DowDuPont presents brand Corteva in Brazil, launches herbicide VerdictMar. 13, 2018

DowDuPont’s agricultural division presented brand Corteva Agriscience, the future name of the agricultural company, in Brazil. Corteva Agri...

Rainbow's 2,4-D 80% WG approved registration in BrazilMar. 13, 2018

Recently, Rainbow’s 2,4-D 80% WG was approved for registration in Brazil, with the holder being Rainbow’s subsidiary corporation in Brazil...

Raven establishes Latin America headquarters in BrazilMar. 7, 2018

Raven Industries announced its expansion into Brazil with the opening of a regional headquarters in Paulínia, São Paulo.

Argentina may ban dichlorvos and trichlorfonMar. 6, 2018

Argentina’s National Service of Health and Food Quality (Senasa) concluded the period of consultation for the proclamation of the resolutio...

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Argentina: New virus that affects tomato productivity foundMar. 6, 2018

Researchers from the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) jointly with the Leloir Institute Foundation identified a new viru...

Brazil sugar mills start genetically-modified cane plantationMar. 6, 2018

Brazilian sugar mills looking to grow the world’s first variety of genetically modified (GM) sugarcane have planted an initial area of 400 ...

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Deere to acquire leading manufacturer of carbon fiber technology productsMar. 6, 2018

Deere & Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire King Agro, a privately-held manufacturer of carbon fiber technology products wi...

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Rizobacter registers first long-life chickpea inoculant in ArgentinaMar. 5, 2018

Rizobacter has succeeded in registering Rizoliq Garbanzo LLI — the first long-life inoculant for chickpea approved in the Argentinean marke...

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Brazilian government maintains rate at zero for imports of formulated agrochemicalsMar. 5, 2018

The Foreign Trade Chamber Executive Department (Camex) in Brazil has rejected a request for an increase of the tariff rate to import formula...

Brazilian research leader Embrapa taps Benson Hill Biosystems genome editing capabilities to modernize crop improvementMar. 2, 2018

Benson Hill Biosystems, a crop improvement company dedicated to unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants, and Embrapa, revered as o...

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BR.A Agroquímica registers fungicide Orbis in BrazilMar. 1, 2018

After an evaluation of efficiency and practicability of fungicide Orbis, Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) has ...

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New firm LP Sementes launches tolerance hybrids in BrazilFeb. 28, 2018

LP Sementes e Biotecnologia, a new Brazilian company with Chinese capital in the seed market, launched three new hybrids in the market in Fe...

Ourofino launches fungicide Nillus against soy rustFeb. 28, 2018

Ourofino Agrociência’s protective fungicide Nillus (chlorothalonil), presented in February, promises to be a new option to control one of ...

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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...