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2019 Biologicals Special will be published, focusing on biopesticides, biostimulants and novel fertilizers

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2nd Biopesticides and Novel Fertilizers International Summit will be launched in China

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Viewpoint: Asia NPK market to heat up in 2019

Date：Jan. 30, 2019 Category：Markets

Competition among sellers in the Asian NPK market is set to heat up next year as rising exports from China meet increased domestic capacity within the region.
EuroChem grows its business in Hungary

Date：Jan. 30, 2019 Category：Companies
Eurochem

EuroChem Group AG has launched its next-generation fertilizers in Hungary, along with the addition of key personnel.
Koch Agronomic Services’ DUROMIDE™ technology approved by US EPA

Date：Jan. 29, 2019 Category：Products

Koch Agronomic Services (Koch) announced that DUROMIDE™, its next-generation active ingredient, has received federal registration from the U.S. Environmental P...
Fertilizer demand in Brazil to increase 3.2% annually through 2022

Date：Jan. 29, 2019 Category：Markets

Demand for fertilizer in Brazil is forecast to climb 3.2% per year to 18.6 million metric tons (nutrient basis) in 2022. Gains will be among the fastest in the ...

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OCP and Fertinagro team up to produce enhanced fertilizers in Morocco

Date：Jan. 29, 2019 Category：Companies
OCP Group

OCP, Morocco’s leading exporter of phosphate rock, phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizers, and Spanish firm Fertinagro announced the creation of a joint ven...
Simplot expands services to growers and suppliers in Western Canada

Date：Jan. 28, 2019 Category：Companies
J. R. Simplot Co.

The J.R. Simplot Company, a diversified, global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, is expanding its fertilizer distribution operations ...
AgXplore launches microcoat adding five micro and secondary nutrients

Date：Jan. 25, 2019 Category：Products
AgXplore

Compatible with any phosphorus and potassium fertilizer blend, AgXplore introduces Microcoat, which is a blend of five essential micro and secondary nutrients.
ADOB launches new BRNA technology in China

Date：Jan. 25, 2019 Category：Companies

On January 9th, ADOB company released the new BRNA technology in Qingdao, China.
Global controlled release fertilizer market to reach USD 3.92 billion by 2024

Date：Jan. 25, 2019 Category：Markets

According to the report by Transparency Market Research, in terms of revenue, the global controlled release fertilizer market is estimated to reach a valuation ...
Biolchim: Relying on strategic raw materials and process advantages, leading the global biostimulant market

Date：Jan. 25, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Founded in 1972, Biolchim S.p.A is a global leader in biostimulants, distributing a wide range of biostimulant products to more than 50 countries around the wor...
Oro Agri launches ENCOURAGE NANOCAL sub-micron calcium

Date：Jan. 24, 2019 Category：Products
ORO AGRI INTERNATIONAL.CO

Oro Agri announces the introduction of ENCOURAGE NANOCAL, a liquid, soil-applied product designed to supply crops with readily available calcium during periods ...
Increasing temperatures may help preserve crop nutrition

Date：Jan. 24, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Recent research has shown that rising carbon dioxide levels will likely boost yields, but at the cost of nutrition. A new study in Plant Journal from the Univer...
Compass Minerals launches nutrition line for the seed box

Date：Jan. 23, 2019 Category：Products
Compass Minerals

Compass Minerals Plant Nutrition has launched its Rocket Seeds nutritional seed treatment lineup. The first of four planned products is PMZ Dry, a dry nutrition...
China announces fertilizer tariffs for 2019

Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Markets

The Chinese government has announced its 2019 import and export policy for fertilizers, making significant changes to the export tax rates for all fertilizer pr...
Valagro enters into marketing partnership with Malagrow in Romania and Slovakia

Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Companies
Valagro S.p.A.

Valagro and Malagrow, a leading distributor of innovative solutions on the Hungarian ag market, have signed an agreement for the distribution of Valagro solutio...
Veolia and Yara partner to propel European circular economy

Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Companies
Yara International ASA

Global resource recovery company Veolia and leading crop nutrition company Yara signed an agreement to develop circular economy in the European food and agricul...
Dangote fertilizer plant to begin operations in April

Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Companies

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said at the weekend that it has supported Dangote’s $11 billion Refinery and Petrochemical plant with N125 billion as at the ...
BRANDT enters into marketing partnership with The Rose Bowl Stadium®

Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Companies
Brandt Consolidated Inc.

After supplying fertilizer to the Rose Bowl Stadium for nearly two decades, BRANDT has entered into a marketing agreement with The Rose Bowl Stadium as its offi...
Is the New Farm Bill an Opportunity or Threat for Specialty Crop Growers?

Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview
John VanSickle

Hurricanes, wildfires, and trade — how much more can you sustain? If we let science speak its peace, then the environment is critical to our future for many re...
14 Fertilizer Blending Systems for 2019

Date：Jan. 22, 2019 Category：Markets

GSI’s InterSystems engineered-to-order heavy-duty fertilizer equipment offers nearly double the speed of any other fertilizer blending tower on the market. It ...
Sentinel Biologics launches revolutionary EcoBiome soil testing technology

Date：Jan. 21, 2019 Category：Companies

Sentinel Biologics, a leading microbial technology company serving the agricultural, environmental and energy industries, recently announced the launch of its n...
Tradecorp acquires Brazilian company Microquimica, consolidating its growing position in Latin America and entering the microbial segment

Date：Jan. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

The acquisition of Microquimica, a company with an established presence of more than 40 years in the Brazilian market, will allow Tradecorp, the Sapec Agro Busi...
An Interview with Paul Mullins, Vice President, European Biostimulant Industry Council and Managing Director Brandon Bioscience

Date：Jan. 17, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

The European Biostimulant Industry Council (EBIC) aims to raise awareness of and promote the contribution of plant biostimulants to a more sustainable and resil...
Public vote for AgroPages Awards has completed

Date：Jan. 16, 2019 Category：Products

AgroPages is selecting Agri-Inputs with Incomparable Market Potential in China. The event this year is focusing on biostimulant, novel fertilizer and biopestici...
India likely to overshoot fertiliser aid bill by $4.2 billion, banks may chip in

Date：Jan. 15, 2019 Category：Markets

India is likely to overshoot its fertiliser subsidy bill for this financial year by 300 billion rupees ($4.2 billion), three sources with direct knowledge of th...
SynTech Research Iberia holds accreditation to operate biostimulants either in Spain or Portugal

Date：Jan. 14, 2019 Category：Companies

SynTech Research Iberia has got the Spanish and Portuguese compliance certificates to operate in the area of biostimulants, fulfilling the two national requirem...
The Mosaic Co. and Chinese ag input provider Sinochem announce MOU

Date：Jan. 10, 2019 Category：Companies
The Mosaic Company

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) recently announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sinochem, China's largest agricultural input...
US Farm Bill includes a significant milestone for agricultural biostimulants

Date：Jan. 9, 2019 Category：Regulations
Agrinos

The 2018 U.S. Farm Bill signed into law on Dec. 20 includes an important milestone for the growth and adoption of biostimulant products for crops.
Brazilian agribusiness firm Forquímica invests $1M in Georgia crop nutrition plant

Date：Jan. 9, 2019 Category：Companies

Brazilian agribusiness Forquímica plans to invest $1 million to convert a facility in Moultrie, GA into a manufacturing plant for sustainable crop protection p...
Mosaic Co. Receives Final Approval For New Phosphate Mine In Florida

Date：Jan. 8, 2019 Category：Companies
The Mosaic Company

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) today announced that it has acquired the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 404 permit for its Ona phosphate mine project in Hardee Cou...

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: Investment & Expansion

Syngenta to build first herbicide plant in Russia for $25 mn
FMC Canada opens new head office in Mississauga, Ontario

Syngenta to build first herbicide plant in Russia for $25 mn
FMC Canada opens new head office in Mississauga, Ontario

: Registration & Launch

Corteva Agriscience introduces DuraCor herbicide
Nufarm Americas launches Q-Ball herbicide

Corteva Agriscience introduces DuraCor herbicide
Nufarm Americas launches Q-Ball herbicide

: Collaborations & Licences

Corteva Agriscience and John Deere invest in technology solutions and tools to help African farmers improve
BASF’s xarvio Digital Farming Solutions announces new digital collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions

Corteva Agriscience and John Deere invest in technology solutions and tools to help African farmers improve
BASF’s xarvio Digital Farming Solutions announces new digital collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions

: Mergers & Acquisitions

Wilbur-Ellis Acquires Ag Services, Inc.
Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link

Wilbur-Ellis Acquires Ag Services, Inc.
Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link

: Sales Performance

Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018
Sumitomo Chemical's Health and Crop Sciences segment sales down in FY 2018

Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018
Sumitomo Chemical's Health and Crop Sciences segment sales down in FY 2018

Answer

: What options/alternatives farmers in China have replacing paraquat? Are there other useful herbicdes, i.e. diquat, glufosinate (which others) that can cover this gap? Would the replacements be related to higher costs as well? What crop protection startegies would farmers adapt replacing paraquat?

1 Like 1 AnswersSir, thanks for question. For weed control, Glyphosate and Glufosinate are the main options while many other broad spectrum herbicides also ...All

: 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