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Does Big Ag control farmers through seeds patents? Farmers don’t think so.

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US to help Pakistan introduce genetically-engineered corn

Date：May. 22, 2019 Category：Markets

The Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said that future collaborative projects between the US and Pakistan i...

Tags:GM crop Maize
Biotechnological companies DBN and Bioceres reaffirm its strategic alliance

Date：May. 22, 2019 Category：Companies

In the Argentine Embassy in China and under the title “Introducing an Environmental Resilience”, alongside with its Chinese DBN partner, Bioceres company pres...

Tags:Collaboration
Tomato pan-genome makes bringing flavor back easier

Date：May. 22, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Almost everyone agrees that most store-bought tomatoes don't have much flavor. Now, scientists from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Boyce Thomps...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables
Did you know that treated seeds perform better?

Date：May. 22, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Treated seed has a much better chance of thriving under adverse conditions when untreated seed might be challenged.

Tags:Seed treatment Ornamental and Turf

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How can tomato farming be improved in Kenya? Study finds producers face a ‘myriad of constraints’

Date：May. 22, 2019 Category：Science&Research

In a recently published paper in Scientific African, CABI’s Willis Ochilo led on a study which captured a better understanding of tomato producers in Kenya, de...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables
Benson Hill, Rapid Genomics to collaborate on crop improvement

Date：May. 21, 2019 Category：Companies

Benson Hill Biosystems, a crop improvement company unlocking the natural diversity of plants, has entered into a partnership with RAPiD Genomics, a provider of ...

Tags:Collaboration
Enza Zaden to spotlight new lettuces, endive and Eazyleaf products at its California Field Days

Date：May. 21, 2019 Category：Companies

West coast growers and dealers are invited to the Enza Zaden San Juan Bautista Station (June 11-13) for three days of in-depth conversation with Enza Zaden prod...

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New West Genetics files for first USDA Plant Variety Protection (PVP) Certificate for AOSCA certified hemp seed

Date：May. 21, 2019 Category：Companies

Today, New West Genetics announced that NWG-ELITE®, its high-yielding hemp grain variety, has been submitted for approval under the newly authorized USDA Plant...
Wageningen University professor Luisa Trindade wants to make jeans from tomatoes

Date：May. 21, 2019 Category：Science&Research

The recently appointed professor with a personal chair Luisa Trindade breeds crops for the biobased economy. Following her motto ‘no waste’, she aims at using...
Wild wheat relative genes to aid in battle against trio of pests

Date：May. 21, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Wheat curl mite, greenbug and Hessian fly have long been troublemaker pests for Texas wheat, but a team of Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists is ready to go...

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Blocked by GMO politics, African scientist turns to 1950s technology

Date：May. 20, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Africa’s uneasy history with agricultural biotechnology can be summed up by what’s growing, and not growing, on a small research farm in central Malawi, one o...

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Breakthrough technique for studying gene expression takes root in plants

Date：May. 20, 2019 Category：Science&Research

An open-source RNA analysis platform has been successfully used on plant cells for the first time – an advance that could herald a new era of fundamental resea...
Brazil seeks China's OK for genetically modified sugarcane

Date：May. 20, 2019 Category：Regulations

Brazil’s agriculture minister will ask Chinese officials on Thursday to greenlight exports to the Asian nation of sugar made from genetically modified (GM) sug...

Tags:GM crop Sugarcane
Syngenta joins partnership with Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University

Date：May. 20, 2019 Category：Companies
Syngenta International AG

The Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University recently announced Syngenta as its latest industry partner. In this role, Syngenta will have a seat on...
KWS well on track after the first nine month 2018/2019 – Annual forecast concretized

Date：May. 20, 2019 Category：Companies

The KWS Group generated net sales of €857.7 million, at the level of the previous year (€862.5 million), in the first nine month 2018/2019. Operating income (...

Tags:Sales Performance
Hazera: Allium research in Rilland ‘Leading The World’

Date：May. 17, 2019 Category：Companies

Hazera has offered a winning combination of high yields and long storage-life in onions for years.

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables
Bayer CropScience introduces a new variety of Charentais melon

Date：May. 17, 2019 Category：Products

A few days ago, the "Vegetable" division of Bayer CropScience presented the new early Charentais melon characterized by a very red flesh, called "SV9790MC" and ...

Tags:Fruits and Vegetables
Software locates sugarcane genes of interest

Date：May. 17, 2019 Category：Science&Research

Plants have larger and more complex genomes than all animals, be they mammals, birds, reptiles or amphibians. Fish are the exception to the rule.
USDA says grain supplies to remain massive in new crop year

Date：May. 17, 2019 Category：Markets

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday forecast bigger-than-expected domestic supplies of corn, soybeans and wheat, with outlooks for big harvests and exp...

