worldAug. 7, 2018

If the Philippines wants to ensure that its farm produce is robust and meets the pesticide residue limits set by its trading partners, then ...

Serie de entrevistas 1: Nuevas soluciones para el control de La roya asiática de la soja en América del SurAug. 7, 2018

Agropages realizó una entrevista con proveedores de la industria en relación a las recientes ocurrencias de las plagas y enfermedades, asi...

Interview Series 1: New Solutions for Control of Asian Soybean Rust in South AmericaAug. 7, 2018

AgroPages conducted interviews with industry service providers with respect to the recent occurrences of the above pests and diseases, as we...

Interview with BASF executives on its acquisition of Bayer businessesAug. 7, 2018

Last Thursday was a brand new day for BASF as the Chemical Company marked its entry into seeds, non-selective herbicides and nematicide seed...