News Headlines – May, 2020

• Syngenta’s Posterity fungicide gains registration in California
• Verdesian launches MicroMasters educational platform
• ADAMA to acquire the remaining 51% stake in Alfa Agricultural Supplies, S.A.
• ACCERES has acquired Certis Research and Development activities in Germany
• Yuanzheng Fine Chemicals to launch the chemical series project in China (including 2-chloro-5-methylpyridine)
• Dollar challenges Brazil’s agrochemical sector, which sees applications 5% higher this year
• Seven Continent Green Chemical to build annual 47,500-ton chemicals production facility covering prothioconazole and glufosinate-p
• Advanta Seeds Launches New Hybrid Variety of Tomato Seeds
• Seipasa steps up its presence in Mexico with 3 new phytosanitary registrations
• HIL(India) Ltd to supply 25 tonnes of pesticides to Iran
• AcreNext Rice Farming by Corteva Agriscience
• Bayer’s BUTEO start insecticide seed treatment approved in Canada
• India Agrochemical industry body opposes the draft proposal to ban 27 pesticides
• Meristem Crop Solutions and Van Trump Ag Solutions announced an agreement
• HELM Agro US and ISK Biosciences Announce Collaboration in the Commercial Development of Three New Herbicides
• Cargill and Eagle Genomics agree to multi-year platform engagement to accelerate microbiome discovery
• FMC Corporation Announces New Arc Farm Intelligence Platform
• Biobest launches Crop-Scanner app for efficient biological crop protection
• Sumitomo Chemical consolidates acquisition of Nufarm in Latin America
• Hold EU mulls fertilizer cut to curb farming emissions: draft
• ICL signs potash supply contract with Indian Potash
• Ceradis receives US EPA approval for new post-harvest biological fungicide
• Boragen collaborates with Dole to develop a boron-based treatment for major banana disease
• UPL, Rallis shares fall on government’s draft order to ban select insecticides
• US EPA opens comment period on pethoxamid proposed decision
• RFCL plans to start commercial production from June 15
• IFFCO Joins Hands with ICAR for Research in Nano Fertilizers
• The Argentine National Bank affirms that it will continue to give subsidized credits to agriculture
• Corteva Agriscience building new Biologicals portfolio; selects M2i for first global agreements
• IFFCO Brings Nano Fertilizers to Allow Farmers Low-Cost Cultivation with High Yield
• Namrup Fertiliser Shramik Union urges for the renovation of existing plant of BVFCL
• PMFAI Appeals to Government for Various Measures to Support Indian Pesticide Industry
• Indogulf Cropsciences launches revolutionary product Dr. DEN and Giraffe Series for sanitizing the big area and society
• Brazilian pesticide market for corn is up 8%
• BASF launches new fungicide solution Melyra based on Revysol in China
• STK REGEV ‘Hybrid’ Fungicide Registered in Chile
• AgTonik leverages organic fulvic acid biostimulant to enhance cannabis, aquaponic, soil and livestock agriculture
• Wilbur-Ellis launches two new potassium fertilizer technologies
• AgBiTech’s Fawligen registered in Bangladesh
• Harbin Wanrong Crop Science begins construction of annual 60,000-ton pesticide project in China producing simetryne, terbuthylazine
• ABA Chemicals investing in a tetraniliprole and triflumezopyrim project in Hubei Province, China
• Shanshui Technology to raise funds for chloropyridine and 2-chloro-5 (chloromethyl) pyridine production projects in China
• Agrovista Expands Marketing of Discovery Spray Adjuvant Range
• Timac Agro buys agricultural division of New Bio Technic to enter microbiology and biocontrol market
• Casa Bugre, Agrivalle launch bionematicide with 3 microorganisms
• Marrone Bio Innovations’ biofungicide REGALIA MAXX receives first approval for use on cannabis and hemp in Canada
• India orders imported machines to fight looming threat of migratory locusts
• China’s largest 1,3-cyclohexanedione production base to be built at a chemical industrial park in Shandong
• China’s chemical pesticide technical output decrease 7.8% in the first quarter of 2020
• Hailir’s pesticide exports increased in Q1 despite the Covid-19 pandemic
• MKC announces the acquisition of Mid-West Fertilizer
• Summit Agro USA introduces hybrid fungicide REGEV
• Bilateral cooperation between Bangladesh, India in agriculture stressed
• Nortox’s Akcelo agrochemicals selling platform registers increased business during COVID-19 pandemic
• Bayer launches vayego insecticide to give Canadian potato growers long-lasting protection against the Colorado potato beetle
• NFL’s fertilizer sales jump 71 pc to 3.62 lakh tonnes in April
• Argentina lowers import tax on monoisopropylamine, dimethylamine
• FBSciences announces REACH registration of its proprietary biostimulant technology, FBS Transit
• RCF registers over 35 percent increase in sale of NPK fertilizers Suphala
• Arcadia Biosciences expands its portfolio with four U.S. patents
• Pennsylvania approves use of EcoMIGHT organic herbicide
• Wilbur-Ellis begins semi-exclusive distribution of Vestaron’s bioinsecticide SPEAR-LEP
• Hailir to build 3,000-ton difenoconazole technical and intermediate project
• Inner Mongolia NAB to launch 1,750-ton herbicide technical project covering nicosulfuron and imazethapyr
• China’s state-owned enterprise Sino-Agri Leading Biosciences launches e-commerce platform
• Colmeia Viva Movement signs agreement with ANDAV
• FMC Corporation to acquire fluindapyr active ingredient assets from Isagro S.p.A.
• Syngenta announces TYMIRIUM technology brand
• Nath Bio-Genes (India) Limited announces acquisition of technology from Global Transgenes Limited
• Summit Agro’s SEICAN biopesticide receives California registration
• Argentine adjuvant manufacturer SpeedAgro renews branding, announces relaunch
• India CIBRC 414th meeting: 10 TC and 49 Formulation registrations got approved，Bio-pesticides occupied 80%
• Sumi Agro Europe, NIK partner to expand precision agriculture business
• Albaugh develops new herbicide, Tebutiuron
• Syngenta’s fungicide SWITCH authorized for temporary use in Italy
• Rallis India posts 49.62% dip in Q4 net profit
• Australia to approve active constituent metcamifen and Syngenta’s new seed treatment
• USA: FMC launches Elevest insect control with reliable broad-spectrum activity
• Syngenta enhances Briskway fungicide label for increased disease control
• Nuseed and Barenbrug enter into a collaborative agreement to provide R&D, plant breeding, and commercialization of hybrid sorghum and sunflower
• DTN acquires ClearAg, boosts agronomic offerings
• Expansion of the uses of T34 Biocontrol: New authorization in Canada
• Allium approval for Syngenta’s Minecto One thrip control in the UK
• South Australia lifts ban on GM crops after 16 years
• Indo-Israel Agricultural Project To Address COVID-19 Challenges Faced By Farming Sector
• Livegrow Bio, IALR’S Plant Endophyte Research Center partner on microbial biological solutions for growers and agribusiness

News Headlines – April, 2020

• Australia: Red legged earth mite insecticide resistance spreads east
• AVA-ASAJA asking for an extension in the use of methyl chlorpyrifos in Spain
• Yangnong Chemical’s wholly-owned subsidiary to launch several major projects covering 8,510-ton insecticide, 6,000-ton herbicide production facilities
• China ready to help as locust swarms approach Pakistan again
• Hailir to set up subsidiaries in Laos and Cambodia to engage in import, export and marketing of pesticides and fertilizers
• Record fertilizer sales during COVID-19 lockdown, says Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
• Spark launches first research on the use of pesticides in minor crops in Brazil
• UPL share price up 5% after company acquires Chinese agrochemical maker Yoloo Loating Bio-tech
• Bayer joins hands with AgroStar for home delivery of seeds and crop protection products
• Emulsifiable Concentrates (EC) – The Future of Agrochemical Formulation?
• HIL India looking for JV investments from China, S Korea, Japan amid COVID-19 crisis
• EU notifies WTO regarding non-renewals of bromoxynil and mancozeb
• New Biorationals Innovation Team established in Certis Europe
• VextaChem’s improved clethodim formulation approved in EU
• Kribhco donates masks and PPEs
• Bayer quarterly statement Q1: Good start to 2020 – activities marked by COVID-19
• Agtech startup developing ‘personalized seeds’ raises $45 Million
• Ag-Analytics and Farm Flight launch fully remote On-Demand UAV Service
• Phagelux AgriHealth announces multiple agricultural commercial collaborations
• Advantage Capital Invests $2.94 Million in Cultiva, Supporting Company Expansion in Las Vegas
• Nantong Jiangshan to launch new projects, including annual 200,000-ton glyphosate plant
• Corteva, PowerPollen announce commercial agreement
• Syngenta and Novozymes launch biofungicide TAEGRO in Europe and Latin America
• Pilarquim advances in Guatemala
• Wynca planning acquisition of 100% stake in Transfar Whyyon Chemical
• New herbicide approvals welcomed for field vegetable crops in the UK – Emerger is marketed by Bayer
• Seipasa: Focus on the American market, Develop Biotechnology Products
• India cuts potash subsidy to lowest in a decade
• OHP adds Grotto Fungicide to biosolutions portfolio
• Amoeba signs a material transfer agreement with Bayer for its biocontrol solutions
• UPL grows 17% and becomes 4th largest agrochemical company in Brazil
• American Soybean Association among intervenors in complaint against US EPA glyphosate registration
• Amid COVID-19 pandemic, US EPA approves use of TB antibiotic as pesticide ‘emergency’ use of Streptomycin granted for California citrus
• AMVAC and Syngenta announce benefits of Prefix and FirstRate herbicide tankmix
• Epoxiconazole withdrawn and pencycuron banned in the EU and UK
• Chile announces changes to the agrochemical registration priority system
• Australia to approve new agricultural active constituents and pesticide products
• Brazil’s Mapa publishes new rules for aerial operations on bananas
• Glyphosate and Atrazine prices rise 3% in Argentina
• Limagrain’s new seed treatment gets brassicas off to a flying start in the UK
• Syngenta to distribute Rizobacter’s biofungicide Rizoderma in Argentina
• Morocco posts 3% increase in agricultural exports despite pandemic
• Brazil reclassifies toxicology of 252 registered formulated products
• Lockdown 2.0: Syngenta India Launches Nationwide Helpline to Provide Free Crop Advisory, Agriculture Suggestions to Farmers
• Robust T1 sprays vital to ramularia control in spring barley this season
• PI Industries offers robust growth opportunities in the high margin segment from the medium- to long-term perspective
• Attune Agriculture announces Ampersand® adjuvant now available in California
• China’s prilled urea sellers await return of India
• InstaAgro completes $600k funding round and prepares for growth phase
• INIA Chile launches biological control plan for Lobesia botrana
• Annual 1000-ton acetamiprid project started in Lanzhou, China
• Bayer releases Altus for New York growers
• Price & Supply Trend: China’s import and export being restrained by epidemic, pesticide niche products at low load of production
• Five countries produce more than 90% of biotech crops worldwide
• With 3% growth this year, India’s agriculture output will be a lone bright spot for economy
• Syngenta and Amoéba launch a targeted research phase in biocontrol products
• Sumitomo’s distribution company to be established in Paraguay
• Crop Enhancement raises $8M series B to help growers protect crops with safe coatings
• UPL expands Interline herbicide to all glufosinate-resistant crops
• Nissan Chemical and Gowan Company announce joint distribution agreement in Italy
• Innovative botanical acaricide launched in China, “Marvee,” for controlling red spider mites
• Nutrien announces agreement to purchase Brazilian Ag retailer and soybean seed producer Tec Agro
• BASF supports farmers by offering xarvio FIELD MANAGER free of charge for the 2020 season
• Paraguay extends agchem approval expiry until end of May
• New Zealand EPA calls for information on two neonicotinoids
• Chemicals Regulation Division announces use up dates for insecticides Biscaya and Calypso
• Scientists discover a small protein that synchronizes the circadian clocks in shoots and roots
• Yellow rust infections seen in high rated wheat varieties in the UK
• Xinnong Chemical granted invention patent in Pakistan
• Sakata Seed America acquires Salinas-based Vanguard Seed
• Argentina exempts agricultural air work from COVID-19 quarantine
• New 2,4-D series project of CAC’s subsidiary passes environmental impact technical review
• Yongtai Technology to launch 20,000-ton fine chemicals project in Inner Mongolia, China
• Lier Chemical invests Yuan1 billion on 20,000-ton L-glufosinate-ammonium production line
• Syngenta debuts Minecto Alpha and Taegro in Italy
• Covantis launches as legal entity, announces CEO and executive appointments
• $100m investment brings four global AgTech pioneers to Abu Dhabi
• Bayer presents Sonata, a new fungicide of natural origin for wine and table grapes
• CHS reports $125.4 million in second quarter net income
• Heliae, Agricola Cerro Prieto launch partnership to collaborate on soil health, water retention
• Brazil: Exchange, reduction of cultivated sugarcane area cause slight drop in pesticide market
• IFOAM EU calls for target of at least 20% organic land in the EU
• Kiwa Bio-Tech announces 100 million (RMB) loan program to boost agriculture production in China
• Syngenta extends its partnership with Ram Trucks
• Eden’s biopesticide receive certification for organic farming in Italy, Spain
• Brazil approves two new biopesticides
• Brazil: Unesp inaugurates new research center for biological control of sugarcane pests
• Australia to approve herbicide active constituent trifludimoxazin and product Voraxor Herbicide
• FMC introduces its revolutionary herbicide Overwatch® to Australia market
• AgroScout closes $3 million funding round for its AI-based solution for sustainable crop protection
• Agritech startup DeHaat raises $12M to reach more farmers in India
• Bee Vectoring Technology: Vectorpak technology creates a new technology for biopesticide application
• Bionema launches its cold-tolerance nematode products for insect pest control
• Mapa changes priority-setting process for agrochemical registration in Brazil
• Minagro unveils first greener in-can preservative for agrochemical formulations
• IFFCO beats its own records, produces & sells highest ever fertilizers
• American Vanguard announces investment in variable-rate technology provider Clean Seed
• UK to ban fungicide epoxiconazole in 2021
• BASF India suspends select manufacturing operations across country
• Nufarm’s Cheetah herbicide label amendment expands use to several crops
• ICL launches organo-mineral fertilizer range
• Stinkbug invasion in Turkey threatens world hazelnut supplies
• Fall armyworm outbreak in Northern Australia
• 13,600 tons’ new pesticide project launched in Lanzhou, China, including mesotrione
• India Gov. accepted PMFAI Appeal ‘Ensures Timely Production and Supply’ of Indian Agrochemicals
• Tuoqiu Agrochemical to launch subsidiary to produce fipronil and prochloraz
• Hailir releases benzamide fungicide Shumei in China
• Observation of agrochemical companies worldwide during COVID-19 outbreak
• Summit Agro USAintroduces Verdepryn insecticide and Timorex Act fungicide
• SICIT Group devoted to amino acids/peptides based biostimulants for 60 years
• AMVAC closes $5M strategic agreement with Clean Seed Capital Group
• Brazil MAPA approves 18 pesticide technical products
• Tax exemptions on pesticides in Brazil add up to US$ 2.2 billion per year
• US EPA announces new tool for soybean growers to combat weeds
• Sumitomo Chemical completes acquisition of South American subsidiaries of Nufarm
• Pilarquim, leading the way in Peruvian agriculture
• OCP Group achieves MAD 54.9 billion turnover in 2019
• IFFCO Contributed Rs. 25 Crore to PM-Cares Fund to Fight Covid-19 Pandemic
• Raven to acquire full ownership of DOT
• MSU research on pest-fighting fungi granted patent for biocontrol
• Stoller announces organic product to control invasive spotted lanternfly
• P2 Science and Bedoukian Research announce pheromones collaboration

