Argentine farmers agree to pay royalties to seed companies like MonsantoFeb. 26, 2018

Argentine farmers have agreed to pay perpetual royalties when they replant genetically modified seeds made by companies like Monsanto Co, a ...

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Monsanto to launch defense of Brazilian Intacta patent by MarchFeb. 23, 2018

Monsanto has one month to present its defense of its patent Intacta RR2Pro (MON87701xMON89788) to Brazilian authorities, lawyers from the co...

Bayer: Professional seed treatment is becoming more and more important in BrazilFeb. 23, 2018

In Brazil, professional seed treatment is becoming more and more important. Six years ago, around 5% of soy seeds underwent professional tre...

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Ray of hope for citrus farmers as Greening vector’s sexual pheromone identifiedFeb. 23, 2018

A group of researchers linked to the Brazil National Institute of Science and Technology of Semiochemicals in Agriculture - one of the INCTs...

Bayer, LB-Track partner on the development of faster herbicide-resistant weeds detecting methodFeb. 23, 2018

Bayer and Chilean company, LB-Track have partnered to develop a faster method to detect herbicide-resistant weeds. The deal’s financial det...

Brazil launches bagging for pest control on tomatoes
Ensacamento controla pragas do tomateFeb. 14, 2018

Tomato producers in Brazil now have a new alternative for the control of small-borer and tomato-moth. The non-woven (TNT) Agrotex, produced ...

Brazil: Platform that forecasts infestation, use of pesticide launched
Resource reforça estratégia em agronegócio com IoTFeb. 14, 2018

A platform in Brazil that alerts about possible infestations and automatically requests the necessary pesticide to combat the problem was la...

FMC partners with Agronow to monitor soybean in Brazil
FMC faz parceria com Startup Agronow para estímulo da cultura da sojaFeb. 13, 2018

FMC Agricultural Solutions has established a partnership with Agronow, an intelligence market platform, for monitoring, forecast, and crop a...

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Monsanto announces 3rd generation GMO soybean in BrazilFeb. 13, 2018

The third generation of genetically-modified soybean should arrive in the Brazilian market by October, 2020, when the import release will be...

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DLF acquires Gapp Semillas Seed Company in ArgentinaFeb. 2, 2018

DLF, global leader in forage and turf seed, has acquired the assets of Gapp Semillas S.A. based in Pergamino, Argentina. The acquisition is ...

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Bioceres Announces Launch of IPO of American Depositary SharesFeb. 2, 2018

Bioceres S.A. (“Bioceres” or the “Company”), a fully-integrated provider of crop productivity solutions, including seeds, seed traits, s...

Argentina and Brazil merge law and science to regulate new breeding techniquesFeb. 2, 2018

New breeding techniques, or “NBTs” as they have come to be known, are a set of innovative tools that can have remarkable impacts in the fi...

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Chile estimates more expensive agrochemicals in 2018Jan. 30, 2018

Andreas Kobrich has his eyes set on the current wheat harvest. As general secretary of the Wheat Growers’ Association in the region of Arau...

Nufarm creates Raiz program for pesticide distributors in BrazilJan. 26, 2018

Nufarm has launched an initiative called Raiz Program in Brazil, to promote innovations, services and new technologies among the pesticide d...

Brazil says Monsanto's Intacta patent should be voidedJan. 25, 2018

Brazil’s patent office has concluded that Monsanto Co’s Intacta RR2 Pro patent for genetically modified soy seed technology should be decl...

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Revenue of agrochemical sector to fall by 7% in Brazil, says AndefJan. 24, 2018

The revenue through the sales of agrochemicals in Brazil could fall between 5% and 7%, said Eduardo Leduc, president and director of the Bra...

Syngenta launches Miravis Top in ArgentinaJan. 24, 2018

Syngenta presented Miravis Top, a new fungicide of wide spectrum for the control of diseases in tomatoes and peppers in Argentina. Miravis T...

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Record in the agribusiness in Brazil (2017): 405 agrochemical product registrations approvedJan. 16, 2018

2017 was a record year in agribusiness in Brazil. The bumper crop emerged as a pillar of the economy, exports of agricultural commodities an...

Monsanto looking to sell dicamba-resistant GM soy seed in BrazilJan. 12, 2018

The Brazilian unit of seed and agrochemicals maker Monsanto on Thursday said it will run field tests with genetically modified soy seed INTA...

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Bayer and Round Table on Responsible Soy renew cooperationJan. 11, 2018

Bayer and the civil society organization Round Table on Responsible Soy (RTRS) are renewing their successful cooperation of 2015 to help soy...

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UPL launches Triziman fungicide for control of Asian RustJan. 10, 2018

Triziman was presented by UPL in Brazil as a new generation fungicide that combines three active ingredients: azoxystrobin, ciproconazole, a...

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Biologicals market would reach $3 bn this year, says KoppertJan. 9, 2018

“The growth in the biological market is evident in the annual growth average of around 10%, and this year it will reach US$ 3 billion, whic...

Cropchem obtained final registration for seven new formulations in 2017Jan. 9, 2018

After obtaining the registration of Meson 480 SC (Mesotrione 480 SC) in December of 2017, the Brazilian agrochemical company, Cropchem close...

Pesticides smuggling may soon attract heavy penalties in BrazilJan. 8, 2018

A bill has been introduced in Brazil under Project No. 2079 that deems robbery, theft, bribery, and smuggling of pesticides as heinous crime...

Bayer launches Belt insecticide against cane borer in BrazilJan. 8, 2018

Bayer announced the launch of insecticide Belt (Flubendiamide) in Brazil for the control of the cane borer.

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Arysta, Isagro reached agreement on fluindapyr distribution in Brazil
Arysta LifeScience acessará o mercado de ferrugem asiática da soja no Brasil com novo fungicida da IsagroJan. 8, 2018

Arysta LifeScience, a Platform Specialty Products company, and Isagro announced they have finalized a long-term commercial agreement to dist...

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