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Hemani to start production of Sulfentrazone Technical in September 2021

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UPL’s acquisition of Arysta LifeScience pays off - A boost to make in India initiative of the GOI

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India CIBRC 424th meeting: 35 TC and 38 Formulation registrations got approved，Bio-products almost half

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Sharda Cropchem: Will grow at 5-10% in FY21

Date：Jan. 15, 2021 Category：Companies

Brokerage firm Antique reiterates its positive view on Sharda Cropchem. RV Bubna, Chairman and MD of Sharda Cropchem, said: “We should still maintain that we s...
Sajjan India to invest Rs300 cr for expansion

Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Companies
SAJJAN INDIA LIMITED

Sajjan India, a leading manufacturer of active agro ingredients, electronic chemicals, speciality chemicals and intermediates, will invest Rs 300 crore to expan...
Technical know-how for using herbicides in Indian rice

Date：Jan. 15, 2021 Category：Markets

Among the agricultural pests causing crop loss, weeds rank first with a loss value of Rs. 2000 crores annually in India. Annual loss of nutrients due to weed am...
Indian agrochemical policy gamble can cost soil health for good: Pradip Dave, president of PMFAI

Date：Jan. 15, 2021 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Agrochemicals are an important and effective agriculture input, which though comes at a later stage of the crop cycle but has a significant impact on agronomic ...

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Rallis India Q3 PAT may dip 0.9% YoY to Rs. 37.7 cr: ICICI Direct

Date：Jan. 18, 2021 Category：Companies

ICICI Direct has come out with its third quarter (October-December’20) earnings estimates for the Chemicals sector. The brokerage house expects Rallis India to...
Indian Pesticides Management Bill 2020: Polishing the existing Law

Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Markets

A regulated and fair pesticide market is imperative to address food security, increase export and farmers’ income, along with achieving the goal of self-relian...
Indian agrochem sector seeks GST cut to spur use of crop protection chemicals

Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

Pesticide and agrochemical makers have sought a reduction in the GST in the Budget to spur the use of crop protection chemicals by farmers in the country.
Agriculture in India is at the cusp of a transformation

Date：Jan. 15, 2021 Category：Markets

The agriculture sector is critical for the Indian economy contributing to ~15 per cent of the country’s GDP and employing half of the country’s working po...
Big gift for Indian farmers on Pongal; TNAU releases new crop varieties to increase agricultural production

Date：Jan. 15, 2021 Category：Markets

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) Coimbatore has released 11 crop varieties inclusive of six varieties in agricultural crops and four in horticulture an...
Temasek fund backs India startup bringing AI technology to farms

Date：Jan. 18, 2021 Category：Markets

CropIn, an artificial intelligence and data-based agritech startup, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by Temasek Holdings Pte-backed ABC World Asia,...
Rallis India Q3 results: Net profit up 20% at Rs 46 cr

Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Companies
Rallis India Limited

Rallis India, a subsidiary of Tata Chemicals, on Monday announced a 20.23 per cent growth in consolidated net profit for the quarter ending December 31, 2020, a...
Rebooting Economy 56: Why India should follow agricultural development-led industrialisation growth model

Date：Jan. 18, 2021 Category：Markets

Further, India's investment in agriculture has seen a fall. Agriculture's share of gross capital formation (GCF) fell from 8.5% of the total GCF of economy in F...
Farm bills significant step forward for agriculture reforms in India: IMF

Date：Jan. 19, 2021 Category：Markets

The IMF believes the farm bills passed by the Indian government have the potential to represent a significant step forward for agricultural reforms, but a socia...
IHBT study on developing heat-tolerant wheat varieties in India that will improve grain yield

Date：Jan. 20, 2021 Category：Markets

Research undertaken by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has laid the groundwork for developing a variety of wheat that does not lose its...
Enhanced focus on R&D and reduction in GST –Crop Life India stresses on Union Budget 2021 for agrochemical sector

Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

‘Crop Life India’ an association of 15 R&D driven crop science companies, suggested that in order to enhance the focus on Research & Development, which would ...
Prosus Ventures leads $30 million investment in Indian agritech startup DeHaat

Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

On Tuesday, DeHaat, an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers, said it has raised $30 million in a new financing round as the I...
CNH Industrial India helping to overcome challenges associated with stubble burning in India

Date：Jan. 21, 2021 Category：Companies

The end of the Kharif season, signalled by the rice harvest, saw the first baling session, which marked the formal launch of the “Straw Management” CSR projec...

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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