News Headlines – March, 2020

News Headlines – February, 2020

• Arcadia Biosciences receives U.S. patent for high fiber wheat with improved yield
• AMVAC announces 10 new products in 2020
• Heinrich Heine University and Indian Council of Agricultural Research join forces to fight rice diseases in India
• Valent’s XenTari bio-insecticide use expanded for greenhouse strawberries
• Vilmorin & Cie sales up 6.6% for the first semester of 2019-2020
• Syngenta expands NK corn and soybean
• Launch SPARCBio biological control research center in Brazil
• KWS increases net sales sharply in the first half of 2019/2020
• Corteva to end chlorpyrifos production
• Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture bans agrochemicals containing Metamidophos
• DVA announces investment of US$100 million over 5 years in Argentina
• PMFAI oppose Ban of Tricyclazole and Buporfezin by Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
• Syngenta launches new copper-free fungicide in Spain for olive groves
• India Govt take back its decision to ban Tricyclazol, Buprofezin pesticide: ACFI
• Yifan Biotechnology Group granted registration of flumioxazin SC in China
• Bayer’s Aviator fungicide shines bright in oilseed rape launch in the UK
• New Zealand EPA approves to import fungicide KUSABI
• Malathion being speedily shipped by Chinese companies to Africa for control of locust infestation
• Canada determines continued registration of fungicide dimethomorph
• Agro100 and Phytus Group enter into technical partnership to develop new solutions for Brazilian farmer
• Bharat Rasayan gains by more than 5 per cent on JV agreement
• UPL’S KASUMIN Bactericide Granted Section 18 Approval On California Almonds
• ICL acquires US-based precision agriculture company Growers Holdings, Inc.
• New energy-dense, non-GMO ryegrass being developed for New Zealand farmers
• Front Range Biosciences enters partnership with Coastal Greenhouses to distribute hemp plants in Eastern U.S.
• Equinom raises US$10 million to accelerate growth
• China, India to join hands to fight worst Locust outbreak in Pakistan
• EAS Group Establishes Third Field Station in Latin America
• Uruguay bans importation, registration, renewal of fenthion products
• “The Pesticides Management Bill (PMB)” approved by Union Cabinet of India
• India reports crop damage as locust plague spreads to Asia
• S&W Seed Company to acquire Australia based Pasture Genetics
• Precision farming platform developer Semios receives $75 million investment
• Pakistan to consider importing insecticides from India to fight locusts
• ADAMA announces two new herbicides and grower program
• Van Iperen International & LandLab Italy join forces to create a new generation of biostimulants
• New KWS location opens in Berlin
• Bee Vectoring Technologies opens European office and R&D Center
• Argentine province cancels ban on agrochemical trade
• India-Pakistan may face bigger locust attack this year, both to continue liaison to beat common enemy
• Serbia’s Agromarket acquires Slovenian seed producer Semenarna
• Turkey launches indigenous seed mobilization campaign
• Koppert collaborates to launch free biocontrol tool
• Omnivore backs former Aavishkaar exec’s agri-tech startup Clover
• Dhanuka Agritech consolidated net profit rises 89.52% in the December 2019 quarter
• Cereal seed treatment Rancona i-MIX gets green light for spring sowing in the UK
• NACL Industries consolidated net profit rises 87.56% in the December 2019 quarter
• CropLife India welcomes Cabinet’s approval of Pesticides Management Bill
• Fighting malnutrition: Golden Rice and the EU’s GMO conundrum
• Godrej to tap rural areas in home insecticide market
• Agritech startup CropIn partners with Centre to help estimate crop yield accurately
• Syngenta – TNAU Sign MoU for Collaborative Research on Crop Protection
• Corteva Agriscience announces Onmira active as global trademark for picoxystrobin
• Appiphany Technologies Holdings (Verde Bio Holdings, Inc.) forms hemp seed and genetics joint venture
• Bioceres Crop announced a 6% increase in revenue in the last quarter
• Canada confirms continued use of biofungicide Mycostop
• Novel Coronavirus | China vows to ensure smooth transportation of agricultural materials
• Yellow rust attack: Agri team visits disease-hit fields
• Oro Agri launched new anti-drift adjuvant to reduce spray losses
• SGS launches new microbiological analysis service to improve soil productivity and sustainability
• Clean Seed Capital closes strategic North American joint venture agreement with Norwood Sales
• Embrapa launches PlanoArroz mobile application for rice production chain
• Audit report: EU unable so far to reduce the use of pesticides by farmers
• Sumitomo Chemical reports consolidated financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2019
• Syngenta Partners with Fair Labor Association to Raise Wages in India’s Agri Industry
• UPL: Arysta acquisition synergies allay slowdown concerns
• Valagro acquires a stake in Mirnagreen: a partnership for sustainable innovation
• Bayer, Meiogenix collaborate to accelerate agricultural innovation through the development of unique technologies
• Pesticides Management Bill 2020 is an opportunity to clean up India’s food and farming systems!
• UPL Q3 Results: Profit Meets Estimates As Latin American Markets Shine
• FMC Corporation delivers strong fourth quarter and full-year results
• Canada proposes to stop use pesticide cyromazine
• Argentine state suspends sale of agrochemicals
• Insecticide India Net Down 49%, Revenue Up 21.8% For Q3FY20
• MAS Seeds continues its international development with the creation of a subsidiary in Ivory Coast
• Raised US$40 million, Brazilian agtech Solinftec has plans to expand internationally
• Farmers Edge, Gibson Insurance Group partner to provide risk management solutions
• Bayer’s Invora herbicide receives US EPA approval
• Syngenta‘s Altriset termiticide registered in Hawaii
• PAN party wants to increase taxes on agrochemicals to 23% in Portugal
• BASF opens $1.6m inoculant plant and targets more Aussie growth
• Peru declares phytosanitary alert over threat of Fusarium oxysporum
• Corteva to stop making pesticide chlorpyrifos
• STK and ADAMA announce exclusive distribution agreement for TIMOREX GOLD botanical biofungicide and REGEV “hybrid” fungicide in Ecuador
• Canada approves FMC’s herbicide pethoxamid
• Canada determines to continue registration of uniconazole-P
• Staphyt obtained GEP certificate in Morocco
• Syngenta opens second store in Brazil to create more value for entire agricultural production chain
• Kisan Network Raises 3M to Grow its PAN India Farmer Network
• Merger between SinoChem, ChemChina in process
• Nufarm and Nutrichem enter distribution agreement for Goal 2XL and GoalTender herbicides
• Front Range Biosciences reaches licensing agreement with Centennial Seeds to lead production of new hemp varieties
• Rovensa expands its biocontrol business unit by acquiring Agrichem Bio in Spain
• Tata Chemicals Q3 consolidated net up 8% at Rs 288 cr
• Americot adds two new NexGen varieties for 2020
• Embrapa’s new soybean launches increase producer competitiveness
• Bayer’s new herbicide Luxxur for cereal grains now available in the US
• Valent launches new website to promote innovative solutions for the grower
• Albaugh opens 5 new distribution centers to expand market access structure in Brazil
• Arcadia Biosciences announces over $3 million in pres-season GoodHemp seed purchase commitments
• Zimbabwe quietly lifts ban on genetically modified corn imports in bid to avert famine
• New Zealand seed exports reach almost NZ$240 million
• Netafim integrates Arable Labs’ field-sensing and analysis technology into its digital irrigation management platform NetBeat
• Caterpillars: First mobile biological control laboratory launched

News Headlines – January, 2020

• US EPA reapproves glyphosate, claims pesticide poses no human health threat
• Bayer considering stopping sales of glyphosate to private users
• Ourofino Agrociência opened new headquarters in Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil
• Corteva’s revenues down 3% in 2019, reports a loss
• Incotec strengthens sales force in North America
• Brazilian fruit exports reach US$1 billion for the first time
• Kenogard launches Romeo, an ecological fungicide inducer of plants’ natural defenses
• Corteva to delay key fungicide Inatreq’s launch to 2021
• Chinese group receives green light to sell herbicide in Brazil
• Canada confirmes continued registration of products containing folpet
• American Crop Insurance Partners with Farmers Edge to Provide Superior Insurance Services and Personalized Coverage to Growers
• Canada confirms continued registration of clodinafop-propargyl based products
• New Argentina agrochemical law went into effect in January
• Brazil authorizes use of spinetoram for chrysanthemum
• Terramera raises $4.6 million CAD Series B extension to reduce global pesticide use
• Koppert, FAPESP and Esalq launch unprecedented biocontrol research center in Brazil
• Certain plant pesticides banned in Switzerland from July
• Seipasa and Suez sign an alliance for the distribution of biostimulants in Chile
• Ceres Imaging, Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness partner to provide aerial imagery tech for farmers
• California Plant Based Alliance launches to protect rights of consumers and companies
• Calyxt appoints Bobby Williams as Gene Editing Director to expand innovation and product pipeline
• Argentina startup Agrofy receives $23 million to create Amazon for Ag input purchases
• Queen gives approval to Brexit, opens new Ag markets for U.S.
• Despite plans to ban glyphosate, its sales in France increase by 10%
• BASF choose BTME to launch new plant growth regulator in the UK
• J.R. Simplot CO. completes its acquisition of Pinnacle Agriculture
• Syngenta Spain launches Primextra Liquid Gold herbicide
• Talcher fertilizer plant to start urea production in September 2023
• Anglo American agrees £405m takeover deal for Sirius Minerals
• Seipasa extends its list of phytosanitary registrations that include new products in Europe, Mexico and Turkey
• Domestic business of Rallis India jumps 35 per cent in Q3FY20
• FMC’s Intruvix helps tackle resistant weeds with multiple modes of action
• BASF’s fungicide Revystar XE receives UK authorisation for wide use on cereal crops
• EU Green Party aims to halve synthetic pesticide use by 2025, phase it out completely in 15 years
• Bayer Canada discontinuing DKTF 92 SC and DKTF 94 CR canola hybrids for 2020
• Koppert’s Natutec Drone releases biological solutions over large agricultural areas
• Brazil: Anvisa concludes public consultation on abamectin
• World’s first registration for BASF insecticide Broflanilide in Australia
• Brazil: Anvisa begins carbendazim re-evaluation
• Brazilian government approves registration of 36 generic pesticides
• Plant Response acquires Pathway BioLogic to further strengthen Ag biologicals capabilities
• Passage of U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is a win for the U.S. seed industry
• Limagrain to launch plant-based protein food next year
• Nortox launches relationship platform for agrochemical distributors
• France: INRAE is born from the merger between INRA and Irstea
• Corteva Agriscience reduces the use of plastic in seed treatment
• Brazil: Agro100 inaugurates its Technology Center in Londrina and reinforces
• Bayer’s Velum Prime and Movento manage nematodes in Pacific Northwest
• NongHyup Financial to launch JV with IFFCO to enter Indian market
• VIB submits an application for a new field trial with genetically modified maize
• Italian Dutch collaboration in high-end tomatoes, between Enza Zaden and Isolagrande
• US EPA to approve first beehive uses of biopesticide to control wax moths
• US, China to sign phase one trade agreement
• Farmers Edge,Fairfax Brasil partner to bring data-driven crop insurance to growers in Brazil
• Israel BGU researchers develop new realtime soil nitrate sensor
• PI Industries Completes Acquisition of lsagro Asia
• UK agritech LettUs Grow raises €2.74 million to expand eco indoor farming technology
• Agri-tech start-up NU Genes Raises USD 6 million from IFA Fund
• Nigeria gears up for two GMO crops in the 2020 planting season
• SGS launches precision farming and fertility management services in Colombia
• CropX acquires precision irrigation developer CropMetrics
• India-Brazil to share latest technologies in the agri sector
• Wilbur-Ellis launches biofungicide ROMEO
• Marrone Bio announces approval of Stargus® biofungicide in California
• Garlic-based nematicide with patented technology from Ecospray emerging in markets
• Lier Chemical to invest 440 million yuan to establish a joint venture with Corteva Agriscience Shanghai
• EU Commission bans Bayer pesticide linked to harming bees
• Anglo American goes after Sirius Minerals with $508m bid
• Solynta granted U.S. patent for hybrid true potato seed development
• India to launch hub to fast track agricultural exports to the Gulf
• French start-up Naïo Technologies specialized in agricultural robots announces the closing of a €14 million funding
• Huntsman Completes the Sale of its Chemical Intermediates and Surfactants Businesses to Indorama Ventures for $2 Billion
• EU ban chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl
• Brazil: UFSCar opens new nanotechnology, biotechnology laboratories
• Bayer Trendlines Ag Innovation Fund Co-invests With Trendlines in ProJini Agchem
• ADAMA and Tel Aviv University Collaborate to Establish a First-of-a-Kind Research and Teaching Center for the Development of Innovative Crop Protection Solutions
• Veolia supplies crystallization technology to produce potash fertilizer in Turkey
• Front Range Biosciences expands North American distribution capabilities through partnership with Aligned Distributing LLC
• Bionema launches biocompatible wetting agent for biopesticides
• Vineland, LetsGrow partner on smart irrigation system in Canada greenhouse
• Corteva submits novel new pasture herbicide to EPA
• Bayer Trendlines Ag Innovation Fund co-invests with Trendlines in ProJini Agchem
• South Australia lifts ban on GM crops
• Corteva Agriscience to evaluate use of plastic-free capsules under Eden Research plc agreement
• BioSafe Systems releases new bioinsecticide
• Certis USA adds key sales representative to service customers in Mountain Region of the USA
• Ag Leader introduce new high-speed planting technology
• Syngenta Canada launching Miravis lineup of fungicide products in 2020
• Corbion’s PURASOLV® BL and PURASOLV EL solvents receive OMRI certification
• Bayer exercises right to enter into follow-on research and collaboration option agreement with Atomwise
• Stokes Seeds acquires Siegers Seed Company
• Farmer Connect Uses IBM Blockchain to Bridge the Gap Between Consumers and Smallholder Coffee Farmers
• Iran pesticide production up 31% in eight months
• AgBiTech’s Fawligen registered in Sri Lanka to fight fall armyworm
• Marrone Bio Innovations Announces U.S. EPA Approval of Regalia and Stargus for Hemp
• Eden’s three EU-registered active ingredients approved in Organic Production Regulation
• Reinke launches electronic swing arm corner to increase irrigation efficiency
• Crystal Crop acquires three Corteva pesticide brands in India
• Indigo closes $200M financing to support continued growth of its platforms, including Indigo Grain Marketplace and Indigo Carbon
• Nutrien announces agreement to purchase Brazilian Ag retailer Agrosema
• BrettYoung has been appointed as a distribution partner for Rizobacter branded products in Western Canada and the US Northern Plains states
• Valmont to acquire remaining shares of tech provider AgSense
• AgLaunch Row Crop Challenge chooses six startups for investment and field trials
• Insecticides India gets green nod for Rs 40 cr pesticide unit in Gujarat
• Bangladesh: Form action plan to stop use of Glyphosate containing pesticides
• Bayer to launch a new cotton trait to protect against thrips and tarnished plant bugs
• Golden rice approved as safe for consumption in the Philippines
• Kenya government battle against swarms of locusts by aerial pesticide spraying
• Lier Chemical shut down and to integrate its glufosinate production line
• Syngenta launches its fungicide Miravis DUO, a big change to Chinese fungicide market
• Limagrain enters into partnership with StartLife
• Colombia announces resumption of aerial fumigation of coca, again
• Petrokimia exports 188,000 tons of NPS fertilizer to India in 2019
• China approves two new GM crops from U.S. for import, renews 10 others
• S&W Seed Company secures new $35 million working capital facility with CIBC Bank USA
• CropLife South Africa invests in AgriIntel for MRL data
• IB group sets up Rs 200 crore VC fund to boost agri-tech startups

