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India starts pesticide offensive against swarms of locusts

Date：May. 29, 2020 Category：Markets

Indian authorities are helping farmers mount a pesticide spraying campaign to fight the swarms of desert locusts that have already devastated crops across Pakis...
"Improving broadband access in American rural communities"

Date：May. 28, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview
WinField United

During the last three months, the world has been turned upside down. Living rooms have transformed into classrooms. Commutes require walking to the dining room ...
Brazilian agribusiness exports to China booming

Date：May. 28, 2020 Category：Markets

In the first four months of this year, Brazilian agribusiness exports totaled US$31.40 billion, marking a 5.9% increase year-on-year. The growth of agribusiness...
Locust attacks in India: What is the government's contingency plan?

Date：May. 27, 2020 Category：Markets

In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, India has to fight another battle against the swarms of locusts that have entered the western parts of India. They ha...

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India's GDP likely to contract 5% in FY 2020-21: Crisil

Date：May. 27, 2020 Category：Markets

Days after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said that India''s GDP growth for the financial year 2020-21 may remain in the negative territory, CRISIL has project...
USDA SECURE rule paves way for agricultural innovation

Date：May. 27, 2020 Category：Regulations

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced a final rule updating and modernizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) biotechnology regula...
New Israeli ag-tech innovation center to focus on desert and marine agriculture, and cannabis cultivation

Date：May. 27, 2020 Category：Companies

An innovation center focused on agricultural technology will be opened shortly as a result of an agreement between Arieli Capital and the Ramat Negev Regional C...
Syngenta US expands sustainability tracking integrations

Date：May. 26, 2020 Category：Companies
Syngenta United States

Syngenta announces new and updated integrations with leading sustainability measurement tools to expand the capabilities of AgriEdge®, the Syngenta whole-farm ...
Killing insects before monsoon crucial to halting second wave of Covid-19

Date：May. 26, 2020 Category：Markets

Officials in three states are racing to control the desert locust swarms that have now spread to three states, adding to the logistical challenges of district o...
Ethiopia, possible mirror of Argentina

Date：May. 25, 2020 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

What happens in Ethiopia encourages us to reflect on what is happening in other parts of the world, our Argentina among them. The times to come after this "coro...
AcreNext Rice Farming by Corteva Agriscience

Date：May. 25, 2020 Category：Companies
Corteva Agriscience

Understanding the plight of poor and distressed farmers in paddy growing areas of India, the Corteva Agriscience came up with a program to promote direct-seeded...
FMC Corporation Announces New Arc™ Farm Intelligence Platform

Date：May. 22, 2020 Category：Products
FMC Corporation

FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) recently announced the launch of Arc™ farm intelligence, an exclusive precision agriculture platform that enables growers and advis...
India on alert as locusts from Pak threaten farms

Date：May. 22, 2020 Category：Markets

India is on the alert for crop-munching desert locusts, which according to a UN warning, pose a “severe” risk to the country’s agriculture this year, as a to...
Game-changing technologies can transform our food systems

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

A pipeline of new technologies could transform our food systems, ecosystems and human health, but attention to the enabling environment is needed to realize the...
The Argentine National Bank affirms that it will continue to give subsidized credits to agriculture

Date：May. 20, 2020 Category：Markets

After the controversy over the disposition of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic that conditions the granting of loans with rates of 24% to the advance ...
As deadly locusts go rogue, drones are the best way to combat them

Date：May. 19, 2020 Category：Markets

Locusts cause significant damage by devouring leaves, fruits, seeds and growing points of plants, and even bring down trees with their weight. In India, desert ...
China expects bumper summer grain harvest

Date：May. 19, 2020 Category：Markets

China is expected to see a bumper summer grain harvest this year, amid government efforts to keep grain production stable, an official said on May 14.
UK researchers develop real-time software to tackle powdery mildew on strawberry crops

