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Nissan Chemical acquires mancozeb fungicide product line from Corteva Agriscience

Date：Dec. 22, 2020 Category：Companies
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Nissan Chemical Corporation announces the acquisition of the Mancozeb product line of fungicides in Japan and Korea from Corteva, Inc.

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Rabi Fertilizer & Agrochemicals to remain strong despite base of last year

Date：Dec. 22, 2020 Category：Markets

The outlook for the ongoing rabi season remains encouraging, with fertilizer and agrochemical players likely to report healthy performances in 2HFY21, Motilal O...
Inner Mongolia Meixin Fine Chemical to launch 200-ton nicosulfuron facility

Date：Dec. 22, 2020 Category：Companies

The environmental impact assessment of the new nicosulfuron plant with an annual production capacity 200 tons of the Inner Mongolia Meixin Fine Chemical Co., Lt...
Global Agro and Ecospray sign a sole distribution agreement for Nemguard in Asian markets

Date：Dec. 22, 2020 Category：Companies

Global Agro, the biological solution provider & bio-technology company in Korea has announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement to sell Eco...

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Biotech cotton is key to eliminating devastating pest from US and Mexico

Date：Dec. 22, 2020 Category：Science&Research

A collaboration between UArizona, cotton growers, and government and industry partners eradicated the pink bollworm – one of the world's most damaging crop pes...
High base notwithstanding, Indian agrochemical companies' growth prospects remain firm

Date：Dec. 21, 2020 Category：Markets

The agrochemical industry has had a fairly good run so far led by normal monsoons and remunerative prices, all of which have resulted in acceleration of agricul...
Indian pesticide industry flags concern over Pesticides Amendment Bill

Date：Dec. 21, 2020 Category：Markets

After the farm laws, the fertiliser industry has raised a red flag over the Pesticides Amendment Bill, contending that in its existing form the draft legislatio...
BASF launches Priaxor in Argentina to tackle soybean diseases

Date：Dec. 21, 2020 Category：Products

BASF has launched new fungicide, Priaxor, a product which has characteristics that stand out. On the one hand, it is a last generation fungicide based on carbox...

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UPL launches FlyUP project, which monitors the main Brazilian pests

Date：Dec. 21, 2020 Category：Products

UPL announced the launch in Brazil of the FlyUP project It is a technology for aerial mapping of weeds and diseases in sugarcane fields and pasture. With artifi...
Brazil: Ten agrochemical companies win 16th ‘Best Agribusiness Award’

Date：Dec. 21, 2020 Category：Companies

The winners of the 16th edition of the “Best Agribusiness Award” in the “Agricultural Defensives” category was announced recently.
Breakthrough discovery: How Colorado potato beetles beat pesticides

Date：Dec. 21, 2020 Category：Science&Research

In a first-of-its-kind study, led by Prof. Yolanda Chen at the University of Vermont (UVM), the research team shows that epigenetic changes, passed to new gener...
Ghana: Crop research scientists, extension officers assess laboratory-tested insecticides

Date：Dec. 18, 2020 Category：Markets

Professor Moses Brandford Mochiah, Director, Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CRI), advised the farmers to a...
Researchers report root bacteria could help defeat fatal citrus disease

Date：Dec. 18, 2020 Category：Science&Research

A UC Riverside-led team is looking at tiny underground microorganisms for a way to prevent a huge problem - Huanglongbing, a disease that has decimated citrus o...
Role Of Nanotechnology In Agriculture: A Review

Date：Dec. 18, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Particularly, it’s a prime agenda for the developing world including Pakistan. Agriculture sector in Pakistan contributes significantly to the national economy...
Nicaragua imports more agrochemicals, which is a positive sign

Date：Dec. 17, 2020 Category：Markets

Despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Nicaraguan economy, the importation of agri-inputs increased from last year, according to figures from the...
Mike Burbach joins Nufarm as Seed Treatment Customer & Brand Marketing Manager

Date：Dec. 17, 2020 Category：Companies
Nufarm Americas Inc.

Nufarm announced that Mike Burbach has joined Nufarm as Customer and Brand Marketing Manager for the seed treatment segment.
Gowan Company acquires herbicides prosulfuron and primisulfuron from Syngenta

Date：Dec. 17, 2020 Category：Companies
Gowan Company, LLC

Gowan Company, L.L.C. announced that it has entered into agreements with Syngenta to acquire rights to the active ingredients prosulfuron and primisulfuron.
Sumitomo Chemical launches insecticide Abaday for caterpillar control in Brazil

Date：Dec. 16, 2020 Category：Products

Sumitomo Chemical launched in Brazil the insecticide Abaday® (lufenuron + thiodicarb), which is a product that has double effect on the control of caterpillars...

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Lonza shortlists bidders for $4 billion specialty ingredients unit

Date：Dec. 16, 2020 Category：Companies

Lonza Group AG has narrowed the list of bidders for its specialty ingredients unit, one of the European chemical industry’s most hotly-contested sale processes...
UPL opens state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in India to produce Clethodim herbicide

Date：Dec. 16, 2020 Category：Companies

UPL Ltd. today announced the opening of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Jhagadia, located in the state of Gujarat, India. The facility will suppo...
Survey shows dicamba may reduce the effectiveness of junglerice controls

Date：Dec. 16, 2020 Category：Products

In recent years, junglerice has become a significant problem in dicamba-resistant cotton and soybean crops. In Tennessee, for example, growers routinely find po...