News Headlines – December, 2019

• PI Industries acquires agrochemical firm lsagro Asia
• Kenya: Farmers To Start Planting BT Cotton Early Next Year
• Agri-tech Start Up Nu Genes to raise $6 million from Innovation in Food and Agriculture Fund
• Calyxt collaborates with CVA to expand high oleic network
• Adama establishes Israeli Shekel 12million research center at TAU
• Agronica, Gregori launch joint technology venture that reduces water, pesticide use
• EuroChem invests $1bn in construction of mineral fertilizer plant
• Biofuels producer POET commits $2 million for precision agriculture initiative at So. Dakota State University
• Farms. com acquires ‘state’ agriculture connection network from USAgNet LLC
• Godrej Agro eyes 15% revenue rise
• Rabobank projects pesticide sales to exceed US$ 11.5 billion in 2019 in Brazil, up 11%
• Limin Chemical’s mancozeb receives EU technical equivalence determination
• Worldwide vegetable exports have almost doubled in the last ten years
• New Purple Fire garlic variety grown in the Peruvian highlands sees high demand
• Brazilian agribusiness loses US $ 10 billion with full agreement between China and US
• Albaugh announces opening of new laboratory for herbicide
• Arcadia Biosciences Introduces Limited Release GoodWheat™ Flour for Gluten-Sensitive Stomachs
• TMG, Amaggi, Sumitomo, Bayer, Alfa Farm Network launch “AgriHub Space” startup incubator
• Brazil: Ministry of Agriculture facilitates registration of three biological pesticides
• U.S. EPA approves continued use of herbicide atrazine
• Anvisa concludes thiram reevaluation and imposes restrictions
• American Vanguard acquires herbicide brands from Corteva Agriscience
• Nantong Jiangshan established a joint venture to engage in port storage business
• Sikkim IFFCO lays foundation for India’s single largest organic processing unit in Sikkim
• Valley Irrigation receives patent for innovation in variable rate irrigation technology
• Eden Research and Sipcam to expand biofungicide sales to Portugal and Benelux
• Farmers unite to launch U.S. Hemp Growers Association
• University of Arkansas scientists address armyworm control in rice
• Indian rice exporters seek ban on pesticides unregistered in the US, EU
• Stripe rust alert on wheat in China
• Bayer’s Delaro label expands on key corn and soybean diseases
• Rallis India gets NCLT nod for Metahelix Life Sciences merger
• Kenya: Cabinet approves commercial farming of BT cotton
• GMO plants produce antibiotic to fight off deadly bacterial infection—without harming environment
• Valley Irrigation receives new product of the year, AE50 award
• From sky to ground, XAG launches farm robots and smart agriculture management system
• Seipasa sees its Fungisei biofungicide registration extended to avocados in Peru
• US EPA approves 10 Pesticides for Hemp, issues decision on Atrazine
• Corteva’s DuaCor herbicide receives U.S. EPA registration
• Red Sun, Sino-Agri cooperate in joint venture to supply green pesticides in international market
• Corteva launches two herbicides for Indonesia
• Solynta and Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) expand collaboration
• Agritech Platform Safal Fasal Launched in India to Improve Farmer Livelihoods
• Eden Research gets first product approved in Americas as Eastman registers Cedroz in Mexico
• French bans 40 glyphosate-based products
• India extends Canada exemption from crop fumigation policy
• SGS sells its pest management and fumigation (PMF) activities in Benelux to Anticimex
• Prentiss launches Camp-D for pasture weed control
• Calyxt announces collaboration with Central Valley Ag to expand grower network
• USA: Syngenta is introducing three new AgriPro brand wheat seed varieties for spring 2020
• BASF Vegetable Seeds presents Bernini, the new Nunhems branded melon variety
• Nigeria Commercializes Pod Borer Resistant Cowpea, its First GM Food Crop
• UPL’s Climate Smart Solutions Will Help Improve Yield Sustainably
• Taranis collaborates with three AgTech companies on drone-based aerial app to increase soybean yield
• B2B agritech startup Bijak raises $2.5M from Omnivore, Omidyar Network India, and Sequoia Capital’s Surge
• Koppert actively participates in the legal cannabis market
• Vive Crop Protection appoints Rick Davidson as Midwest Regional sales manager
• Incotec launches advanced tomato seed priming
• SureFlex Hybrids announces first commercially available post-patent trait in seed corn
• ICAR Signs Deal with NABARD for Transfer of Farm Technologies
• Eden Research Signs Distribution Agreement With SumiAgro For Mevalone
• BioSafe Systems to launch natural insecticide with on-animal applications
• Suli plans Yuan90 million capital investment increase in Suli Ningxia Chemicals
• Agrikem cooperates with China’s Hubei Biopesticide Engineering Center to build the first biopesticide plant in Turkey
• SFM CHEMICALS GmbH, the German formulation plant owned by STEFES GmbH, signs an agreement with the city of Ochsenfurt for relocation of its plant.
• ADAMA launches ARMERO™ fungicide in Paraguay, its first self-produced Prothioconazole-based mixture
• California bans chlorpyrifos, all sales will end on Feb. 6, 2020
• Wynca’s 9,000-ton silicon dioxide construction project began construction
• IFF to merge with DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences business
• Panda Biotech plans the largest industrial hemp processing facility for fiber and cellulose in the United States
• CNH’s AGXTEND acquires a minority stake in Geoprospectors GmbH
• Indo-Brazil Cooperation the Field of Livestock and Food Supply
• IBM Introduces Weather Forecasting System for Governments, Farmers and Industries
• How Effective is MSP for Farmers in India
• CAI maintains cotton crop estimate at 354 lakh bales
• JUA Technologies partners with BrazAgro to distribute solar-drying tray in East Africa
• Farmers Edge launches daily satellite imagery with automatic health change detection
• Shenzhen Noposion steps into industrial cannabis market
• UPL gets green nod for Rs 353-cr pesticide unit expansion project in Gujarat
• CHS obtains exclusive rights to Corteva Agriscience confectionary sunflower breeding program in North America
• DTN acquires MetStat, strengthens its multi-sensor precipitation estimation capabilities
• Ecolibrium Biologicals to launch Lateral bio-insecticide in New Zealand in 2020
• FAO scales up and mobilize $500 million to fight against Fall Armyworm
• Swiss ban fungicide chlorothalonil
• North American fertilizer industry supports USMCA deal
• BASF invests in pioneering Israeli AgTech startup Equinom
• Eurofins Scientific, Medicinal Genomics partner on world’s most comprehensive, informative cannabis SNP chip
• PrecisionHawk raises $32 million for drone for wine producers
• Stampede and Exertis Pro AV to Distribute Delair UX11 Drone
• SVG Ventures announces Kubota Corporation joins the THRIVE Venture and Innovation Platform
• Farmers Edge expands its platform to agricultural lenders
• Agri-tech startup Ecozen raises USD 6mn in Series A funding
• Valley Irrigation and Kusto Group partner to build plant in Kazakhstan
• Plant Advanced Technologies launches a new bio-herbicide discovery program awarded under the “programme D’investissement D’avenir III”
• Crops Research Institute releases stress tolerant maize to address food insecurity in Africa
• Agritech Company Origo Raises $6.8 Mn To Support Rural MSMEs
• CAC Group’s Azoxystrobin Technical granted registration in Brazil
• AgBiTech, Agro100 partner to expand baculoviruses market in Brazil
• Specialty fertilizer producer Van Iperen expands in the US
• Arcadia Biosciences launches GoodHemp, a new commercial brand of superior hemp seeds
• USA Patent and Trademark Office approves Smart Seeder technology patent expansion
• Almond Board of California to invest $9.5 million in 85 research projects
• Sentera, AB InBev partner to grow beer ingredients through AI
• Bee Vectoring Technologies files new patent for computer-controlled honeybee hive dispenser system
• Biodegradable Spray Helps Battle Crop Pathogens
• India CIBRC 411th meeting: 21 TC and 27 Formulation products registrations got approved
• Swedish Company SPOWDI Launches Smart Farming for the First Time in India
• Albaugh inaugurates herbicide factory in Brazil
• Chinese fertilizer producer Muliang Agritech files for a $12 million Nasdaq IPO
• ADAMA, RiceTec introduce new herbicide-tolerant technology
• CRD Advisors LLC Acquires RFS Global
• Bayer CropScience awaits nod to launch drought-resistant rice in India
• Biocontrol Technologies’ T34 Biocontrol expanded the uses in the Netherlands
• AgroSavfe announces name change to Biotalys and incorporation of US subsidiary, Biotalys, Inc.
• Plant Extraction through Nanotechnology to Replace Chemical Pesticides by Brazilian Start-Up
• Brazil: 549,280 tons formulated agrochemicals sold in 2018, sales of microbiological products rose significantly
• Compass Minerals Plant Nutrition adds seed finisher with micronutrients to Rocket Seeds™ portfolio
• Upper House Japan approves US-Japan agreement on Ag Trade
• Launch of Maitri Indo Brazil Agri-Tech Cross Border Incubation Start-up Programme
• AWS ready to help Indian govt with safeguarding sensitive data
• Edete announces successful trials of its artificial pollination technology
• AMPATH, Corteva training farmers to adopt soybean in Kenya
• 44 pesticides banned for import, manufacture, sale in India: Tomar
• Mitsui & Co. to acquire 62% of the shares of Belchim Crop Protection
• Heliae, R.W. Griffin to launch strategic alliance to promote Georgia soil health
• Syngenta is relaunched in the Argentina seed market and is committed to being benchmark in the sector
• Anvisa of Brazil launches system to facilitate exports in MERCOSUR
• BASF anticipates new cotton technologies: Exclusive interview with Warley Palota, Senior Cotton Seed Business Manager
• Nexgen Plants, UWA sign a research and licensing agreement to develop innovative herbicides
• Brazil government releases 2 new and 55 generic pesticides
• Dimicron launches fulvic acid soil conditioner DimiLOM
• Organic Food Exports from India Rise by 50% to INR 5151 Crore: APEDA
• GROWMARK Acquires Solu-Cal USA
• Brazil: Mapa authorizes Adama, BASF, Bayer, DuPont, Ihara and Syngenta to self-control agrochemical imports
• EU Commission set to vote on ban of controversial organophosate pesticides
• France bans sulfoxaflor products, citing risk to bees
• International Agriculture Consulting Group & IBA Ethiopia Enters Asia Africa Partnership
• Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul suspends application of 2,4-D until end of year
• MC EXTRA: Valagro’s new biostimulant in microgranules arrives on the scene
• Rovensa acquires Rodel Flowers company in Ecuador
• Remington Seeds signs the strategic agreement with MAIS to purchase seed plant and farming operations in Ukraine
• BASF and Arable Labs partner to provide weather and plant insights to farmers across Europe
• UPL and Biopreparáty enter into an exclusive distribution agreement for Polyversum® WP biological fungicide
• FAO launches 2020 as the UN’s International Year of Plant Health
• Gowan Company announces acquisition of fenamidone and pencycuron from Bayer
• Brazilian court overturns suspension of 63 pesticides
• ABACHEM launched another intermediate production facility, enters central Chinese market
• Kiwa Bio-Tech announces expansion of fertilizer production capacity to 300,000 ton per year
• India’s IFFCO nano fertilizer could reduce urea demand by 50%
• Incotec strengthens North American seed enhancement operations
• Uruguay’s citrus production increased by 12% in 2019
• Schemes Promoting Export of Agriculture Commodities from India
• AgLink partners with Brazil, US and Canada farm retail groups
• Chlorantraniliprole granted registration for application to sweet potato for the first time in China
• Maïsadour Semences in France became MAS Seeds on October 30, 2019
• Surging corn exports result in higher corn prices in Brazil
• India’s wettest monsoon in 25 years could lift 2020 wheat output to record
• India’s Agriculture Export target at USD 60 Billion by 2022: APEDA
• Sega Science and Technology launches new soil conditioner Sega Yibao
• Bayer criticizes Mexico for blocking imports of herbicide
• European Commission authorises eight genetically modified products for food and feed uses

News Headlines – November, 2019

• Bayer presents PHYTOBAC technology in Argentina
• Canada to approve FMC’s herbicide pethoxamid
• Brazil approves patent grant for the Clean Seed Capital Group’s SMART Seeder Technology
• Ecocert Acquires Nature’s International Certification Services
• Thailand reversed a planned ban on glyphosate and delayed ban on paraquat and chlorpyrifos
• Kleffmann Group Complete Merger with Kynetec
• Precision Laboratories launches new seed coating polymer
• Flagchem’s Trinexapac technical production method awarded invention patent
• CHEMCHINA, Sinochem expecting in-depth cooperation with Brazilian agricultural partners
• J.R. Simplot Company agrees to acquire Pinnacle Agriculture
• New improved ProNitro seed coating from DLF
• EU regulations obstruct biological crop protection
• China stops imposition of anti-dumping duties on imported pyridine originating from India and Japan  
• Hailir to launch Huaxitian to control underground diseases of peanuts by 2020
• Nufarm launches bacteriostatic growth regulator in Brazil
• Koppert registers new biofungicide
• Mexico bans shipment of glyphosate pesticide
• US-based KBR to supply critical equipment for HURL’s 2,200 MTPD plant
• Pairwise achieve key collaboration milestones with Bayer, accelerating product development
• USQ researcher to collaborate with India on climate change project
• Indigram Labs signs MoU with a leading agri-business incubator in Africa
• Brazilian court suspends 63 pesticides released by Mapa
• Canada approved UPL’s KOMODO Herbicide
• EU grants CAC Nantong Chemical Co., Ltd. new process patent for Azoxystrobin production
• Longergreen and ARVENSIS cooperate to develop China’s special fertilizer market
• Corteva launches LANDVisor – digital technology for ranchers and land managers
• Itafos announces idling of Itafos Arraias
• Spanish launch of Sakata’s Perseus F1, the high-yield broccoli variety
• IFA Fund invests $4 million in Telluris Biotech India
• Acceres acquires BIOTEK Agriculture
• Rotam raises R$19 million with first issue of CRA, plans more operations
• Wilbur-Ellis Acquires Nachurs Alpine Solutions
• East West Seed signs an exclusive distribution agreement with Advanced Chemical Industries in Bangladesh
• Caussade Semences Group and Euralis Semences merge confirmed
• Limin Chemical: net profit to increase by 90.7% YoY to USD40.4 million in Q1-3 2019
• Dhanuka Agritech Expects Margins To Recover In Second Half Of FY20 As Demand Rises
• Australia approved world-first use of a product based on BASF’s herbicide Luximax
• Australia APVMA announces chemical review of neonicotinoids
• CARBO, INNOVAR AG to develop encapsulated infused fertilizer
• Suli’s fluazinam technical granted registration in Brazil
• Australia to approve insecticide etofenprox
• Biovalens launches ‘Bio-Immune’ in Brazil
• Australia to approve Syngenta’s Callisto herbicide
• Valent BioSciences announces launch of global soil health initiative
• Australia’s amended Gene Technology Regulations to provide clarity to the seed industry
• BASF invests US$ 4 million in AgVentures II fund managed by SP Ventures
• Wilbur-Ellis launches DILIGENCE-EA drift control product in California
• UPL Ltd to acquire company in China
• Isagro sales down 16% in the first nine months of 2019
• Kaveri Seed reports 13% decline in Q2 profit
• Seminis’ approach to sweetcorn production in Australia
• Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. reports fiscal first quarter 2020 financial results
• Corteva launches Pixxaro EC herbicide for cereal grains
• Canada to approve continued use of pyriproxyfen
• Nissan Chemical’s Agricultural Chemicals Segment sales down 3% in H1
• Yara closes ammonia plant in Trinidad
• TSS Launches New Organic Fertilizer for Arecanut, Pepper and Banana Crops
• Syngenta Canada to discontinue cereal seed research and development program
• Topcon Agriculture launches its new cloud-based farm workflow tool
• Insecticides India posts net profit of INR 49 crore in Q2, 2029
• Bayer CropScience Q2 profit rises slightly to Rs 170 crore
• RiceTec launches new technologies in the Brazilian Market
• Enterprise Partnerships with Trimble and Microsoft Drive senseFly Strategy Forward
• Kan Biosys Launches ‘Speed Compost’, An Eco-friendly Alternative to Stubble Burning
• Clean Seed Capital Group and Norwood to form a strategic Joint Venture to produce and distribute Smart agricultural technologies in North America
• Verdeca receives approval of HB4 drought and herbicide tolerant soybeans in Paraguay
• Kleffmann Group, Kverneland Group partner to help farmers monitor their fields
• BASF to launch over 30 products in Brazil by 2030
• Sentay Chemical launches strategic product Woro Kapa in China
• Casa Bugre | Agrivalle launch neutral adjuvant HiperFixx in Brazil
• Ourofino launches fungicide against peanut early leaf spot in Brazil
• China’s pesticide production experiences drop by 20% in the first three quarters
• APEDA eyes $60 billion agriculture exports with support of new policy
• Bayer’s Climate FieldView, CLAAS announce agreement
• Dhanuka Agritech consolidated net profit rises 9.01% in the September 2019 quarter
• DJI Unveils The DJI T20 Crop Protection Drone In Shenzhen
• Sumitomo Chemical America Joins Greentown Labs as Terawatt Partner
• ideaForge and EM3 Agriservices form a potent partnership to double farmers’ income in India
• UFG, AgBiTech open state-of-the-art laboratory in Brazil
• Lonza’s Celenco line of functional adjuvants launched in Brazil
• Colorado CBD Seed announces agreement with University of Florida to donate feminized hemp seeds for agricultural hemp research
• Semillas Fitó enters cherry tomato segment
• Cotton USA and Oritain ink new partnership for traceability
• New Seeds Bill Can Change Indian Agriculture, But Speculation Looms Over Implementation
• John Deere and Volocopter present first large agriculture-adapted drone
• Q2 Results: UPL’s Profit Misses Estimates On One-Time Expense
• ADAMA and JEBAGRO; a quality alliance in the Andean region
• Q2 results: NACL posts net profit of Rs 6.44 crore
• India’s pulse imports to rise this year on rain-induced crop damage
• Bosch and BASF expand their cooperation for digital agriculture
• Pilarquim working with NAAFCO to offer leading products, services to Bangladeshi farmers
• ADAMA and Huifeng Commercial Joint Venture Milestone of Overall Transaction
• USA – Syngenta Tavium Plus VaporGrip technology herbicide launches strong
• UPL’s VACCIPLANT defense stimulant receives regulatory approval
• EU restricts metalaxyl-M use in seed treatment
• Australia approves BASF’s new insecticide broflanilide
• American Vanguard’s sales up 5%, earnings down 39% in nine months 2019
• Cibus achieves critical milestones for three non-GMO traits to increase canola yield
• Raven Industries acquires Ag Startup Engine’s Smart Ag
• Israeli precision agriculture startup Agritask secures $8.5m in funding
• CNH Industrial acquires Australian implement company K-Line Ag
• Canada approves HopGuard II to control varroa mites in honeybee hives
• Kemin Industries opens Innovation and Technology Center in China
• Limagrain Cereal Seeds releases five new varieties
• Microsoft launches FarmBeats, to eliminate guesswork for ag producers
• India, Germany Likely To Sign Agreement On AI For Agritech, Green Mobility
• Syngenta launches specific portfolio for ornamental plants in Spain
• French SFP joins ADAMA to strengthen its PGR and fungicide presence in Europe
• BASF’s xarvio announces new digital farming collaboration with WinField United
• Euralis announces the construction of a seed production factory in Russia
• Vilmorin & Cie sales up 11.8% for the first quarter of 2019-2020
• Argentina Expected to Increase Commodity Export Taxes
• Hunan Haili’s net profit in first three quarters of 2019 increases by 587.89%
• Yangnong Chemical: Net profit in the first three quarters exceeds Yuan1 billion
• Valagro and Just Agrotech renewed their distribution agreement
• CF Industries’ sales up 7%, earnings up 82%
• IFFCO launches nano-tech based fertilisers for on-field trials
• Japan to allow import of gene-edited wheat
• Raven Industries acquires driverless tractor developer Smart Ag
• International Institute of Tropical Agriculture unveils digital tools for agricultural transformation
• India, German Sign Joint Declaration of Intent for Cooperation in Agriculture Market Development
• Corteva announces plans to expand its global Spinosyns capacity
• ADAMA reports strong growth, driving record sales in both the Q3 and year-to-date
• ISCA Global offers next generation insect control products
• FMC Corporation Delivers Strong Third Quarter and Raises Full-Year 2019 Outlook
• SenseAgro adopts AI to improve agriculture
• OCP Africa and ITFC join forces to strengthen agricultural capacity in Africa
• Niger Parliament passes country’s National Biosafety Law
• Indian Precision agriculture startup Fasal raises $1.6 M seed capital

