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# Seed Treatment #

Compass Minerals Plant Nutrition adds seed finisher with micronutrients to Rocket Seeds? portfolio

Compass Minerals Plant Nutrition, a business unit of Compass Minerals, recently announced the launch of Rocket Seeds™ Moly Shine™, a unique seed finisher with the added benefit of micronutrients.

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# Mergers & Acquisitions #

Mitsui & Co. to acquire 62% of the shares of Belchim Crop Protection

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui", Head Office: Tokyo, President and CEO: Tatsuo Yasunaga) has agreed to acquire 62% of the shares of Belchim Crop Protection NV/SA ("BCP", Head Office: Belgium), a European agrochemical company, from BCP's founder, Belchim Managemen...

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# Collaborations & Licences #

Heliae, R.W. Griffin to launch strategic alliance to promote Georgia soil health

Heliae® Agriculture is partnering with the R.W. Griffin family of companies to drive soil health in Georgia and North Florida. R.W. Griffin, one of the largest fertilizer retailers in Georgia, has become one of the company’s official distributors for the so...

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# Investment & Expansion #

Benson Hill introduces new seed company focused on high-performance food & feed grade soybeans

Benson Hill, a crop improvement company dedicated to unlocking the natural diversity of plants, announced the launch of Benson Hill Seeds, a business focused on delivering superior seeds to meet the evolving needs of the growing human food and animal feed mark...

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# Bacterial and Fungal Diseases #

Koppert registers new biofungicide

Botrytis bunch/fruit rot/grey mold and Monilia brown rot can now be controlled in an effective and sustainable way with a non-synthetic fungicide that has been developed and registered by leading biocontrol innovator, Koppert Biological Systems.

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# UAV Plant Protection Industry #

DJI Unveils The DJI T20 Crop Protection Drone In Shenzhen

DJI unveiled its latest crop protection drone, the DJI T20, at a product launch in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province.

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# Underground Pests & Nematicide #

Over 2.5 million hectares of soybean crops treated with bionematicides last season in Brazil

Over 2.5 million hectares of soybean crops in Brazil were treated with bionematicides during the 2018-2019 crop season, revealing an upward trend in the use of biological pesticides.

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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