Tags:Soybean Maize wheat
Argentina farmer unions ask Government to step down soybean export taxes

Date：May. 17, 2019 Category：Markets

As soybean global prices are plunging, Argentine farmers ask the Government to reduce the export taxes.

Tags:Soybean
How potatoes could become sun worshippers

Date：May. 16, 2019 Category：Science&Research

If there's one thing potato plants don't like, it's heat. If the temperature is too high, potato plants form significantly lower numbers of tubers, or sometimes...
GMO superior to organic? Researchers assert that strict EU policy hinders agricultural innovation

Date：May. 16, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

Ironclad EU policies on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is unjustified on the basis of the perceived “unnaturalness” of GMO plants and may stand in the ...

Tags:GM crop
Calyxt appoints Dr. Travis Frey as Chief Technology Officer

Date：May. 16, 2019 Category：Companies

May 15, 2019 – Calyxt, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLXT), a healthy food ingredient company, announced today the appointment of Dr. Travis Frey as Chief Technology Officer, ...

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USA: Corn, soybeans prices jump 3% higher, worries from late planting progress

Date：May. 16, 2019 Category：Markets

Corn and soybean futures saw a major boost of around 3% each in today's session, on the heels of slower-than-expected planting progress for both crops noted by ...

Tags:Soybean Maize
Canopy Rivers backs BioLumic – Shines light on new agtech for the medical cannabis industry

Date：May. 16, 2019 Category：Companies

May 15, BioLumic Ltd. (“BioLumic”), creators of a sustainable ultraviolet (UV) crop yield enhancement system, and Canopy Rivers Inc. (“Canopy Rivers”) (TSXV...

Tags:Investment & Expansion
First Gene-Editing Competitiveness roundtable in Argentina

Date：May. 15, 2019 Category：Markets

Last week, the AgroIndustry Secretariat run the first roundtable on the competitiveness of the gene-editing industry.

Tags:GM crop Gene Editing
Argentina imposes a new duty over the imports, including soybean

Date：May. 15, 2019 Category：Markets

Last week, the National Administration decided to raise the Statistic Tax to imports from previous 0.5% to 3.0%, eliminating all the exemptions, for example to ...

Tags:Soybean
Does Big Ag control farmers through seeds patents? Farmers don’t think so.

Date：May. 15, 2019 Category：Viewpoint & Interview

You may have heard this before: “Big Ag” controls modern farming because they produce GMO seeds, which forces farmers to buy from soulless corporations.
AgReliant Genetics expands Into Northwestern U.S.

Date：May. 15, 2019 Category：Companies

This week AgReliant Genetics, owner of companies such as AgriGold and LG Seeds, announced its expansion into Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota. The company w...

Tags:Investment & Expansion Maize
Evogene takes gene science to cannabis with AI platform and years of experience

Date：May. 14, 2019 Category：Companies

A new cannabis subsidiary of leading gene company working for companies like Monsanto and Bayer, will focus on creating higher quality cannabis plants, initiall...

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: Registration & Launch

Nufarm Americas receives EPA approval for Trunemco seed-applied treatment
Corteva Agriscience registers herbicides Agixa and Baxiga in Turkey

Nufarm Americas receives EPA approval for Trunemco seed-applied treatment
Corteva Agriscience registers herbicides Agixa and Baxiga in Turkey

: Collaborations & Licences

Agricenter to exclusive distribute STK Products in Central America
Argentina: CEDEVA and Biofabrica Misiones signed agreement to build bio-inputs lab

Agricenter to exclusive distribute STK Products in Central America
Argentina: CEDEVA and Biofabrica Misiones signed agreement to build bio-inputs lab

: Mergers & Acquisitions

Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link
Rallis India net profit drops 93% in March quarter

Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link
Rallis India net profit drops 93% in March quarter

: Sales Performance

KWS well on track after the first nine month 2018/2019 – Annual forecast concretized
Isagro sales down 8% in Q1 2019

KWS well on track after the first nine month 2018/2019 – Annual forecast concretized
Isagro sales down 8% in Q1 2019

: Investment & Expansion

Beck’s to expand seed processing capabilities at Indiana headquarters
Joyn Bio Opens New Plant Sciences Facility to Accelerate Testing of Engineered Microbes for Agriculture

Beck’s to expand seed processing capabilities at Indiana headquarters
Joyn Bio Opens New Plant Sciences Facility to Accelerate Testing of Engineered Microbes for Agriculture

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: 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