News Headlines – October, 2019

• ADAMA acquires AgroKlinge, strengthening its Peru business
• Excel Industries gains 8% on acquisition of NetMatTix Crop’s chemical manufacturing unit
• JRF’s Contribution to Advancing Agrochemical R&D and Support for Global Registration
• Brazilian agrochemical imports already 21% higher this year
• Ubyfol launches new liquid packaging line
• Microquimica Tradecorp invests US$1 million to upgrade biological product factory
• Growth in Latin and North America drove Bayer Crop Science sales up 5% in Q3 2019
• Canada approves several BASF’s Revysol-based fungicide products
• Canada approves Valto’s pesticide V10
• BASF and NRGene collaborate to accelerate crop breeding
• xarvio Digital Farming Solutions by BASF selects eBee X fixed-wing drones for digital crop management in Brazil
• Radicle Growth Invests $250k in WeedOUT to Fuel Eco-Friendly Solution to Resistant Weeds
• Belarus, Cuba to develop crop protection products
• Adama presents fungicide Embrelia in Spain
• Adama buys 10% of Romanian agricultural products distributor Agricover
• Russian Uralchem plans a $1.3 bln fertilizer factory in Angola
• Tide Group announces purchase of Prentiss Química
• Nufarm opens state-of-the-art crop protection manufacturing facility in Greenville, Mississippi
• Syngenta launches fungicide Switch One in Spain
• Argentina: Glyphosate price rose 37.5%, affects the purchasing power of soybeans and corn
• Zuari Agro Chemicals surges on getting nod to restructure fertilizer business
• Olmix Group introduces its biostimulant range in Vietnam
• XAG and Bayer to innovate Japan’s ageing agriculture With drone technology
• Bee Vectoring signs Florida organic strawberry grower as first user of their bee-delivered biofungicide
• PI Industries Ltd Q2 FY20 revenues up by 25.5% YoY to Rs. 907 crore
• US urges Thailand to delay ban on pesticide glyphosate
• BASF Group third-quarter EBIT before special items declines 24%  
• Bayer launches three new Dekalb straight-cut hybrids in Canada
• Skymet joins hands with Bengaluru-based firm Pixxel for earth imageries
• Sharda Cropchem Ltd Q2 loss at Rs. 5.61 crores
• Ihara announces registration of new molecule in Brazil
• KWS sales up 4.2% for the financial 2018-2019
• Argentina approves the Viptera technology by Syngenta for cotton
• Yield10 Bioscience signs research agreement with J. R. Simplot to evaluate new traits in potato crop
• InteliGro introduce InteliBio Solutions to meet the need of sustainable food production
• Campo Limpo invests R$21 million, launches new unit in Brazil
• Pesticides ban passes last hurdle in Thailand
• Rallis reported Consolidated H1 Revenues at Rs 1372 Crores, up 11.8% yoy
• EU to ban Bayer’s pesticide linked to harming bees
• Brazil approves registration of 57 more agrochemicals
• Rainbow accelerates investment in Annex II defending and Annex III in EU
• PhosAgro joins European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform
• Third-generation hybrid rice achieves high yields in China
• Syngenta to dedicate $2 billion to help farmers fight climate change
• CABI teams up with Koppert to lead biological fight against tomato leafminer in Kenya
• Syria inaugurates only biopesticide plant of its kind in region
• Yangnong Chemical closes acquisition of Sinochem International Crop Care and Shenyang Sinochem Agrochemicals Research and Development Company
• Zhejiang Xinnong granted invention patents in Philippines
• Rice blast fungus discovery will drive crop innovation
• GreenGro Technologies unveils proprietary newly developed breed of hemp
• AgBiTech launches lepidopteran biocontrol options
• Sulphur Mills Ltd. Unveils Patented Product “Techno Z” in Market
• Insecticides India launches Japanese miticide product
• IFFCO creates history, reduces DAP rate 3rd time in quick succession
• The French Vilmorin rise to the world rank of vegetable seeds
• Horizon Ag’s Clearfield medium grain rice variety CLM04 offers farmers strong medium grain option in 2020
• SureFlex Hybrids introduces 24 non-GMO conventional corn hybrids
• Bayer expects significant surge in number of U.S. glyphosate cases
• LiveGrow Bio Obtains Key US Patent Covering its Groundbreaking Microbial Formulation and Manufacturing Platform
• Cargill to invest $225 million in its Sidney, OH, soybean plant
• Analysis of California’s decision to ban the chlorpyrifos pesticide
• Kaveri Seeds to adopt GMS technology for hybrid cotton seeds
• The first Argentine GMO potato almost ready to be launched in 2020
• KEPHIS, KEPHIS in drive to have small holder farmers embrace new technologies for breeding potato seeds
• BASF, partners consider building $4 billion chemical facility in India
• MustGrow announces key milestone: finalization of ‘liquid formulation’ mustard-derived bio-pesticide
• Bayer stops sales of key potato seed treatment Monceren
• US EPA’s stance on glyphosate may affect legal, regulatory outcomes
• MustGrow CEO: We’re bringing three natural, science-based biological products to cannabis
• EarthRenew receives key U.S. & Canadian approvals for its organic fertilizer products
• Kaveri Seeds sets up Biotech lab in Telangana
• Argentinian farmers increase the use of STS soybean
• Arcadia Biosciences advances hemp operations with Archipelago Ventures
• Eden Research partner gets Belgium approval for bionematicide ‘Cedroz’
• India Centre asks Dal Millers to import pulses by 31 October but industry requests time till year-end
• Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut backs chemical ban
• Illinois adds dicamba label restrictions
• Russia’s Phosagro, Saudi’s Ma’aden sign fertilizer agreement
• A new high-performing APH quality wheat variety released by Australian Grain Technologies
• Australia: Heritage Seeds to be known as Barenbrug
• Agriculture a potential enabler for the Indian economy revival
• Provivi raises $85M to fight pests with pheromones
• Sirius Minerals signs exclusive ten-year supply and distribution agreement with Qatari company
• Corteva Agriscience announces the opening of a SAT Center for technologies applied to seeds
• Indian Govt allocates Rs 150m for pesticide-testing laboratories
• BioWorks brings On-Gard Calcium biological plant nutrient to Canada
• Ginkgo Bioworks raises $350 million fund for biotech spinouts
• U.S. regulators allow genetically modified cotton as human food source
• Canada approves Bayer’s Annihilator PolyZone insecticide
• Beijing Multigrass seeking strategic partnership for spinosad and gibberellic acid
• SINOAGRO widely favored by overseas distributors for its“differentiated” featured products
• BioConsortia adds new wheat seed treatment to growing list of products moving to registration
• South Australia to lift ban on GM crops
• AGRA partners with Tony Blair Institute to catalyse Africa’s agriculture transformation
• NSF International Acquires Interest in Amarex CRO
• Australia proposes to approve BASF’s herbicide Luximax
• Syngenta Sets Up Agri Research Centre in Andhra Pradesh
• Russia, US, Trinidad face five-year EU tariffs on fertilizer
• Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives voted to ban Paraquat, Glyphosate and Chlorpyrifos
• Trimble launches next-generation WeedSeeker 2 spot spray system
• Vive Crop Protection’s Midac FC insecticide got US approval
• Corteva, MicroMGx Collaborate to Accelerate the Development Microbial-Based Crop Protection Products
• BASF launches Imtrex Flowable fungicide for field crops in Japan
• Cargill India to invest $160 million in the next three years in new businesses
• Nidera Seeds closed its Miramar plant in Argentina
• BASF launches new fungicide seed treatment to Australian canola growers for blackleg control
• Gomel Oblast companies sign contracts worth almost $80m at Forum of Regions in Zhitomir
• IFC to invest in seed producer Mahyco India’s overseas unit
• Rijk Zwaan expands organic range
• New West Genetics is bringing stable seeds to the hemp industry
• Ceradis receives US EPA approval for new biofungicide Ceramax, for soy seed treatment
• US EPA proposes registration of new rodenticide alphachloralose
• EU nitrogen ferts excluded from US tariffs
• South African Agriculture Minister says no to Monsanto’s “drought tolerant” maize seed
• FMC partners with Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University
• Argentina approves new Monsanto Bt corn variety
• Barenbrug and KeyGene start joint venture using dandelions for sustainable natural rubber production
• Pebble Labs completes purchase of $11.5 M New Mexico Consortium Biological Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico
• OCI N.V. and ADNOC close strategic partnership agreement, establishing Fertiglobe, a new global nitrogen fertilizer leader
• John Deere debuts next-gen self-propelled sprayers
• Kemin Crop Technologies’ TetraCURB Concentrate and TetraCURB Organic miticides expand to insecticides
• Nufarm sales up 14% in FY 2019
• BioWorks’ SuffOil-X horticultural spray now available in Canada
• Valagro commences construction of U.S. plant in South Carolina
• MinTech introduces MinTerra solutions for the fertilizer industry
• Pivot Bio joins the International Phytobiomes Alliance
• Mustang Seeds adds full line of Enlist E3 soybeans
• Bayer’s DEKALB and Asgrow brands announce new products for 2020
• Ginkgo Bioworks and Berkeley Lights bring unprecedented speed and scale to synthetic biology with $150MM collaboration
• Bayer to spend over 25 billion euros in crop science R&D over 10 years
• Marrone Bio Innovations announces approval of Stargus biofungicide in Mexico
• Incotec launches new technology: next level X-ray seed upgrading
• Roger Rotariu to lead Nuseed’s entry into the North American canola market
• Inari Agriculture selects L7 Informatics’ Enterprise Science Platform to unify global operations
• India: Syngenta sets up country’s first R&D facility in Maharashtra State
• Sentera announces partnership with Crop Risk Services (CRS)
• DTN acquires Weatherzone, Australia’s leading weather company
• Farming tech startup GroGuru raises $2.9 million to expand ‘smart irrigation’ business
• Nantong Jiangshan Amercian subsidiary completed registration
• EU approves registration of Jingbo Agrochem’s Nicosulfuron TC
• Nutrien announces close of Ruralco acquisition
• Mintech introduces Minterra solutions for the fertilizer industry
• Peterson Farms Seed introduces 21 new soybean varieties
• Trimble to boost precision ag adoption in India

News Headlines – September, 2019

• Indian Institute of Horticultural Research develops 2 new tomato hybrids for the processing industry
• Nufarm surges on $1.2bn South American sale
• Sipcam to release its humid acid product Blackjak in China
• Western Potash agrees binding offtake agreement with Archer Daniels Midland
• Calyxt provides business and R&D pipeline update
• Brazil ships corn to the U.S. for the first time in 2019
• UF researcher develops precision agriculture software, “Agroview”
• BASF got French approval for Revysol fungicide
• Agrinos’ iNvigorate organic biostimulant now registered in Canada
• MAS Seeds to acquire Forage Genetics International’s tropical corn breeding program
• SenesTech expands ContraPest in organic agriculture
• AU –JAPSC IPM capacity building underway in Banjul
• Corteva to transfer bensulfuron-methyl business to Kumiai Chemical
• DJI introduces P4 Multispectral for precision agriculture and land management
• Helping neighbour: IFFCO signs MoU with Nepal’s NCF
• EuroChem signs multi-year fertilizer supply agreement in US
• Arcadia Biosciences granted U.S. patent for reduced gluten GoodWheat
• Mondias Naturals signs exclusive research agreement with Premier Tech for CELEXT07
• EAS Group establishes second Field Station in Latin America
• Red Sun’s 20,000-ton glufosinate project will begin operating by 1st June, 2020
• Luxembourg will ban glyphosate from 2021
• Belchim Crop Protection introduces new solution for weeding of wheat in pre-emergency
• China’s Jiangsu province plans to close 9 chemical parks & 1431 chemical companies
• Russia faces threat of longer European tariffs on fertilizer
• Syngenta opens new Seed Technology Center and Backcross Factory in Enkhuizen
• De Sangosse takes a stake in Symbiom
• USA: Arkansas plant board approves new rules for dicamba use in 2020
• Sapec Agro Business Rebranded as Rovensa
• Corteva invests 20 mn in Cernay site for the production of fungicide Inatreq
• Calyxt announces seed agreement with Landus Cooperative
• EU: No patents on naturally obtained plants and seeds
• Corteva Agriscience and Pro Farm Technologies announce commercial agreement
• Ginkgo Bioworks raises $290 million in Series E financing to grow its platform for cell programming
• FarmWise raises $14.5 million to farm crops sustainably using robots
• Unfavourable market and weather conditions affected Isagro’s H1 sales performance
• InterGrain launches Kingbale, the world’s first imiadazolinone tolerant hay oat
• Canada approves continued registration of ferrous sulfate products
• Sales of agrochemicals in Peru expected to reach US$208 million in 2019
• AGM presents new 2,4-D-based herbicide Weizen in Argentina
• BASF presents new fungicide Dagonis in Spain
• INDOGULF launched 5 new Agro-chemicals in Ethiopia
• Origin Agritech enters strategic collaboration agreement with Inova Genetica Ltda.
• Raven do Brasil signed new agreement with Difere
• Brazil approves new fungicide/nematicide fluopyram
• Summit Agro launches Matsuri and Leimay for potatoes in Argentina
• Nantong Jiangshan issued supplementary announcement for acquisition of 67% stakes in Harbin Linmin
• Nutrien Ag Solutions acquires Northern Seed LLC’s
• France to ban two neonicotinoid insecticides: sulfoxaflor and flupyradifurone
• Arcadia Biosciences expands hemp investment with $10 million raise
• FMC launches nematicide Presence, organic seed treatment product
• PI Industries to acquire Asia biz of Italian agrochemical firm Isagro
• ADAMA and Taranis Collaborate to Offer Farmers End-to-End Precision Agriculture Solution
• BioConsortia seeks regulatory approvals for its first biologics products
• Yongtai Technology to invest Yuan1 billion to establish fluorine-containing fine chemical plant in Wuhai, China
• OHP releases Fuerte herbicide
• China’s glyphosate production generally stable, no existing factors causing price rises
• Dekachim to set up new pesticide formulation plant in Algeria
• BASF launches new platform for digital agriculture in Argentina
• Australian Grain Technologies have launched its first narrow-leaf lupin variety Coyote
• Marrone Bio Innovations Acquires Jet Ag & Jet Oxide product lines from Jet Harvest Solutions
• Syngenta launches Acuron Flexi herbicide in Canada
• Rotam do Brasil launches Freno 240 EC herbicide against sourgrass
• Corteva Agriscience launches herbicide Loyant in Brazil
• Cropnosys India’s related companies acquire Grosvenor Chemicals in UK
• ZeaKal clinches $15 million Series C funding, hires veteran DuPont exec
• Delair and Geosys Partner on Precision Agriculture
• Certis’ new fungicide to help control of Mycosphaerella in the UK
• Bayer launches latest fungicide innovation, iblon technology
• Australian cereal breeding company InterGrain launches its latest wheat, RockStar
• Brandt to acquire Deere’s Nortrax unit, becomes largest dealer of construction & forestry equipment in Canada
• Israel Looking for India’s Cooperation in Agriculture Sector, Water Security & Finance
• EAS Group Establishes New Field Station in Latin America
• Canada proposes to approve fungicide bixafen
• China’s fertilizer import increased by 32.4% and export up by 75.9% in July
• OCP Group, a fertilizer company constitutes partnership to develop agriculture in Africa
• Arcadia Specialty Genomics expands hemp operations with new sun-grown cultivation and research facility
• Israel-Based Agtech Startup FieldIn Raises $12 Million
• AgJunction secures three more precision agriculture patents
• China to introduce environmental friendly agro-chemicals in Kenya
• US EPA approves Syngenta’s Saltro fungicide
• Canada approved continued registration of fungicide triforine
• Agtech: OCP Group and Bioline by InVivo sign a cooperation agreement
• NRGene achieves Advanced Technology Partner status in the Amazon Web Services Partner Network
• The Redwood Group completes its acquisition of Ceres Commodities
• Syngenta introduces two AgriPro brand winter wheat varieties to address diverse Eastern growing conditions
• Terramera Raises US$45 Million to Reduce Synthetic Chemicals in Agriculture by 80%
• Germany to ban glyphosate by end of 2023
• AgBiTech signs partnership agreement with Via Fértil to combat caterpillars in Brazil
• Lawmakers urge US EPA to rethink use of antibiotics on citrus trees
• Biggest fertilizer exporter in Turkey buys Agrium Agroport
• Seipasa presents its new product catalogue in Ecuador
• CENTURO nitrogen stabilizer now available in Canada
• Corteva Agriscience launches new corn seed-applied tools for the 2020 season
• AgEagle Enters the Fast-Growing Commercial Drone Package Delivery Market
• CNH acquires farm management info system developer AgDNA
• SGS launches precision farming and fertility management services in Mexico
• TERI to study impact of climate change on farm sector
• Excel Industries Ltd. updates on acquisition of Business Undertaking of NetMatrix Crop Care Limited
• “PRAKRTI by Mahindra”, a new product launched by Mahindra Summit Agrisciences
• EuroChem CEO Ostbo sees growth from core market, not specialties
• Dutch companies interested in Azerbaijan’s agricultural sector
• Zeder Investments’ subsidiary Zaad buys 40% stake in East African Seed Company
• World coffee production reaches 174.5 million bags in 2018-19
• MustGrow obtains exclusive rights of Streptomyces biofungicide product used to treat powdery mildew in cannabis production
• Israeli researchers develop safe monosex crayfish for bio pest control
• NAFDAC to ban paraquat, atrazine products in Nigeria
• BASF’s new fungicide Belanty launched in Colombia
• Yara Ghana to introduce new foliar fertilizer at the 2019 Pre-harvest event
• US: Nation’s largest hemp processing plant opens in Colorado
• Rijk Zwaan focuses on cooperation with organic partners
• Wyffels Hybrids introduced 14 new hybrids and DeKalb unveiled 8 new corn hybrids for the upcoming season
• Syngenta acquires The Cropio Group
• Excel Crop Care Ltd. announces completion of merger with Sumitomo Chemical India Limited
• EFSA assesses plant protection active substances containing stereoisomers
• Rijk Zwaan introduces Fusarium-resistant cucumber varieties
• Kenyan company to promote use of Yamaha drones in agriculture & civil engineering
• Yamaha Motors Leads $7.5m Series A to Advance Agricultural Robotic Technology
• Collaborative initiative to control alien cactus species