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AgPlenus announces reaching a ‘Lead’ stage in its novel mode-of-action herbicide program

Date：Dec. 16, 2020 Category：Products
AgPlenus

This significant development milestone was achieved following positive results for product candidate APH1 in field tests with commercial level application rates...
Novel and effective technique to control Banana Xanthomonas wilt is suitable for Rwandan agroecology

Date：Dec. 16, 2020 Category：Science&Research

For the last 10 plus years, the yield and production of this important crop in Rwanda have been severely affected by the Xanthomonas wilt of banana (BXW) diseas...
Eric Seban appointed as CEO of CCAB Agro

Date：Dec. 16, 2020 Category：Companies

After a meeting of the Board of Directors of CCAB Agro, representatives of the shareholders of InVivo and of the Brazilian cooperatives meeting at CCAB Particip...
Syngenta’s wheat fungicide Miravis® Flowable registered in Japan

Date：Dec. 15, 2020 Category：Products

Syngenta Japan Co., Ltd. Announced that the new wheat fungicide Miravis® Flowable was registered in Japan. Miravis® Flowable is an SDHI-based fungicide contai...

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Mexico proposes phasing out Roundup pesticide by 2024

Date：Dec. 15, 2020 Category：Regulations

Mexico’s Agriculture Department has proposed rules for phasing out the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in weed killer Roundup, by early 2024.
Ancom continues expansion of agrochemical and industrial-chemical outfits amid recovering markets

Date：Dec. 15, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Ancom Berhad intends to expand its profitable agriculture and industrial chemical businesses during a period where most global companies are just hoping to ride...
VI-VACCINE, a microbial extract-based product, strengthens Integrated Virus Management

Date：Dec. 15, 2020 Category：Products

With the technology development of biological products and rising issue of sustainable agriculture, IPM(Integrated Pest Management) is already essential part of...
US EPA increases transparency for inert ingredients in antimicrobial products

Date：Dec. 15, 2020 Category：Regulations

In support of the Trump Administration’s ongoing commitment to increase transparency and at the request of retailers, states, and industry, the U.S. Environmen...
Six more chemicals prioritised for reassessment in New Zealand

Date：Dec. 15, 2020 Category：Regulations

Insecticides used in ant bait, and chemicals found in timber treatment substances, are among the additions to the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority...

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# Top News #

Top biologicals news in November & December 2020

This report lists the most-viewed news regarding biostimulant/biopesticide products, companies, regulations and research that were released on AgroPages in November and December 2020.

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# Seed Treatment #

Seeds cleaned by 'activated air' in world's first - Northern lights phenomenon inspires chemical-free seed cleaning

The world’s first ‘activated air’ seed sterilisation system, Aurora Z10, is to be launched by Loughborough University spinout Zayndu Ltd at the Agri-TechE event “Keeping it clean with agri-tech innovation” January 19th 2021.

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# UAV Plant Protection Industry #

US Department of Agriculture selects Draganfly Commander drone

Draganfly Inc., an award-winning, industry-leading manufacturer and systems developer, announces that the US Department of Agriculture has selected the use of the Draganfly Commander drones to do phenotyping and other related data collection and analysis.

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# Industry Rankings #

Brazil: Ten agrochemical companies win 16th ‘Best Agribusiness Award’

The winners of the 16th edition of the “Best Agribusiness Award” in the “Agricultural Defensives” category was announced recently.

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# Soil Amendment #

Heliae Agriculture and Rizobacter collaborate to deliver unique soil and crop nutrition technologies

Heliae® Agriculture announced Monday a new strategic collaboration with Rizobacter, a subsidiary of Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., a global leader in sustainable solutions for agriculture.

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# Underground Pests & Nematicide #

Biological tackles soybeans’ no. 1 pathogen

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is pervasive, prolific and widespread. The SCN Coalition projects more than $1 billion in yield loss and suppression due to the pest every year. The most commonly used tool in the toolbox to mitigate this damage is variety selection...

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# Registration & Launch #

Nufarm and CROP.ZONE launch NUCROP – Hybrid Electric Crop Protection, for alternative weed control

Australian crop protection and specialty seed company Nufarm and German ag-tech start-up CROP.ZONE are announcing the launch of NUCROP – Hybrid Electric Crop Protection.

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# Mergers & Acquisitions #

ICL completes acquisition of Fertiláqua

ICL (NYSE & TASE: ICL), a leading global specialty minerals and specialty chemicals company, announced today it completed the acquisition of Fertiláqua, one of Brazil's leading specialty plant nutrition companies, for $122 million, which includes the assumpti...

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# Collaborations & Licences #

First bio-inducing inoculant launched in Brazilian market

Rizobacter Brasil announced the launch of the premium inoculant Signum in Brazil, after registration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA).

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: Asian soybean rust is the most important disease in soybean, the yield loss being from 10% to 90%, dependent on the geographical region where the disease was reported. What are the key points in controlling Asian rust?

The use of an efficient product since the beginning of the soy cycle is one of the most important decisions for growers after the crop impla...All