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THRIVE releases its annual list of Top 50 AgTech companies

Date：Mar. 19, 2019 Category：Companies
THRIVE

SVG Ventures recently announced its 2019 THRIVE Top 50 Report, an annual ranking of 50 leading global AgTech companies exemplifying the best in agriculture and ...
AGCO Announces Strategic Partnership with Solinftec

Date：Mar. 19, 2019 Category：Companies
AGCO

AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), a world-leading manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment solutions, announces a commercial and technological partner...
Kubota to utilize Buhler Industries' facilities to build large tractors

Date：Mar. 18, 2019 Category：Companies
Kubota Corporation

Kubota Corporation announced its decision to utilize the development and production capabilities of Buhler Industries Inc. for a new series of tractors.
AgTech Insight Joins Forces with International Agriculture Consulting Group to Bring Technology and Innovation to India’s Farmers

Date：Mar. 18, 2019 Category：Markets

AgTech Insight, a Salinas, California based Agricultural technology consulting firm signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Agriculture Co...

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senseFly, MicaSense Join to Offer the senseFly eBee X with MicaSense RedEdge-MX for Crop Analysis

Date：Mar. 18, 2019 Category：Products
senseFly

The agriculture industry now has a new tool for in-depth crop analysis: the senseFly eBee X with MicaSense RedEdge-MX.
Israeli growing agri-tech sector helps address global food security challenge

Date：Mar. 18, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

The Israeli agri-tech sector is expected to help deal with global food security challenge as it is growing fast in technologically innovative areas.
CiBO Technologies wins awards from Fast Company and THRIVE

Date：Mar. 15, 2019 Category：Companies
CiBO Technologies

CiBO Technologies, a science-based software company that models and simulates agricultural ecosystems, has won two awards for their innovative simulation techno...
2019 Global Agribusiness M&A Outlook

Date：Mar. 14, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Compared to the major consolidation events in 2016 and 2017, this past year could be considered relatively calm. Multinationals have reshuffled and are in the p...
Brazilian farmers optimistic about their 2018/19 safrinha corn

Date：Mar. 14, 2019 Category：Markets

The full-season corn in Brazil is approximately 60% harvested and the safrinha corn planting is nearly complete. The safrinha corn acreage is estimated at 12.5 ...
India Agritech startup AgroStar raises $27M in Series C funding led by Bertelsmann India

Date：Mar. 14, 2019 Category：Companies

India agritech startup AgroStar has raised $27 million in a Series C funding round led by Bertelsmann India. The funding round also saw the participation of exi...
South America – An Important Agricultural Region for the Future

Date：Mar. 14, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview
Verdant Partners LLC

With vast land availability, rich water resources, and a relatively small population, the South American continent will remain a critical and growing region for...
Data becomes cash crop for big agriculture

Date：Mar. 14, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

For six generations, Ben Riensche’s family has tended corn and soybeans outside Jesup, a town of 2,500 on the windswept plains of eastern Iowa.
Peru Appointed New Minister of Agriculture

Date：Mar. 13, 2019 Category：Markets

Fabiola Martha Muñoz Dodero, assumed on March 11, 2019 the position of Minister of Agriculture, in replacement of the engineer Gustavo Eduardo Mostajo Ocola, a...
Terravion, FarmLogs announce aerial image partnership for farmers

Date：Mar. 12, 2019 Category：Companies
TerrAvion

TerrAvion announced recently a new partnership with FarmLogs, an Ann Arbor, Michigan-based farm management software provider. The partnership will allow FarmLog...
The AgTech Industry May Be Growing Up

Date：Mar. 12, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

The AgTech industry is continuing to mature, at least according to AgFunder’s latest AgriFood Tech Investing Report published on March 7. This “record breakin...
InCeres, AGCO and Tecgraf launch Farm Solutions, a portfolio for precision agriculture

Date：Mar. 12, 2019 Category：Companies
AGCO

InCeres, a startup that specializes in solutions for digital agriculture, is taking another big step towards consolidating its partnership program. InCeres has...

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Startups Lead the Innovations in Agriculture

Date：Mar. 11, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

In the past few years, the application of modern computer technology to the agricultural sector has been exciting for both agricultural practitioners and invest...
Yara transforms smartphones into nitrogen sensors

Date：Mar. 8, 2019 Category：Products
Yara International ASA

The YaraIrix system includes a free-to-download app (for Android & iOS), which uses the smartphone camera to determine nitrogen demands of different crops in ea...
Syngenta : Advancing the Future of Farming with Digital Agriculture

Date：Mar. 8, 2019 Category：Companies

From the market perspective I believe it is fair to say we have been quiet, but below the surface I can guarantee you we have been extremely busy. We have a mul...
The Climate Corporation, NAU Country Insurance Co. announce partnership

Date：Mar. 7, 2019 Category：Companies

The Climate Corporation (Climate), a subsidiary of Bayer, announced a platform agreement between the company's industry-leading Climate FieldView digital agricu...
"China is highly regarded by our management" - Interview with Tereza Cristina, Brazil's new ag minister

Date：Mar. 7, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

AgroPages has exclusively interviewed the new minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil, Tereza Cristina. The nomination of the new minister of MA...
CHS Acquires West Central Distribution

Date：Mar. 7, 2019 Category：Companies
CHS Inc.

CHS Inc., recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of West Central Distribution, LLC, a full-service wholesale distributor of agronomy products ...
Iran, Sweden sign agricultural cooperation agreement

Date：Mar. 6, 2019 Category：Markets

Iran and Sweden have signed an interest document in the fields of agriculture and agricultural research, Trend reports referring to the website of the Ministry ...
How agricultural innovation is helping Africa grow

Date：Mar. 6, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

In South Africa, the government listed 20 occupations in the agricultural sector as critical skills. Each occupation is linked to several areas of specialisatio...
Farm Market iD offers on-farm grain storage data to agribusiness

Date：Mar. 5, 2019 Category：Companies
Farm Market iD

Farm Market iD has now added on-farm grain storage data to their powerful database, built on more than 900 million acres of land and 34 million farm fields, whi...
US President asks China to remove tariffs on US ag products

Date：Mar. 5, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

U.S. President Donald Trump said he had asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on U.S. agricultural products because trade talks were progressing well.
Bayer will continue to support green and digital development of China's agriculture

Date：Mar. 4, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

German company Bayer's agriculture division Bayer Crop Science in China and China's National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center (NATESC) under the...
Syngenta partners with Ram Trucks to help farmers enhance productivity through AgriEdge

Date：Mar. 4, 2019 Category：Companies

Syngenta has teamed up with Ram Trucks to help U.S. farmers overcome the challenges of today and tomorrow. AgriEdge®, a whole-farm program that combines secure...
Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Chinese soybean market to still be import-dominated

Date：Mar. 4, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Han Changfu, the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, said on February 20 that the import-relying soybean market will not change, although...
Rantizo meets with Lt. Governor Adam Gregg in Iowa City

Date：Feb. 28, 2019 Category：Companies
Rantizo

Rantizo is an Iowa based agricultural tech startup creating a targeted drone spraying platform that utilizes electrostatic technology to safely and precisely de...

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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

Brazil Anvisa approves Corteva's herbicide Rinskor
Sipcam's Coastal Herbicide registered in US

Brazil Anvisa approves Corteva's herbicide Rinskor
Sipcam's Coastal Herbicide registered in US

: 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