News Headlines – August, 2019

• India to account for 20pc of global Ammonia growth
• Insecticides India Eyes 10% Topline Growth In FY20
• Glyphosate production in China to decrease by 43%
• Corteva announces seed and crop protection programs for 2020 in USA
• Canada confirms continued registration of insecticide synergist MGK-264
• Jiangsu Suli records Yuan171 million net profit in H1 2019
• Fundecitrus achieves production of 3 million Tamarixia radiata wasps
• TMG launches new cotton variety in 12th Brazilian Cotton Congress
• UK: Government urged to consider implications of GM on UK agriculture
• Levarht and Rijk Zwaan share ambition to optimise the Asian melon market
• XAG and Huawei Cooperate on 5G-powered Smart Agriculture
• AgroSpheres raises $4 million in a Series A financing round led by Ospraie Ag Science
• Canada approves potato anti-sprouting product 1,4Zap
• Canada completed the re-evaluation of permethrin
• UPL launches glufosinate-based herbicide at 12th Brazilian Cotton Congress
• Iran suggests barter trade with India for sectors like agri, drugs
• Chinese scientists develop light-responsive controlled-release pesticide
• Vive Crop Protection secures $10M additional Series B funding
• BioConsortia Moves Multiple New Products into Registration Phase
• BASF launches 43 new Credenz soybean varieties for 2020
• Artificial intelligence powers new NK seed selection tool from Syngenta
• Origin Agritech enters collaboration agreement with Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences to speed up commercialization of GM traits in China
• AGCO Opens Office in Morocco
• Topcon Agriculture launches new farm management and yield monitoring platforms
• Bee Vectoring Technologies receives U.S. EPA approval for its first active ingredient
• Brazil Anvisa to reassess 7 pesticides, which may be banned as per risk
• AlgaEnergy joins the Japan Biostimulant Association
• Brazilian sugarcane acreage to decline 2.4% in 2019/20
• Cereal production down 49% in Morocco’s 2018-2019 crop year
• Corteva Agriscience Inaugurates Its First Seed Treatment Technology Center in Latin America
• IIHR develops light trap suction method to get rid of tomato pest
• Skymet – USAID partnership: paving the way for climate reslilient agriculture in India, SKYMET CTO, VIVEK SINGH
• Arcadia Biosciences enters global collaboration with Arista Cereal Technologies and Bay State Milling Company
• Sakata new hot pepper variety got approved by one of the largest processors
• Embrapa and Bioma launch first phosphorus inoculant in Brazil
• Pesticide production to be introduced in Ningxia chemical park, China
• Kenyan agrochemical firms eye lower VAT as MPs reject zero rate
• Pivot Bio Launches its 2020 Sales Season
• Syngenta completes major expansion at its Nampa, Idaho, R&D and seed production facility
• Bayer partners with Case IH to develop technology solutions for soy producers in Brazil
• China raises tariff levels on US ag products
• YPF Agro strengthens exchange plan in Argentina
• Certis launched ‘Tubercare’ initiative to help British seed potato supply chain
• Brazilian agrochemical imports increase 36% in first half of 2019
• US EPA seeks public comment on first-ever hemp pesticide applications
• ADAMA overcomes headwinds to conclude another quarter with billion-dollar sales
• Australian government approves Nutrien’s acquisition of Ruralco
• CIMMYT entomologist strengthens native resistance in maize against fall armyworm
• KWS to invest 9.5 million euros to strengthen corn in Argentina
• AgResearch considering bring GM trial to New Zealand
• Smart Farming Startup CropX Raises $10 Million
• Growmark teams up with Solinftec to increase farm efficiency
• Raven introduces best-in-class VSN visual guidance technology
• BASF announces the return of the herbicide Aura to Brazilian market
• Sumitomo Chemical to Strengthen Business Operations of its Health & Crop Sciences Sector in the Latin American Region
• Chile opens insect production center for biological pest control
• India: Certification of seeds to be made mandatory to step up farm output
• Tasmania’s GM ban stands as South Australia move largely welcomed
• John Deere Opens New Intelligent Solutions Group Facility in Urbandale, Iowa
• Crop protection discovery firm MoA Technology secured £6.3m in series A
• BASF collaborates with Pakistan government to improve safety in locust control
• Albaugh launches herbicide MesoCore in US
• CCAB Agro’s Cropline sees first participation at Andav Congress
• S&W Seed to expand Australian market presence
• Advanced BioNutrition and GreenLight Biosciences Announce Collaboration
• Intergro launches new innovative line of Bioenhancers
• New Insecticide Requiem Prime to be Distributed by Certis USA
• Canada proposes to approve mild PepMV-based pesticide
• South Australia – Farmers on mainland South Australia will be given the choice to plant GM food crops next season
• Yield10 and Bayer expand research license
• Following approval of GMO crops, Nigeria sets sights on other biotech advances, including gene editing and synthetic biology
• Monsoon rebound prepares ground for India bumper harvest
• New drought monitoring system will reduce climate risks for South Asian farmers
• Scion seeks New Zealand EPA approval to release small wasp to tackle giant aphid
• Canada proposes continued registration of uniconazole-P
• Interpretation of the Latest Policy of Biopesticides in China
• Bharat Rasayan standalone net profit rises 67.05% in the June 2019 quarter
• Maldives: Pesticides Bill submitted to Parliament
• UPL to invest US$ 200 million in Brazil in 5 years
• Environmental groups file second lawsuit against US EPA’s dicamba use approval
• California advances ban on insecticide chlorpyrifos
• Caussade Semences Group and Euralis Semences announce to start discussions with a view to a possible merger of the two companies
• International Atomic Energy Agency launches Plant Mutation Breeding Network for Asia and the Pacific
• US Approves New GMO Soybean Variety from Argentina
• Lallemand Plant Care grows its granular inoculant line-up in Canada
• Pioneer Expands Pioneer Brand Enlist E3 Soybeans Availability for 2020 Planting
• Front Range Biosciences enters collaborative licensing agreement with Steep Hill, acquires genomics research & development team
• Thailand Minister wants paraquat, glyphosate and chlorpyrifos banned this year
• Production of agrochemicals in Argentina rose 13% in first half of 2019
• PM Modi calls upon farmers to cut usage of chemical fertilisers, pesticides
• American Vanguard Reports Second Quarter and Mid-Year 2019 Results
• Canada proposes to approval BASF’s Revysol fungicide
• China to establish green biopesticide registration channel
• Rijk Zwaan to launch a new snack brand at Asia Fruit Logistica
• KWS receives approval in France for high–yielding winter rapeseed varieties with new resistance
• KWS adds Iteris ClearAg environmental intelligence to enhance global farming services
• Syngenta’s Acelepryn insecticide approved in USA
• Syngenta launches new app in UK to offer aphid spraying alerts against Barley yellow dwarf virus
• TNAU to commercialise nano products in agro market soon
• Rallis India shares rise 9% on strong Q1 FY20 earnings
• Incotec opens facility for new innovative rice treatment in Malaysia
• Denmark plans import ban on EU-approved pesticide
• Thailand Publishes New Proposed Chemical Regulatory Scheme
• Argentine startups Satellogic and Kilimo to expand farming market into India
• Pilarquim, Agricenter to distribute new fungicides in Central American and Caribbean countries as part of new partnership
• High-pollution chemical projects prohibited in Shandong, China’s major chemical industry province
• Banana fungus arrives in Colombia, threatening the fruit
• RiceTec collaborates with Arkansas State University and USDA-ARS on important rice research project
• Indian agri-tech start-ups got $248-mn funding in 2019, says Nasscom
• Tiger-Sul and Sulphur Mills Partnership
• NAFDAC moves to sanitise Nigerian agrochemical market
• Marrone Bio Innovations announces transformative acquisition of Pro Farm Technologies in the $4.6 billion seed- and soil-treatment market
• AbacusBio merges with plant breeding software company Gemnetics
• European Commission authorizes 10 GM crops for food and feed
• Taranis, BASF Collaborate to Provide Brazilian Farmers AI Solution for Monitoring Large-Scale Crops
• Latin America Sees Improving Pesticide Regulatory Environment
• ABA Chemicals’ subsidiary in Nantong City resumes production
• Chengdu Newsun introduces strategic investment; Hebang Bioscience makes capital increase to hold 5% of stake in Newsun
• Gibberellic acid granted full registration for use on tomato crops in China
• Biosafe Systems’ AXXE herbicide approved in Canada
• Lianhetech: net profit predicted to reach USD34.5-37.0 million in H1 2019
• Nufarm’s new 2,4-D-based herbicide Weedar Full breaks into Argentine market
• BASF and Ontera collaborate on precision diagnostics
• Corteva Launches Its Brand in Myanmar to Serve Farmers Better with the Newest Innovation in Seed and Crop Protection Technologies
• Brandt do Brasil to present benefits of TriTek at IX ANDAV Congress
• Largest Fertilizer Plant in North Africa Opens in Egypt
• Corteva Agriscience to invest in Evogene’s agriculture biologicals subsidiary, Lavie Bio
• USDA to deregulate BASF’s GM Canola and Verdeca’s GM soybean
• Pakistan Agriculture Research Council approves 33 varieties of hybrid maize for commercial cultivation in Pakistan
• Keeping Europe’s seed sector competitive, Philippe Saux’s interview
• Arcadia Biosciences announces joint venture with Legacy Ventures Hawaii to grow, extract and sell superior hemp products
• Agri-tech startup Gramophone raises Series A funding from Info Edge, others
• Summit Agro launches herbicide Brucia in Argentina
• Inari raises $89 million to bring innovative, disruptive technologies to growers
• Ball Seed enters into new partnership with ForemostCo Inc.
• Indogulf Cropsciences Ltd (India) established subsidiary in Australia for Agrochemical Business
• Syngenta begins digitization, opens Taobao online shop in China
• The Fertilizer Institute collaborates with Soil Health Partnership
• Yield10 Bioscience granted U.S. patent covering crop yield trait C3003
• Vilmorin & Cie sales up 3.3% for the financial 2018-2019
• Andermatt Biocontrol acquires shareholding in Agricheck SRL, Argentina
• Insecticides India Q1 net up 5.71% on strong sales
• UPL: Higher interest cost a Q1 spoiler, margin may feel the heat
• ScoutPro, Farmers Edge to boost crop monitoring capabilities with daily satellite imagery
• John Deere adds three new products to its frontier product lineup
• SePRO Corporation to market Isagro’s Bio-Tam 2.0 biofungicide in the US
• Bayer to limit sales of NemaStrike Technology
• Syngenta launches new solutions in Argentina to boost cereal development
• FMC sales up 4.5% in Q2 2019
• New plant of Crystal Crop Protection Ltd. inaugurated in Nagpur
• Corteva sales down 3% in Q2 2019
• BRANDT acquires Retail Agronomy company
• APSA and NSTDA ink MoU to promote Asian seed sector innovation, development
• UPL Q1 profit plunges 58% to Rs 220 crore on Exceptional loss, Higher costs
• Sumitomo Chemical’s Health & Crop Sciences segment sales up 3.6% in Q1 FY 2019

News Headlines – July, 2019

• UPL completed purchase of Costa Rica-based agrochem firm IBC
• Belgian biotech company AgroSavfe raises Euro 35 million to develop eco-friendly pesticides
• Bayer Crop Science Q2 sales significantly impacted by extreme weather
• Seipasa SA launches its new product catalogue and strengthens its presence in Peru with Agritop
• Kiwa Bio-Tech achieves agriculture breakthrough with new fertilizer processing technology
• KWS launches six new hybrid corn varieties in the Brazilian market
• Insecticides India Ltd receives patent from Government of India
• Bayer building Latin America’s largest seed factory in Chile
• New Zealand’s economy would lose up to $11.4 billion without crop protection products
• Bunge, BP merge Brazil operations to create world’s No 3 sugarcane processor
• Pilarquim and Ferquido together launch new fungicide Acticy in Dominican Republic
• BASF’s Agricultural Solutions segment sales up 20% in Q2 2019
• EU to extend approval periods for some pesticides
• Rallis India launches Zygant and Ayaan for Indian farmers
• Agbiome Innovations and Sumitomo Corporation announce development and commercial agreement for Mexico
• Brazil Anvisa approves new pesticide regulatory framework and promises worldwide standard
• UAV-IQ and Koppert Introduce Drone-based Aerial Biocontrol Technology
• Brazil adopts new labeling system for pesticides
• Certis Europe and Progema enter into exclusive cooperation agreement for Neudosan Neu
• Syngenta introduces Advion WDG insecticide in US
• Brazilian government approves 51 additional pesticides, totaling 262 this year
• Sharda Cropchem posts weak results for Q1FY20
• Saudi Maaden Seeks to Acquire Meridian Fertilizer Group
• US EPA Considers Labeling Biostimulants as Pesticides
• Raven Industries introduces connected workflow solutions for ag retailers
• Land O’Lakes Joins America’s Cultivation Corridor
• Hailir to set up subsidiaries in Brazil and the Philippines
• BrettYoung and DL Seeds announce deeper collaboration in the North American canola seed market
• AgReliant Genetics and SlantRange announce partnership on next-generation aerial phenotyping platform for agriculture
• Government releases plan to manage 77,000 drones in New Zealand
• India: Weak kharif season ups earnings challenges for agrochemical companies
• Joyn Bio and NewLeaf Symbiotics Join Forces in $75M Deal
• Enza Zaden starts its own commercial activities in Oceania
• AMVAC launches Assure II herbicide in US
• Syngenta crop protection sales flat in H1 2019
• FarmHannong launches herbicide Flexo in Philippines
• New Zealand EPA consults on importing BASF’s new fungicide Revystar
• US EPA to expediate chlorpyrifos registration review, industry encouraged
• USDA issues $100 million for agricultural trade promotion program
• The Climate Corporation expands digital solutions for Canadian farmers through two new ag tech partnerships
• Land O’Lakes SUSTAIN, AGCO work together to deploy cutting-edge equipment
• Swiss AgTech startup Gamaya raises about €10.9 million Series B funding to expand crop intelligence solutions Together with its Indian Partners
• BASF presents new herbicide Clearsol 2 Plus for sunflower in Argentina
• Syngenta launches free mobile app for greenhouse and nursery growers
• Three Syngenta turf solutions now registered for use in California
• Keyun Biocontrol’s Fall Army-Lure receives emergency registration in Bangladesh
• Kenya announces plan to start commercial growing of GM cotton
• Ag Growth Inc. makes $15 million investment in Farmobile
• Koppert partners with Nitrasoil in Argentina
• Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul introduces new 2,4-D application regulations
• Nepal imported 635 tonnes pesticides last year
• UK groceries bill to soar £800 if key pesticides are banned
• AlgaEnergy subsidiary MicroAlgae Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. Awarded Technology Leadership by Agriculture Today India
• ADAMA Announces Eagle Eye Ag Service
• Pesticide usage in Turkey increases by 57% in last decade
• Evogene amends its collaboration agreement with Bayer to include genome editing targets
• PrecisionHawk partners with Pix4D to unlock in-field drone data analytics with Pix4Dfields
• ADAMA expects to deliver more than $2 billion in sales in H1 2019
• BASF introduces new distribution model for Agricultural Solutions in Western Canada
• Corteva’s Tranform WG insecticide receives expanded registration in US
• West Central launches new broadcast fertilizer additive
• Univar Solutions’ NexusBioAg begins Canadian sole distribution agreement with Novozymes
• Certis USA introduces AgriPhage Citrus Canker, an innovative new solution to the rising issue of citrus canker in Florida
• Elders makes $187m takeover bid for AIRR
• Australia approved BASF’s Serifel Biofungicide
• India: ‘Policy Challenged’ agri seed companies cut down R&D spends on hybrids, GM crops
• Singapore opens first seed bank to protect regional plant diversity against climate change
• USDA/APHIS provides update on detection of genetically engineered wheat
• KeyGene scientists first to discover ‘non-susceptible’ sweet pepper plants
• Limin Chemical achieved over 90% interim net profit increase in 2019 after acquiring Veyong’s pesticide businesses
• Canada approve continued registration of bromoxynil-based products
• Jiangshan Agrochemicals to launch two subsidiaries at spending of Yuan300 million
• Hailir to build Yuan5 billion annual sales of pesticide technical and formulation plant
• Changqing Agrochemical to invest Yuan1.5 billion in pesticide project
• FMC submits two new biological strains to EPA for approval
• Marrone Bio Innovations and Valagro announce research collaboration
• California approval for Nufarm’s Cheetah Pro Non-Selective Herbicide
• Sydney, Australia may end glyphosate use
• Canada proposes to approve insecticide deltamethrin
• New Zealand to hold hearing to discuss importing of Bayer’s isoflucypram
• Zambia National Biosafety Authority grants permit to 4 companies for GMO imports
• Biofortified seeds are helping farmers in Guatemala grow more, better maize
• Verdant Partners and AgTech Insight form strategic alliance
• Ceres Global Ag announces option to acquire Delmar Commodities
• SGS Launches Precision Farming Services in Argentina and Turkey
• BASF forecasts lower sales, profit; cites trade disputes and slow auto market
• Corteva Agriscience: Focus on grower and consumer needs and values to develop formulation and application technologies
• EU approved Corteva’s herbicide Rinskor
• Cropio announces its integration with John Deere operations center
• Iteris announces closing of acquisition of Albeck Gerken
• Senasa orders suspension of a 2,4-D-based herbicide in Argentina
• Nortox launches Mancozeb in Brazil
• BASF launches revolutionary new fungicides for U.S. turf markets
• COCOBOD partners Procurement Authority on all agrochemical procurement
• Vietnam aims to raise the proportion of organic fertilisers to 15% by 2020
• Aerial imagery provider Tarnis, Climate Corp announce partnership
• Use of 2,4-D to be restricted in Brazil in 2019
• Subsidies, tax incentives related to agrochemicals exceed R$14 billion per year in Brazil
• BASF receives approval to introduce innovative new fungicide Belanty to Australian farmers
• Azelis opens Specialty Agri/Horti application laboratory in China
• Tradecorp’s Adjustar adjuvants range to revolutionize the adjuvant market
• BASF presents a new Santa Claus melon with moderate resistance to the New Delhi virus and continues to expand its Galkia range
• Chinese startup XAG sows seeds of farm revolution with drones and AI
• India government has approved higher support prices for kharif crops
• India government signs deal with IBM to use AI, weather technology in agriculture
• Dhanuka Laboratories Limited to acquire Orchid Pharma Limited
• Australia to approve benzovindiflupyr and Syngenta’s Elatus Ace Fungicide
• Austrian parliament approves total glyphosate ban
• New plant of Crystal Crop Protection inaugurated at Butibori India
• Nufarm seeks to introduce fungicide Amicus to New Zealand
• First CE-marked plant biostimulants to be placed on the Single Market on 16 July 2022
• Arkema completes the acquisition of ArrMaz
• Tradecorp registers Phylgreen for the French market
• Koppert Biological Systems acquires Natural Enemies
• Excel Industries Ltd to acquire manufacturing unit of NetMatrix Crop Care Limited
• West Central Distribution launches LIFT program
• COCOBOD launches insecticide to fight Cocoa pests in Ghana
• UK government invests $28m in AI, IoT and high-tech farming projects