Date：May. 19, 2020 Category：Science&Research

Experts at the University of Hertfordshire, in collaboration with Agri-tech Services, have created a web-based, real-time system for calculating when to use fun...
PMFAI Appeals to Government for Various Measures to Support Indian Pesticide Industry

Date：May. 18, 2020 Category：Companies

As the country is aiming to be self-reliant and achieve vision of “Make in India”, Pesticides Manufacturers & Formulators Association of India (PMFAI) has app...
Indogulf Cropsciences launches revolutionary product Dr. DEN and Giraffe Series for sanitizing the big area and society

Date：May. 18, 2020 Category：Companies

With a promise of providing world-class agro solutions to farmers, Indogulf Cropsciences Ltd, one of India’s leading Agrochemical Technical and Formulations Ma...
Monsoon to reach India's Kerala coast later than usual

Date：May. 18, 2020 Category：Markets

Crop-nourishing monsoon rains are likely to reach Kerala state on India’s southern tip on June 5, four days later than usual, the country’s weather office sai...
US corn farmers set to widen lead over Brazil in China

Date：May. 18, 2020 Category：Markets

Attractive prices and ample stocks are expected to sharpen the US' edge over Brazil in supplying China with corn this year, even with an expected record crop an...
Farmers Alert! Monsoon Likely to Hit Andaman and Nicobar on 16th May, says IMD

Date：May. 15, 2020 Category：Markets

According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), monsoon is likely to hit Indian shores in the middle of May as a low pressure area has started to form over ...
Modi's fiscal package silver lining for small, medium businesses

Date：May. 15, 2020 Category：Markets

India's small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which is among the worst-hit sectors amid the covid-19 crisis, hopes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ₹20 lakh ...
20 Most Demanding & Profitable Agriculture Business Ideas in India

Date：May. 15, 2020 Category：Markets

Agriculture is one of the most growing and demanding sectors in today’s era. There are more than 100 agriculture businesses that are growing rapidly these days...
Latest Innovative Technologies in Agricultural world

Date：May. 14, 2020 Category：Markets

The adoption of digital technologies in precision agriculture has gained pace in recent years. By applying these technologies, farming is turning more simple, p...
Agrochemical industry – the backbone of Indian Agriculture

Date：May. 14, 2020 Category：Markets

Agriculture holds a prime importance in the socio-economic fabric of India and contributes to about seventeen percent of nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)....
EU wants to restart trade talks with the US

Date：May. 14, 2020 Category：Regulations

The European Union is looking to revive trade negotiations with the U.S. to help bring the trade disputes between the two sides to an end. The EU is proposing a...
India orders imported machines to fight looming threat of migratory locusts

Date：May. 14, 2020 Category：Markets

India has placed an order of 50 ultra-low volume sprayers with the UK to control the menace of migratory locust, which is looming large this kharif season. On W...
Vertical farms provide sustainability in a post-COVID world

Date：May. 13, 2020 Category：Markets

Urban areas contain more than half the world’s population and contribute to some 70% of the planet’s energy emissions. Cities guzzle the bulk of Earth’s reso...

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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 #

Brazil: Drones reduce the cost of applying agrochemicals in sugar cane

Brazilian energy company Raízen entered into a partnership with startup ARPAC to intensify the use of drones in the intelligent spraying of herbicides.

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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 #

US Crop Protection Company Oro Agri Acquired by Rovensa

Rovensa, a Lisbon-based company, has acquired Oro Agri, Inc., a global leader in bio-rational crop protection and adjuvant technology. Oro Agri currently distributes its crop protection products in 85 countries around the world.

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# Collaborations & Licences #

Canada - Zone Agtech and the Ecofuel Accelerator announce the creation of an Acceleration Program 100% dedicated to the agtech sector in collaboration with Bioenterprise Corporation

In partnership with Bioenterprise Corporation, the Ecofuel Accelerator and Zone Agtech are officially launching the Ecofuel Agtech Acceleration Program – Powered by Zone Agtech, the first acceleration program 100% dedicated to the commercialization of Quebec'...

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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