News Headlines – June, 2019

• Andermatt Biocontrol opens subsidiary in the Netherlands
• Vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan starts construction of new breeding site in De Lier, The Netherlands
• U.S. approval for BASF’s Revysol fungicide
• Ceres Imaging launches Variable Rate Application Zone Tool
• Brazil Anvisa opens public consultation for approval of fluopyram
• GRDC, Bayer partnership in search of glyphosate alternative
• BASF gains approval for fungicide Revysol® in UK
• Calyxt enters commercial soybean crushing agreement with Landus Cooperative
• BASF enters sunflower seed market
• Bayer and AlphaBio Control sign distribution agreement for innovative biological pest control product
• IITA, UPL introduce herbicide for cassava weed control in Nigeria
• Agrivalle launched bioinsecticide Auin CE in Brazil
• Belchim Crop Protection NV acquires 100% of Belchim Crop Protection Canada
• Brazil Anvisa approves Corteva’s herbicide Rinskor
• The fifth GMO cotton was approved by Argentina
• Sipcam’s Coastal Herbicide registered in US
• Bangladesh Rice Research Institute releases three new high-yielding varieties of paddy
• Corteva Agriscience Launches Cordius Seed Licensing Brand
• BASF’s Zidua SC herbicide receives label changes for extended use in 2019
• EU Commission confirms non-renewal decision on chlorpropham
• KWS is making a start in the vegetable seeds business and acquires Pop Vriend Seeds
• Seed Co. posts 11 percent growth in operating profits
• HM. CLAUSE leads the fight against Rough Tomato Fruit Virus (ToBRFV)
• University of Minnesota releases “MN-Washburn” wheat variety
• Ghana: New law to regulate GM foods laid in Parliament for approval
• Corteva Agriscience and John Deere invest in technology solutions and tools to help African farmers improve
• Brazil Anvisa approves inclusion of new chemical and biological pesticides
• Brazil authorizes 31 more agrochemical registrations in May 2019
• Bees and Bejo: natural partners in seed production
• BASF’s xarvio Digital Farming Solutions announces new digital collaboration with Nutrien Ag Solutions
• Tec-Fort: An ecological insecticide from Grupo Agrotecnología, developed with Promicell Technology
• SePRO launches Zio fungicide in the USA
• FMC launches foliar disease fungicide Lucento in the USA
• Corteva Agriscience introduces DuraCor herbicide
• Launched in Brazil, Artificial Intelligence Cl4audIA, seeks to save up to 60% in pesticides
• Cereals 2019: Sales of Belchim’s key potato insecticide suspended
• Syngenta registered Posterity fungicide for golf courses in New York
• Fine Agrochemicals adds Szymon Matysiak to its Marketing Team
• Nufarm Americas launches Q-Ball herbicide
• Agrovista steps up marketing of spray application aids into Europe
• Interoc seeks to gain ground in Colombia agrochemicals market
• Syngenta to close its chlorothalonil production plant in Houston, USA
• Coromadel get GPCB permission to open its Sarigam facility
• TerrAvion launches new feature for its online imagery platform
• Bunge becomes first agribusiness company to join Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative
• OHP announces Ancora Microbial Insecticide formulation change
• Sipcam Agro releases two new fungicides Miramar and Spinnaker for sugarbeets in the USA
• Certis USA makes donation to fund citrus greening research
• India CIBRC 400th meeting: Tolpyralate and Tetramethrin TC registrations got approved
• BASF presents first results of Zidua herbicide in Argentina
• Brazil Anvisa extends public consultation period for glyphosate re-evaluation
• Argus and IFDC collaborate on Africa fertilizer markets
• Argentina’s Bioceres eyes 2020 approval of drought-resistant seed in China
• Agricultural collaboration between Vietnam & South Korea is booming
• Austria moves to ban glyphosate this year
• Actagro announces new patent for its nitrogen management product Proximus
• Sirius Minerals signs supply agreement with IFFCO for POLY4
• Infarm gets $100 million financial boost
• New gene-editing system precisely inserts large DNA sequences into cellular DNA
• Northeast China expands soybean cultivation, reduces reliance on US imports
• Syngenta to build first herbicide plant in Russia for $25 mn
• Tunisia uses drone technology to secure agricultural lands
• TerrAvion announces data integration with Farmbox platform
• Biopesticide developer Vestaron announces $40 million series B financing
• Nissan Chemical’s agricultural chemicals segment sales up 8% in FY 2018
• New microneedle technique speeds plant disease detection
• 96% of fungicides used on Brazilian soybeans is for rust control
• Sumitomo Chemical’s Health and Crop Sciences segment sales down in FY 2018
• Legion Bio Chem Updates Name to Nutra-Crop, Reflecting Focus on Crop Nutrition
• USDA/APHIS proposes revised regulatory framework regarding the movement of certain genetically engineered organisms
• China: Trials underway for saltwater rice strains
• Scientists discover gene that could help us grow crops faster
• For the first time, Don Mario’s soybean varieties were planted in China
• USDA-APHIS investigating detection of GE wheat in Washington State
• Cornell improves global access to potato breeding material
• India to consider fixing nutrient-based subsidy rate for Urea
• Summit Agro receives California registration for TIMOREX GOLD fungicide
• California bans chlorpyrifos after citing negative health effects
• COCOBOD introduces new anti-capsid insecticide
• FMC hosts product launch event for Scion Insecticide
• AgroFresh and Zest Labs Collaborate for Comprehensive Freshness Management
• System uses plants to lure fall armyworm away from maize fields
• Syngenta Flowers to focus more on cyclamen
• Funk re-launches NC+ seed brand for corn, soybeans and grain sorghum
• Origin Agritech announces investment agreement with government investor to establish a new joint venture focused on the commercialization of GM corn seed technologies
• Corteva Agriscience, Accenture collaborate on Iowa rural technology skills program
• Clemson University scientists designing robots to fill agricultural labor gap
• USDA plans to release knotweed biocontrol
• Price & supply trend: Prices of Chinese fungicide technical rising sharply, tight supply to continue
• BASF opens global Agrochemical Application Research Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
• Canada to cancel most uses of chlorpyrifos
• AlgaEnergy opens AlgaEnergy Mexico as its subsidiary in Mexico
• Syngenta launches Minecto Pro insecticide in Argentina to control whitefly and thrips
• RiceTec and Benson Hill Collaborate to Explore New Technologies for Rice Improvement
• IALR launches the US’ first plant endophyte research center to fight crop diseases
• BioTEPP’s VirosoftTM CP4 now registered in the United States for control of both the oriental fruit moth and codling moth
• Kimberlit enters biopesticide market under the Bionat brand
• Corteva™ Separates from DowDuPont to Form Leading Pure-Play Agriculture Company
• Syngenta announces global introduction of novel seed treatment fungicide Vayantis
• Trump removes India from special trade status,pesticides affected
• Chinese pesticide spray additives market volume to hit 500,000 tons
• Limagrain and Rijk Zwaan announce licensing deal on traits in vegetables
• Harworld Biology launches China’s largest fluid fertilizer production line, annual capacity reaches 300,000 tons
• Pacific Seeds invests in its seed processing line in Toowoomba
• A&L Canada Laboratories announces launch of TerraSiteRx analytics platform

News Headlines – May, 2019

• U.S. EPA Curbs Use of 12 Bee-Harming Pesticides
• XAG and Bayer host talks to deepen strategic partnership and accelerate digital farming process in Japan
• Insecticides (India) to invest Rs 15 cr in export oriented unit in Gujarat India
• Rizobacter plans to double its export business in the next three years
• Cargill, Soil Health Institute to study economics of soil health
• Bayer Crop Science partners with Philippines DA office to boost hybrid rice production
• Royalty-free genes reduce GMO seed costs in Africa
• IFFCO to set up quick vegetables freezer plant in Punjab with Spanish firm
• ADM creates new business unit Ag Services & Oilseeds
• Bayer consolidates pesticides business in Basel
• Australia approves field trial for Queensland University of Technology’s GM chickpea
• BASF, Estee Lauder announce palm oil agreement
• Conab to reduce the number of its grain storage facilities in Brazil
• South Africa’s first licensed crop-spraying drones take flight
• Canada restricts uses of acephate
• Texas A&M AgriLife Extension opens new plant disease diagnostic lab in Amarillo
• BASF collaborates with Rothamsted Research on sustainable agriculture
• TMG and Verdeca receive approval to commercialize HB4 drought tolerant soybeans in Brazil
• S&W and Corteva Agriscience enter new mutually beneficial alfalfa licensing agreement
• Brazilian soy farmers spent R$ 8.3 billion on fungicides in 2016/17, says Cepea
• Brazilian biodiversity leader and Benson Hill Biosystems expand partnership to advance crop breeding
• IBM announces global expansion of its Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture
• Seipasa and Summit Agro USA sign an alliance to distribute Seican biopesticide in the USA
• Gafta Approved Fumigator Status for SGS in Canada and SGS in Romania
• Wilbur-Ellis Acquires Ag Services, Inc.
• Paraguay updates regulation for land transportation of agrochemicals
• Agrinos announces new distribution partnership with Agrofértil Camelo in Brazil
• PlantResponse Biotech announces trait license agreement with the U of Tubingen
• Bayer released fungicide Cripton Xpro in Chile
• Bayer launches Sivanto Prime for control of aphids and whiteflies in vegetables in Italy
• Dhanuka Agritech Ltd Q4 net profit down 6.60% at Rs 26.75 crore
• Biotechnological companies DBN and Bioceres reaffirm its strategic alliance
• PlantResponse Biotech announces license agreement with the University of Tübingen for trait technology
• Renaissance BioScience files PCT patent application for yeast-based RNA bioactive molecule production used in biocontrol
• Brazil Anvisa releases 2,4-D with application restrictions
• Benson Hill, Rapid Genomics to collaborate on crop improvement
• Growmark launches technology testing platform
• Kesai Eagrow has launched its created sugarcane herbicide halosulfuron-methyl + ametryn 83% WP
• PI Industries standalone net profit rises 18.03% in the March 2019 quarter
• Krishi Rasayan Group,Algaenergy announce joint venture ‘AgMA Energy’
• Nufarm Americas receives EPA approval for Trunemco seed-applied treatment
• Syngenta joins partnership with Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University
• New partnership simplifies drone imagery uploads to Beck’s precision farming tool
• Brazil: Embrapa launches first book on non-chemical weed control
• President of California University system bans use of glyphosate
• Agricenter to exclusive distribute STK Products in Central America
• Gowan Group acquires Brazilian Company Cross Link
• Isagro sales down 8% in Q1 2019
• Imidazolidine supplier Soochow Agrochemical reports positive results in 2018
• Compass Minerals Forms Collaboration with Marrone Bio Innovations
• Fall armyworm attack caused Rs 20cr crop loss in Mizoram India
• India:NABARD Announces Rs 700-cr VC Fund for Agriculture & Rural Startups
• 5.8 million ag containers recycled in Canada in 2018
• Corteva Agriscience registers herbicides Agixa and Baxiga in Turkey
• Murugappa group charts ₹1,300-cr capex in FY20, Coromandel International benefited in capacity expansion
• Sharda Cropchem consolidated net profit declines 6.72% in the March 2019 quarter
• New Zealand to reassess fumigant methyl bromide
• Argentina: CEDEVA and Biofabrica Misiones signed agreement to build bio-inputs lab
• Brazil label expansion for FMC’s biofungicide Regalia Maxx
• Syngenta launched Appear II fungicide
• Precision Laboratories introduces Border 2.0 adjuvant in California
• Croplife Canada launches ManageResistanceNow
• UPL AgroSolutions’ BATALIUM Herbicide registered in Canada
• Nissan Chemical starts sales of new insecticide GRACIA® Emulsion in Japan
• EU restricts use of acaricide cyflumetofen
• EU renewed approval of isoxaflutole
• BASF launches Seltima fungicide for rice in Thailand
• Argentina imposes a new duty over the imports, including soybean
• AgReliant Genetics expands Into Northwestern U.S.
• Belchim Crop Protection USA announces exclusive distribution of rice insecticide Tenchu 20SG
• Evogene takes gene science to cannabis with AI platform and years of experience
• India: CICR develops four straight Bt cotton varieties
• Agtech startup Understory closes $5.25m series B funding
• Marrone Bio Innovations’ revenues doubled in 1st quarter
• Leading Japanese insecticide maker Earth Corp plans to expand sales in China and Southeast Asia
• CommoditAg Expands Footprint to include Premier Companies in southern Indiana
• Western Growers issued statement on California’s chlorpyrifos ban
• PGR carvone got EU renewal approval
• “Intelligent spraying generates savings of up to 90% in cost of herbicides” – Interview with Bosch product manager
• 26.75% stake buy in Allfresh, UPL strengthen its post-harvest segment
• SGS receives ISTA laboratory accreditation for seed testing in Canada
• France announces end of glyphosate use by 2021
• Canada approves continued registration of fomesafen
• Rizobacter launched premium oil and surfactant that potentiates action of agrochemicals in Brazil
• Nigeria approves two GMO cotton varieties to increase output
• UK: Rothamsted GM field trials approved
• Iteris’ ClearAg to support FluroSat’s crop health services platform
• Eden Research partner make first sales in Italy of breakthrough bio-pesticide
• Biocontrol: Inauguration of a new biomanufacturing plant in Almeria
• Tradecorp registers fungicide Boltex C in Spain
• FMC sales increased 8% in Q1 2019
• Hailir launches phase 1 of 6,700-ton insecticide technical project
• Guangxin Corporation to complete its 4-chlorophenyl nitrate project by the year end
• AMVAC sales down by4% in Q1 2019
• The acquisition of Sarasota-based Horticultural Alliance provides Italpollina a second location in the U.S.
• Indian scientists develop coloured wheat varieties with many health benefits
• ECO-Culture signs exclusive seed supply agreement with Enza Zaden and Rijk Zwaan
• Corteva, TNC announce soil health initiative
• Corteva Agriscience partners with AGRA to boost Ethiopia farmers’ productivity
• Eurofins BioDiagnostics launched new waterhemp detection service in seed samples
• Agrochemical sales in Nicaragua affected by tax reforms, decreased 35% in April this year
• Multinationals Mitsui and ISK join Ourofino Agrociência in the development of tropical agriculture
• New Zealand EPA consults on import of ISK’s fungicide KUSABI
• Limagrain’s Castleherb mixture extends multispecies grass seed portfolio
• Arctic Fuji apple receives FDA approval
• India basmati exports touch record high in FY19
• BASF’s Agricultural Solutions sales up 53% in Q1 2019 on the acquisition of businesses and assets from Bayer
• Dhanuka Agritech Limited launches new products for paddy, cotton and chilli crops
• Pilarquim listed among top chlorothalonil suppliers in Brazilian market
• DowDuPont’s Agriculture segment sales down 11% in Q1 2019
• Eurofins Biodiagnostics announces new molecular assay to detect waterhemp in seed samples
• Siagri launches MyFarm APP in Brazil
• New York bans chlorpyrifos
• UPL AgroSolutions’ Evito fungicide receives label expansion for use on oat, rye and triticale in Canada
• Arysta’s Manzata Max fungicide registered in Canada
• Kenya reconsidering GMO crop ban to support food security
• Beck’s to expand seed processing capabilities at Indiana headquarters
• Adisseo and Kemin announce joint decision to not renew existing ruminant distribution agreement
• Vietnam: Largest bio-organic fertiliser plant in northern region opens
• Corteva Agriscience introduces new seed brand ‘Brevant’ in India
• Arborjet enhances flagship brand with revolutionary new product
• Certis expands industry’s only bacteriophage product, introduces AgriPhage-Fire Blight to fight resistance for apple, aear growers
• FMC’s Lucento Fungicide Issued a 2(EE) Label for Tar Spot in Corn
• Sigma Agriscience and Heliae Agriculture announce partnership
• UK fertilizers developer Sirius Minerals targets $3.8bn fundraising
• KWS Cereals launches new hybrid rye silage varieties
• China’s AgriFood Startups raise $5.8 billion in 2018
• senseFly Introduces the Solar 360 Thermal Drone Solution for Uniquely Efficient Solar Farm Inspection

News Headlines – April, 2019

• Maizex Seeds and BrettYoung announce partnership
• Corteva Agriscience launches new seed brand ‘Brevant’ for corn farmers in India
• ADAMA sales down 2% in Q1 2019
• Americot Introduces CottolyST Seed Treatments
• Canadian spring wheat sowings to rise by 12%
• Helena offers two new seed treatments
• Cropchem launches new multisite fungicide Kasan Max 750 WG in Brazil
• Biosur launches bioinsecticide INSIDER for the control of whitefly
• Yara and IBM collaborate to build digital farming platform
• India government sets a record foodgrains target of 291 million tonnes for 2019-20
• India government raises import duty on wheat to support local farmers
• Eden Research’s Cedroz product gains temporary authorisation in Italy
• Bionema Swansea University based biotech company raises £180,000 for its ongoing biopesticides development
• Bayer Crop Science posts substantial Q1 sales and earnings gains following the acquisition
• India CIBRC 399th meeting approved 22 pesticide technical registrations
• Brazil Embrapa extends offering of bioinsecticides to control armyworms in corn
• Rallis India net profit drops 93% in March quarter
• EU proposes not to renew approval of methiocarb
• Syngenta’s wheat scab control product Maitian (pydiflumetofen) files for market release in China
• Sino-Agri Leading BioSciences working with Mitsui Chemicals Agro to release new penthiopyrad product
• Groundwork BioAg set to disrupt cannabis cultivation with DYNAMYC mycorrhizal inoculants
• Italpollina launches new biostimulant Tandem
• Sirius Minerals signs European supply and distribution agreement with BayWa AG
• Vilmorin & Cie sales up 3.5% in Q3 FY2019
• Koppert acquires UK company OECOS
• US EPA approved tolerance exemption for lytic bacteriophage active against Xylella fastidiosa
• FAO, EMBRAPA, Cabo Verde, Guinee Bissau and Mozambique join efforts for sustainable Fall Armyworm management
• Occurrence of Fall Armyworm in South Africa and possible control measures and registered products
• 19 agrochemical active ingredients will lose patent protection between 2019 and 2026
• Agrinos adds El Surco as new distribution partner in Mexico
• CIMMYT and Clinton Foundation launch partnership to improve access to climate-resilient maize seed in eastern and southern Africa
• Namibian farmers introduced to new cowpea and sorghum crop varieties
• US: 150,000 growers and 16 million acres impacted by Midwest flooding
• Coromandel’s profit after tax rises by 22% in Q4
• Carbofuran export share of Hunan Haili continues growing
• Suli’s 10,000-ton pesticide formulation project to be put into operation this year
• Corteva Agriscience expected to report Q1 sales decline
• U.S. Structural Pest Control Market Approaches $9.0 Billion
• NACHURS nutritional products approved for use with herbicide technology
• New Zealand OIO approves sale of PGG Wrightson Seeds Holdings Ltd to DLF Seeds A/S
• USA: Alfalfa remains country’s 3rd most valuable field crop
• China’s MOA immediately schedules prevention and control of wheat scab
• Parijat Industries records 40 % sales growth in 2018 -19
• Shenzhen Techwah and COMPO Expert sign strategic partnership agreement
• Pinnacle Agriculture, Climate FieldView announces partnership
• Noposion to acquire 55% stake in Jin Sui Group, extending business to planting industry
• IHARA launches seed treatment product CERTEZA N for control of nematode in Brazil
• Indian scientists develop salt tolerant rice variety
• Ghana to leverage drone technology for farming activities
• Hunan Haili Chemical Industry joins with Bayer in production of thiodicarb
• Italy granted emergency use approval for Corteva’s Loyant herbicide
• Glyphosate loses support in Costa Rica
• UPL launched multisite fungicide Tridium in Argentina
• ACETO to Sell its Chemicals Business Assets to New Mountain Capital
• FarmHannong’s new molecule ‘Terrad’ sees first overseas launch
• BASF launches soybean varieties at Tecnoshow Comigo  
• New Zealand Overseas Investment Office approves sale of PGG Wrightson Seeds Holdings Ltd to DLF Seeds A/S
• India Commerce Ministry laid down procedures for import of some varieties of pulses
• SGS opens new global IoT Competence Center
• Brazil Anvisa to exclude obsolete active ingredients used in agrochemicals
• Coromandel International signs MoU with Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University
• Jiangshan Agrochemical to launch US subsidiary
• Chlorpropham,Propisochlor and Prochloraz TCs got registration approvals at India CIBRC 398th meeting
• U.S. approval for Syngenta’s dicamba herbicide Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology
• Albaugh Brasil announces Cesar Rojas as new president
• ABA Chemicals see 25%-55% growth in first quarter, pesticide contract production rises for overseas market
• BASF invests in quantum computing startup Zapata Computing
• GROWMARK FS completed the acquisition of Miller Spraying in Lowville, New York
• Inari broadens plant breeding toolkit through exclusive agreement with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• AgLaunch receives Regional Innovation Cluster Award from Small Business Adminstration
• CNH Industrial signs partnership agreement to bring state-of -the-art connectivity to Brazilian agriculture
• Canada approved Milstop foliar fungicide for powdery mildew in mint
• Ascenza launched paclobutrazol-based plant growth regulator in Brazil
• Brazilian govt creates working group for bio-inputs program
• India centre extends duration of new urea policy from 1st April till further notice
• Grain storage monitoring firm TeleSense acquires Webstech
• Terravoin, Skymatics to offer aerial imagery for agriculture
• Trimble to expand precision agriculture footprint in India
• TerraLink to distribute MBI’s Regalia Maxx biofungicide in Western Canada
• Oxitec signs new multi-year development agreement to apply 2nd generation technology to control soybean looper
• PlantArcBio: Focus on the traits with drought tolerance & yield improvement, herbicide tolerance and insect resistance
• Red Sun’s 2018 net profit down 10.81%, however industry chain production being realized step by step
• ADAMA Q1 sales exceeding $1 billion for second consecutive year
• Adama’s new cotton insecticide Comissario approved in Brazil
• Embrapa partners with Toyobo do Brasil on development of cotton bioinsecticide
• Syngenta launches Miravis Ace fungicide premix for 2019 season in the USA
• Mosaic suspends phosphate mines in Brazil after new dam rules
• New partnership to boost food security in Africa by use of artificial intelligence
• India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts normal and well distributed monsoon, raising hopes for farming
• Sinagro partners with AgBiTech to expand Brazilian bioinsecticide market
• Canada to phase out three neonicotinoid pesticides over the next two to three years
• Nufarm to launch insecticide Compact in Brazil
• Israeli Agritech Startup PlantArcBio and ICL Innovation Announce Collaboration in the Development of Breakthrough Crop Enhancers
• Incotec celebrates opening of Urbandale, Iowa Innovation Center
• Park Seed launches some exciting new varieties for this spring
• Summit Agro becomes the Exclusive Partner of STK Botanical Biopesticides and Innovative ‘Hybrids’ in the USA
• Indigo – most valuable agtech startup in the world begins operations in Brazil
• WinField United launches E-based platform pilot for retailers, farmers to interact
• Yifan Bio-tech Group to expand clethodim capacity to annual 6,000 tons
• BASF partners with the Iowa Soybean Research Center at Iowa State University
• TerrAvion announces data integration in EFC Systems FieldAlytics platform
• Agerris raises US$ 6.5 million funds to develop smart robots for farms
• Rainbow Green Crops inaugurates new WG formulation plant in Argentina
• Airbus partners with The Climate Corp. for satellite imagery
• Marrone Bio Innovations’ Regalia Maxx biofungicide approved for use on cannabis in Canada
• Sumitomo Chemical launched new rice herbicide Maslao in Japan
• “New agrochemical law will change a lot in Brazil”, says executive director of Andef
• Bayer releases glyphosate safety reports for transparency
• Limagrain completed the acquisition of Sursem breeding company and launched new brand
• Cibus issued new patent covering its gene-editing technologies in plants
• Nufarm launches glyphosate alternative Cheetah Pro
• Novozymes gets more partners for bio-agriculture arm beyond Bayer
• Biobest launches insecticide SPYRO on the Dutch market
• Univar Solutions’ NexusAg to Distribute Novozymes Biological Products in Canada
• Indofil acquires Italy-based Agrowin Biosciences
• Novozymes continues core partnership with Bayer while setting up multi-partner model in BioAg
• S&W Seed Company expands focus in Asia-Pacific
• FLIGHTS Co., Ltd. launched pesticide spray drone “FLIGHTS-AG”
• Trimble launches Farmer Core to connect the entire farm operation
• DowDuPont completes spin-off of Dow Inc.
• Evogene to develop next generation medical cannabis products through new subsidiary: Canonic Ltd.
• Ag-Bio startup Amfora licenses CRISPR IP from Corteva, Broad Institute
• New UPL releases 3 blockbuster products in China
• US senate leaders introduce bill to ban chlorpyrifos nationwide
• EU ban on chlorothalonil endorsed by member states
• Fertilizers Europe welcomes new fertilizer regulation
• The Climate Corporation, Lindsay announce new platform agreement
• Bayer launches herbicide that promises to revolutionize Brazilian sugarcane market
• Bayer launches new inoculant CTS 500 in Brazil
• BIO-CAT Microbials and OMNIA entered into an exclusive agreement to develop microbial strains
• AUSVEG, Corteva continue Lead Strategic Partnership
• France unveils €30m research programme for sustainable agriculture
• Maizex Seeds expands seed corn production with purchase of Blenheim facility
• SGS BioVision announces International Seed Testing Association’s (ISTA) lab accreditation
• Drone AG raises £250,000 to develop crop-management drone app
• Netafim launches Streamline X ReGen
• South Auckland lab leading the world in green pesticides signs multi-million dollar deal with China
• West Central launches adjuvant Last Chance

News Headlines – March, 2019

• Excel Crop Care’s merger with Sumitomo Chemicals faces key vote at EGM
• Argentina to authorize a new GMO stacked cotton
• Westbridge’s Dart Fungicide EC got US EPA approval
• PhosAgro to build fertilizer production facility at Metachem site
• Verdeca Introduces HB4 drought tolerant soybeans to growers at Argentina’s Expoagro
• Brazilian Safrinha Corn in Good Condition, Dryness Worries
• India basmati rice industry expected to achieve highest ever exports in FY19 and FY20
• SABC launches Project SAFFAL in India to combat Fall Armyworm
• EU proposes to restrict the use of tolclofos-methyl
• EU proposes non-renewal for dimethoate
• Tradecorp releases new foliar application technology allowing a high affinity with the plant cuticle
• Corteva Agriscience signs MoU with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to further agricultural technology innovation
• FMC strengthens its presence in Portugal with its new distributor Servagronis
• Vietnam bans import of glyphosate herbicides after US cancer trial verdict
• ALFA Smart Agro opens new logistics complex in Ukraine
• Italpollina acquires Horticultural Alliance Inc.
• Cornell AgriTech releases Galaxy Suite grape tomato varieties
• India’s Tea Exports could Shrink due to Tough Competition from Kenya
• Ourofino Agrociência introduces new herbicide for tobacco growers in Brazil
• Canada optimistic about making progress to end China canola ban
• BioSTL receives grant to launch new agtech solution validation program
• ADAMA launches propaquizafop herbicide, AGIL, in China
• U.S. EPA releases for public comment draft guidance for plant regulators, including biostimulants
• CIMMYT and Agricultural Sciences-Bangalore to establish a maize doubled haploid facility in Karnataka, India
• Indian Agritech startup DeHaat raises ₹30 cr led by Omnivore
• ADAMA net income up 79% in Q4 2018
• Syngenta increases support for UK growers with Ornamental Controls
• Nufarm sales up 8% in H1 FY 2019
• ALFA Smart Agro launched three innovative products in Ukraine
• Benson Hill Biosystems acquires Schillinger Genetics, expanding high quality soybean options
• Sipcam launches penthiopyrad fungicide in Chinese market
• Alfa Smart Agro installs herbicide line at Bila Tserkva plant
• BASF launches Ventigra insecticide to combat increasing pest pressures in the USA
• Atanor SCA inaugurates new formulation plant in Argentina
• Limin Chemical acquiring ENN pesticide businesses for Yuan760 million
• Kaveri Seeds launches corn cob drying facility in Telangana
• Mustang Seeds, GDM announce joint venture
• S&W Seed Company expands sunflower focus in Europe
• World’s first microbial seed treatment developed for borage
• AGCO Announces Strategic Partnership with Solinftec
• Nigeria plans to draft first ever National Pesticide Policy
• US SEC approves DowDuPont’s spin-off of Dow unit
• Corteva, green-lighted to launch Powercore Ultra Enlist technology for corn in Argentina
• Arcadia Biosciences receives U.S. FDA approval for Sonova GLA safflower oil in cat food
• Kubota to utilize Buhler Industries’ facilities to build large tractors
• French Assemblée delays pesticide ban by three years
• Rainbow invests in One Stop Pesticide Technical Supply Platform for EU Market
• Nufarm launches fungicide Tamiz in Brazil
• SGS expands seed quarantine testing services in Brazil
• Drought-tolerant crops to contribute to food security in Namibia
• Minafin launches Minagro, new business unit targeting green and safer ingredients for agribusiness industry
• AMVAC sales increased by 28% in 2018
• Red Surcos prepares to launch first fungicide with nanotechnology in South America
• Changqing Agrochemicals achieved 40.2% profit growth in 2018, fomesafen and other projects to ensure sustainable growth in future
• Hailir’s wheat scab control product (prothioconazole+carbendazim) released to Chinese market
• Agrinos announces registration of B Sure in Canada
• Outotec signs EPC contract with OCP Group
• Barenbrug repurchases outstanding shares from Corteva Agriscience
• TMG obtained patent for method of controlling soybean rust in Brazil
• India Agritech startup AgroStar raises $27M in Series C funding led by Bertelsmann India
• End of tax rebate may raise Brazilian agri-input prices by 7.6%
• Chile releases sterile insects to control fruit flies
• Vietnam’s fertilizer and pesticide import surged in last 2 months
• AgriMetis expands through addition of field biology expertise
• ADAMA, STK signed agreement on TIMOREX GOLD and REGEV ‘Hybrid’ fungicides for Colombia
• India government cuts BT cotton seed price by Rs 10 per packet; royalty to Monsanto cut by half
• Terravion, FarmLogs announce aerial image partnership for farmers
• Indigo Agriculture and Anheuser-Busch partner to meet sustainability goals for rice production
• Startups Lead the Innovations in Agriculture
• India: SABC launches project to combat fall armyworm
• The Mosaic Company announces reduction in its phosphate production
• Vilmorin & Cie sales up 3.8% in H1 FY2019
• SDS Biotech’s research lab received conformity confirmation of pesticide GLP in Japan
• IFFCO to launch nano fertilizer
• Mosaic to cut phosphate production in spring at Louisiana, Florida facilities
• Strawberry harvests treated with biostimulants improve nutritional values, quality and shelf life
• Ubyfol invests more than R$30 million to expand presence in Brazilian vegetable nutrition market
• California supplies a quarter of the world’s sunflower seeds
• Zambia lifts ban on GMO imports
• Yara transforms smartphones into nitrogen sensors
• Huber Acquires Miller Chemical & Fertilizer
• Whitefly resistant to insecticides found in Mato Grosso, Brazil
• Agrivalle launches microbiological fungicide/nematicide Shocker in Brazil
• EU proposes not to renew approval of fungicide thiophanate-methyl
• CHS Acquires West Central Distribution
• The Climate Corporation, NAU Country Insurance Co. announce partnership
• EU proposes not to renew approval of herbicide desmedipham
• FMC announces completion of final separation of Livent Corporation
• Helena unveils four new products at 2019 Commodity Classic
• Pacific Seeds launches new herbicide resistant hybrid canola following Chinese approval
• Iran, Sweden sign agricultural cooperation agreement
• Tide Group’s European subsidiary, VextaChem srl, granted metamitron Annex III registrations in EU
• AMVAC enters agreement to purchase selected Willowood USA products
• SA Startup Aerobotics Raises Additional USD 2Mn of Series A Funding Round
• Cropchem’s Taura 200 EC registered against whitefly in Brazil
• Agrinos Adds Coromandel International Limited as New Strategic Partner in India
• USA: Farmers Business Network, the startup taking on Bayer with cheaper, non-GMO seeds
• Compass Minerals creates a new category of seed nutrition with launch of Rocket Seeds
• Arcadia Biosciences receives its first industrial hemp program license in Hawaii
• Legend Seeds announces availability of Enlist E3 soybeans
• Tide Group’s European subsidiary, VextaChem srl, granted metamitron Annex III registrations in EU
• USDA/APHIS proposes to allow public comment on protocols for deregulating fields previously infested with pale cyst nematode
• Grant Thornton, Dextra International signed joint alliance agreement to provide M&As service
• Syngenta launches Bacillus thuringiensis based bioinsecticide in Portugal
• Specialist defends reduced taxes on production and sales of agrochemicals in Brazil
• Annals of Applied Biology published biostimulation research conducted by Tradecorp in collaboration with Queen’s University of Belfast
• Bayer will continue to support green and digital development of China’s agriculture
• Nigeria: Commercial release of pod borer resistant cowpea II
• Syngenta partners with Ram Trucks to help farmers enhance productivity through AgriEdge
• US Senate passes pesticide registration act, moves on for President’s signing
• Canada to approve 1R-trans prallethrin based mosquito repellents
• Cropchem launches product against Asian rust in Brazil
• BASF gains approval for fungicide innovation Revysol in Europe
• Corteva launched North-West & West Central Africa regional headquarters in Morocco
• Corteva Provides Pipeline Update, aiming for above-market organic growth rate
• Chengdu Newsun launches biostimulant soil fertilizer using 6 core biotechnologies
• Syngenta pulls back on hybrid wheat for U.S.
• Arcadia Biosciences, a leader in advanced agricultural breeding and gene optimization, announces new business unit dedicated to cannabis
• Syngenta: Delivering technology, genetics and value, NK unveils new corn and soybeans

News Headlines – Feb, 2019

• Cropchem launches product against Asian rust in Brazil
• BASF gains approval for fungicide innovation Revysol in Europe
• Corteva launched North-West & West Central Africa regional headquarters in Morocco
• Corteva Provides Pipeline Update, aiming for above-market organic growth rate
• Chengdu Newsun launches biostimulant soil fertilizer using 6 core biotechnologies
• Syngenta pulls back on hybrid wheat for U.S.
• Arcadia Biosciences, a leader in advanced agricultural breeding and gene optimization, announces new business unit dedicated to cannabis
• Syngenta: Delivering technology, genetics and value, NK unveils new corn and soybeans
• WinField United launches Ascend Pro PGR to promote vigorous emergence and early-season plant health
• Anvisa decides not to ban glyphosate in Brazil
• BASF launches Tessior System against disease-causing fungi on the vine in Argentina
• Bayer Crop Science sales up 6% in 2018 – leader in agriculture after acquisition
• Wilbur-Ellis acquires agribusiness retailer Wiles Brothers Fertilizer
• BASF launches xarvio Digital Farming Solutions tool
• Nutrien acquires Australian Ag retailer Ruralco
• Corteva Agriscience and ZeaKal announce R&D collaboration
• Calyxt successfully markets Calyno high oleic soybean oil as a premium, high-quality food ingredient
• Seminis releases first purple home garden tomato hybrid
• Brazilian court confirms ban on the sale of agrochemicals in Mercado Livre
• BASF’s Agricultural Solutions segment sales up 8% in 2018
• FMC launches fungicide Rubric Max for soybean in Argentina
• BASF to launch agriculture innovations with peak sales of €6 billion by 2028
• Evogene announces establishment of Ag-Biologicals subsidiary – LaVie Bio Ltd.
• KWS sales up 18.4% in first half of 2018/2019
• Indofil enters into JV with Italy-based Reagens
• PI Industries reported strong growth of 33 per cent in net profit in December quarter
• Insecticides (India) launches product to control bugs in NE tea estates
• Anhui JiuYi Agriculture Launches the First Prothioconazole Product in China
• Israel Haifa Group set up China branch
• Argentine seed company Satus Ager to acquire Tecnoseeds
• Agrinos announces new distribution agreement with SEFERSSA in Mexico
• Corteva Agriscience and MS Technologies announce launch of Enlist E3 soybeans for the US in 2019
• Richardson International acquires Agland Seed and Chemical
• Arkansas panel approves rules for use of herbicide dicamba
• Syngenta Canada launches new fungicide Orondis Gold Potato for pink rot and Pythium leak control
• DowDuPont wins final OK for global launch of new GMO soybeans
• Philippines approves import of Enlist Soybeans
• Valmont, Prospera technologies announce global partnership
• Ecolibrium Biologicals and Beijing Coway Bioworks sign Licence Agreement
• Nematicide Cedroz from Eastman receives EU Product Authorisation
• PBI-Gordon introduces new fungicide Union
• FMC Agricultural Solutions sales increased 11% in 2018
• Prothioconazole leads the registration in Jan 2019, China
• The price of glyphosate in China continued to move down
• Syngenta sales up 7% in 2018
• BASF’s investment into Alchemist Accelerator promotes digital innovations in the chemical industry
• Verdesian releases AVAIL T5 phosphorus fertilizer enhancer
• Calyxt and Agtegra Cooperative announce strategic collaboration to distribute Calyxt high oleic soybean
• NovoGold Seeds acquires Zuari Seed Division Field Crops Business
• Corteva Agriscience acquires Clearfield Canola Production System in Canada and the U.S. from BASF
• US Senate passes bipartisan pesticide bill
• Ourofino introduces glyphosate that resists rain
• Nufarm acquires Trunemco Nematode Management Seed Treatment from BASF
• Vietnam bans chlorpyrifos-ethyl and fipronil products
• Yara Ghana opens new fertiliser terminal and blending facility
• Syngenta Flowers and OptiFreeze AB to sign collaboration agreement
• Nuclear technology helps develop new barley variety in Kuwait
• Bioline Iberia established in Almeria
• ADAMA launching aerial crop spraying insecticide in China
• Delair unveils Delair Ag, an end-to-end drone solution for large-scale surveying and crop mapping in Agriculture & Forestry
• Dominus Soli / Alvo introduce new technology in Brazil to avoid agrochemical drift
• Rallis India reported 45 per cent YoY fall in consolidated net profit in December quarter
• Indofil enters into JV with Italy-based Reagens
• Personalized nutrition: Teamwork between Maastricht University and BASF Vegetable Seeds
• Agnition launches Procure for soybeans, microbial catalyst
• Wilbur-Ellis Feed division re-branded Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition
• Kenya’s support for GMO crops likely to influence East Africa
• Maggrow chosen as a Trimble select partner for agriculture
• Canadian government invests US$ 50 million to help the ag sector address challenges, opportunities
• Lindsay announces FieldNET Pivot Watch universal remote irrigation monitoring solution
• PI Industries reported strong growth of 33 per cent in net profit in December quarter
• Brandt’s innovative product with mobile boron reduces herbicide toxicity in cotton
• Agrinos and Fertilizantes Tepeyac announce new distribution agreement in Mexico
• Bio Huma Netics approved to import fertilizers to Brazil
• Kansas Ethanol, LLC signs agreement to use Enogen corn from Syngenta
• New Zealand Commerce Commission gives Danish company DLF Seeds clearance to buy PGG Wrightson’s seeds business
• Bangladesh Minister: Golden Rice to be released soon
• Danish potato breeding company Danespo opens new breeding station and head office
• Conab lowers Brazilian soybean production 3.5 mt to 115.3 million
• STK REGEV ‘Hybrid’ fungicide registered in the Philippines
• Bionema appoints Dejex as distributor for their Nematrident range
• Marrone Bio Innovations granted caims for MBI-110 bacterium
• Earth Science Laboratories expands its agriculture division
• Certis Europe, CEV Form Distribution Agreement for Biological Fungicide
• Brazil accelerates approval of agrochemicals, releases 28 new registrations in January 2019
• S&W Seed Company sales down 9.3% in Q2 2019
• HT cotton: India government suspends licences of top seed firms
• Two new Horizon Ag Clearfield rice varieties available for the 2020 season
• Delair launches c-drone data processing portal
• Brazil Ag Minister to allow Commercial Ag on Indigenous Lands
• Argentine soybean breeding company opens its South African branch
• AgriTec introduces RhiZoneV soybean inoculant seed lubricant
• Ag science and engineering center opens in Australia
• NACL to raise India Rupees 115 crore via equity issue, Krishi Rasayan Group to invest
• Argentina approves a BASF GMO cotton
• Rothamsted Research applies to run new GM field trials
• Arcadia Biosciences’ GoodWheat supply chain is progressing in two hemispheres
• Certis USA introduces Homeplate non-selective herbicide
• Reinke opens distribution center in Greorgia
• Mitsui and ISK jointly invest in Ouro Fino Quimica in Brazil
• Haifa launches online expert system NutriNet
• Nutrien announces agreement to purchase Actagro
• Globachem NV completes acquisition of R&D capabilities in the UK
• UPL open to buy back TPG Cap, ADIA  stakes in Arysta
• Bayer, Netafim and Ben-Gurion University to collaborate on the integration of digital tools for optimizing drip irrigation of the Nematicide Velum
• Valent U.S.A launches soil enhancement product MycoApply EndoPrime SC
• PhycoTerra promises improved soil for organic growers
• STK & Sipcam announce an exclusive Distribution Agreement for Timorex Gold botanical-based biofungicide in Spain
• Sharda Cropchem Q3 review: Robust pipeline to provide respite in long-term
• Brazil eyes new law for agrochemicals
• In 1-2 years, UPL expects benefits from Arysta buy to start kicking in
• Uruguay approves new biological control of Lepidoptera
• Meet Syngenta Flowers’ new vegetable and herbs seeds brand: Vegetalis
• Airbus launches crop analytics service
• Belchim’s biodegradable herbicide Beloukha receives US EPA approval
• Nufarm Americas’ fungicide Traction approved for use in California
• Bioline and BIOCOLOR formed joint-venture Bioline Iberia
• Glyphosate banned in Kerala, India
• Insecticides (India) launches product to control bugs in NE tea estates
• DNA Plant Science Introduces Manvert to South Africa
• Cibus announces launch of initial public offering
• Russia may restrict Brazil soybean imports
• U.S. approval for Vive Crop Protection’s AZteroid FC 3.3 fungicide
• Sales of Sumitomo Chemical’s Health & Crop Sciences segment up 2% for the nine months FY 2018
• Cibus launches new seed brand Falco, bringing change and choice to North American canola growers
• Germains Seed Technology celebrates grand opening of new Gilroy facilities
• ADM, Cargill, others launch Plant Based Products Council
• Wirecard provides Xarvio digital farming solutions of BASF with digital payment services
• UPL Completes the Acquisition of Arysta LifeScience, Launches its New Purpose: Open Agriculture (‘OpenAg’)
• DowDuPont’s Agriculture sales up in Q4 2018 driven by new products launch
• New government guidance encourages UK pesticides industry to prepare for EU exit
• CPEW2019: Join hands with Chinese partners to develop global potential markets
• Wirecard Provides Xarvio Digital Farming Solutions of BASF with Digital Payment Services
• Biopesticide AgTech building toward RNAissance with TechAccel cultivation

News Headlines – Jan, 2019

• Haifa adds 8,000 MTPA to Controlled Release Fertilizer production capacity
• Biostimulation 360º, a new biostimulation concept to efficiently overcome abiotic stress
• Burrus Seed Company now taking reservations for DonMario brand Enlist E3 soybean products
• Red Sun completed acquisition of 60% stakes in Argentine Ruralco
• China-Egypt Pesticide Administrative & Technical Seminar held in Beijing, trade between two countries to grow further
• Indigo Agriculture launches digital logistics platform – Indigo Transport
• BVT receives first patent approval for its proprietary microbial strain
• BioTEPP announces the appointment of Sylvie Richard, Agr. as President and Chief Executive Officer
• Natco Pharma invests Rs 100Cr in agrochemical space
• Seipasa consolidates its international presence with new business units in the USA, Latin America, Europe and Africa
• CHS to build dry fertilizer facility in North Dakota
• Ghana MoFA to distribute 300,000 tonnes of fertilisers to farmers
• EuroChem grows its business in Hungary
• EnviroLogix launches the 10-Trait QuickComb for corn bulk grain
• Benson Hill, AB InBev to improve barley quality and sustainability worldwide
• A&L Laboratories and Deveron enter into multi-year service agreement
• Nutrien Ag Solutions, Lindsay Corp announce partnership
• French President: glyphosate impossible to be banned within three years
• OCP and Fertinagro team up to produce enhanced fertilizers in Morocco
• Koch Agronomic Services’ DUROMIDE™ technology approved by US EPA
• Fertilizer demand in Brazil to increase 3.2% annually through 2022
• Bayer maintains strong position in Access to Seeds Index
• RiceTec, PLP Group signed agreement on hybrid rice seeds
• PlantHUB: Strengthening partnerships between academia and industry
• DSV: Oilseed rape in Argentina
• Benson Hill strategically partners with the world’s largest brewer, AB InBev to improve barley quality and sustainability worldwide
• Taranis utilises UAV tech in launch of its new precision agriculture solution
• UPL obtains all regulatory approvals for Arysta LifeScience acquisition
• India Gujarat high court gives green signal for Make in India to local pesticide makers
• Bayer CropScience inaugurates new formulation plant in India
• Simplot expands services to growers and suppliers in Western Canada
• Arista Cereal Technologies announces dismissal of patent dispute with Arcadia Biosciences over high fiber wheat
• Case IH, Promoboxx to power local digital marketing through independent dealers
• Saudi, UAE may cut Indian agri imports on quality issues, $2.6 bn at stake
• Yamaha sets up $100 million venture fund, Agtech a top priority
• STK’AVIV biofungicide now registered in Florida
• CNH Industrial N.V. has launched the AGXTEND brand, focused exclusively on aftermarket precision farming technology solutions.  
• LandPro Equipment announced the purchase of BCA Ag Technologies of Albion, N.Y. The BCA team will now lead the Ag Technologies division of LandPro Equipment.
• Harvest Food Group, Inc. recalls approx. 47,332 pounds of Not Ready-To-Eat chicken fried rice products due to misbranding and undeclared Allergen
• Canada is confirming the current registration of herbicide hexazinone
• UFU develops microencapsulation of Trichoderma asperellum for microbiological fungicides
• AgXplore launches microcoat adding five micro and secondary nutrients
• ADOB launches new BRNA technology in China
• Biolchim: Relying on strategic raw materials and process advantages, leading the global biostimulant market
• Turnip Yellow Virus (TuYV) resistant varieties offering increasing hope for oilseed rape growers in the United Kingdom
• C Spire, Mississippi delta farmers ready to expand smart agriculture solutions
• Farmer’s Business Network creates exclusive ecommerce offer for farms
• TechAccel makes additional strategic investments in biopesticides
• BioWorks renovates facility to support growth
• Hailir launched its new downy mildew fungicide Shuangjia in China
• Noposion launches AiJia in China, a high efficient insecticide for control of rice pests
• Nufarm’s GoldWing herbicide label expands to include lentils, chickpeas and beans in Canada
• U.S. approves PBI-Gordon Corporation’s Vexis Herbicide Granular
• SePRO introduces Obtego Fungicide and Plant Symbiont in the U.S.A
• ADAMA expects double-digit growth in sales for the fourth quarter and full year 2018
• BASF India posts Q3 loss of Rs 38.37 crore
• Oro Agri launches ENCOURAGE NANOCAL sub-micron calcium
• Evofuel to register first castor variety in Argentina
• The Government of Canada invests in innovation to advance Canada’s field crops
• Bioceres and Union Acquisition Corp. announce Bioceres’ unaudited quarterly operating results for the period ended December 31, 2018
• UAV-based remote sensing can help avocado growers by detecting asymptomatic pathogen
• Precision Laboratories launches new sports turf product In-Flow
• CDP publishes new climate and water rankings: Bayer confirms leading international position as a sustainable company in the areas of climate and water
• Cavallo Ventures Makes Strategic Investment in Crop Enhancement to Advance Sustainable Agriculture
• Compass Minerals launches nutrition line for the seed box
• Calyxt doubles 2018 high oleic soybean acres
• Corteva Agriscience’s Enlist E3 soybeans to launch in Canada
• Dudutech cutting edge pest controls now available in Tanzania
• Syngenta Australia’s new AgriClime offer gives growers confidence to invest in a better crop
• Integrated pest management will play an ‘increasing role’ in UK crop production
• French ANSES presents the results of its expert appraisal on SDHI fungicides
• Coromandel International Ltd’s Q3FY19 consolidated net profit declines 14.49% yoy
• China announces fertilizer tariffs for 2019
• Dangote fertilizer plant to begin operations in April
• BRANDT enters into marketing partnership with The Rose Bowl Stadium®
• To secure the future of food, look to the ancestors of eggplant
• Syngenta Canada receives registration for Tavium Plus VaporGrip Technology herbicide
• ADAMA Signs MOU to Acquire Huifeng’s Crop Protection
• Argentina Red Surcos expands operation to Bolivia, Paraguay
• Arysta LifeScience Canada Launches INFERNO TRIO Burndown Herbicide for Wheat
• Biogen allying with Corteva to release patented compound-containing insecticide Qintianzhu in China
• USA: BASF advances five new cotton seed varieties, including dicamba-tolerant varieties for enhanced weed control
• Viterra launches full range of online contracting options for farmers
• Israeli Drones to Be Used to Aid Brazilian Agriculture After Multi-Million Dollar Deal
• Marrone Bio Innovations’ MBI-110 and Haven approved for sale in Canada
• Biopesticides could be a safe solution to combat fall armyworm in African countries
• PI Industries undertaken an agri-based CSR project in India
• Brandt to unveil revolutionary plant growth regulator
• The Mosaic Co. and Chinese ag input provider Sinochem announce MOU
• China approves new GMO soybean, corn and canola traits
• Corteva Agriscience, Stoller reached exclusive agreement to sell bionematicide for sugar cane in Brazil
• Brazilian agribusiness firm Forquímica invests $1M in Georgia crop nutrition plant
• US Farm Bill includes a significant milestone for agricultural biostimulants
• China grants regulatory approval of TruFlex canola with Roundup Ready technology
• GreenLight Biosciences announces $50 Million Funding Round
• Bayer expands digital innovation pipeline at The Climate Corporation to bring breakthrough digital tools to more farmers
• EFC Systems Announces AgSolver planning now available in FieldAlytics
• The Philippines: Biofungicide for tomato and eggplant project set in motion
• Huifeng Agrochemical resumed pesticide technical production on January 3
• China’s first pesticide Dark Factory put into operation for saflufenacil mixing with glyphosate
• Jiangsu Flag Chemical Industry awarded new compound patents
• PE funds, Godrej & UPL in race for 57.7% in Gharda Chemicals
• Red Sun plans to build annual 20,000-ton glufosinate facility in China
• Mosaic Co. Receives Final Approval For New Phosphate Mine In Florida
• Veritas and South West Agromart Launch Agriculture Data Sales Collaboration
• Copperhead Agricultural Products to acquire corn planter attachment developer RK products
• AMVAC acquires herbicide product line from Corteva Agriscience
• US judge issues ruling that restricts evidence in glyphosate lawsuits
• Brazilian researcher develops controlled release bioinsecticide
• Brazil to have 1^st online shop for sale of agrochemicals
• FMC to introduce two new herbicide modes of action in next decade
• First U.S. Law Regarding Biostimulants
• Pakistan seeds council approves new varieties of crops, fruits, vegetables
• Argentina: Plant breeders registered 42 new soybean varieties in 2018
• Americot offers rebates for qualifying seed & chemical purchases
• Swiss company Zasso develops new weed controller
• China’s pesticide production upregulated in Nov with herbicide production continued to rise
• Agform launches a new nanotechnology formulation of azoxystrobin in the UK
• New 0% financing program from Horizon Ag and BASF expands farmer financing options for 2019 in the USA
• EU proposes to restrict use of methoxyfenozide
• Technology to enable farmers to detect infestations of Heterodera glycines nematode in soybean, corn crops
• The Andersons closes Lansing Trade Group acquisition
• Kalro releases disease resistant seed varieties
• ADOB launches new BRNA technology in China
• Raven Industries closes deal to acquire AgSync
• Crop IQ Technology’s novel organic nematicide NEMA-DEAD approved by UAE
• ADAMA Reports on Progress towards Anpon Acquisition
• BASF enters into two exclusive distribution and trademark licensing agreements with NongHyup Chemical and Sungbo Chemicals
• Nanjing Red Sun’s subsidiary launches 3,000-ton glufosinate project
• Brazil ANVISA opens public consultation on insecticide sulfoxaflor
• Breeding sorghum in South Africa could be breakthrough for biofuels
• Agri-tech firm Ninjacart raises $35 million from Accel US, Syngenta
• South Korea toughens pesticide rules, Viet Nam expected to be affected
• Aussie hesitation on GM canola a costly mistake
• Startup uses tech to help farmers compare seed prices
• LumiGrow LEDs support Brassica rapa developmental genetics research at Miami University
• China to drop tariffs on 700 products, some are Ag
• AGCO received 2018 China Automotive Logistics Innovation Award

News Headlines – December, 2018

• ISO approves three new pesticide common names
• Sinon introduces insecticide Assaris in Brazil
• SENAVE and PPC sign cooperation agreement to control agrochemicals in Paraguay
• Koppert Canada opens new facility
• Eurofins Chile gains SAG accreditation
• China’s herbicide production went up in October
• Almost nine million euros for improving seed systems in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
• Corteva Agriscience launches Intrepid Edge insecticide in Brazil
• Nantong Jiangshan to acquire 67% of downstream client Harbin Limin
• China’s Shandong Province to relocate 37 hazardous chemical production enterprises
• Suli to spend Yuan10 million to set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in Ningxia, China
• China’s most stringent soil pollution prevention law to become effective from January 1, 2019
• Bangladesh GM seeds may face hurdles
• Brazil and US scientists create app to monitor wheat diseases worldwide
• Agtech startup Growers raises $5M, creates second headquarters in Seattle
• Embrapa reports record 113 cases of soybean rust in Brazil
• EU market opened for Hailir’s pyraclostrobin technical product
• BASF presents two new insecticides for soybeans and corn in Argentina
• Limin Chemical to launch difenoconazole, pyraclostrobin productions
• First Chinese company granted pyraclostrobin registration for use in paddy rice
• Brazil approved bioinsecticide Nematec
• USDA issues final GMO-labeling guidelines for food
• EU renews copper compounds with use restriction
• Sharda University and Dhanuka Agritech launch PG Diploma in Plant Protection
• Syngenta Australia – GrowMore Experience showcases vegetable crop protection pipeline
• Bayer, HitGen Partner on Small Molecule Discovery for Crop Science
• EU proposes to amend approval conditions of acaricide cyflumetofen
• Brazil will have integrated system for agrochemical registration
• Microquimica registers Vorax, Brazil’s first biofertilizer
• Delhi High Court dismisses Monsanto’s plea against CCI probe of directors
• Hailir’s imidacloprid granted registration in Brazil
• China’s second round of nation-wide environmental and ecological compliance inspections to begin next year, to continue for 4 years
• AgTech Startup PlantResponse Biotech Expands to U.S. With Biologicals
• Fertiláqua Launches “Resistance Inducers” Technology to Increase Plant Defense Capability
• Origin Agritech announces two more new JV for e-commune network
• Hudson River Biotechnology opens up new laboratory
• Serbian agtech startup Agremo raises $600,000 to enhance its ‘precision agriculture platform’
• Biobest and Australian company Bugs for Bugs team up through equity deal
• BASF presents miticide Nealta for apple in Argentina
• Arysta LifeScience establishes research station in Vietnam
• Kenhoo (oligosaccharins 0.5% SL) – Guardian of Plant Immunity and Terminator of Root-Knot Nematode
• Dry weather could potentially impact full-season corn in Brazil
• Deere to launch startup collaborator program
• BioTEPP: Striving to be the global leader in viral bio-pesticide
• Bionema receives grant award from Innovate UK
• Bayer announces WHO pre-qualification for Fludora™ Fusion to combat malaria
• Evogene and TMG announce collaboration to develop nematode resistant soybean through genome editing
• Calyxt receives EU patent on use of CRISPR/Cas9 for genome editing in plants
• AgTech startup AgroSustain secures €1 million funding for its innovative post-harvest product
• InVivo looks to pesticide-free food, French bread for future growth
• 5 PGR technicals approved registration in China in Nov, 2018
• FarmHannong’s new rice herbicide Pyzero successfully entered in Thailand
• Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group to assign its 100% stakes in Inner Mongolia Tenglong Group to Hubei Taisheng
• Sevencontinent: triazole fungicide maintains leading position, herbicide products gain popularity among users
• New partnership to introduce Scottish potato varieties to India
• Africa, Israel Exploring Joint Agriculture Innovation Center
• AgJunction, Mahindra announce long term agreement
• Topcon Agriculture releases Tillage Depth Control powered by NORAC
• Farmers Business Network launches fbn Health insurance
• Canadian government to invest in initiatives for automation, digital technologies in the ag sector
• Bayer and the S. M. Sehgal Foundation announce a new project: supporting livelihoods and nutrition of smallholder farmers in India
• Occurrence of Asian rust on soybeans increases 331% during 2018/2019 harvest in Brazil
• Chile to use biological control to combat Lobesia botrana
• Brazil MAPA suspends a Chinese glyphosate factory source from all pesticide registrations
• Bayer introduces first dual trait hybrid rice in Philippines
• Indigo acquires Ag AI information provider TellusLabs
• Indigo to establish its headquarters for its North American commercial operations in Memphis
• Kemin Crop Technologies Launches Miticide TetraCURB™ Organic
• Canada reviews pesticide re-evaluation program
• Red Sun to acquire Chongqing Zonbon, intermediate 2,3-Dichloropyridine to be attained as a strong supplement to its product portfolio
• Use of endosulfan and methyl bromide for agriculture to be prohibited as of 31st December in China
• Tradecorp launches innovative app to help farmers improve crop yield and quality in Italy
• Sidus introduces first transgenic potato in Argentina
• China renews its purchases of US soybeans
• Raven Industries to acquire AgSync
• EU to phase out fungicides quinoxyfen, propiconazole and herbicide flurtamone
• EFSA set new deadline for completion of pesticide cumulative risk assessments
• 9 pesticide technical products including prothioconazole to be granted registration for the first time in China
• US state of Arkansas may approve herbicide dicamba with use restriction
• Zhongshan Chemical to expand pesticide technical capacity, triazines reaches 100,000 tons
• Verdesian Life Sciences launches “Keep It In Their Plants” campaign
• Newton Prize award for biotech drought-tolerant beans
• Biotech cotton in Pakistan reached highest adoption in 2017
• La Crosse Seed acquires certain assets of Heritage Seed Company, of Madison, Wisconsin
• Novozymes to use Benson Hill’s Cpf1 and Cms1 genome editing portfolio across its business segments
• Planet collaborates with BASF to provide daily monitoring for farmers in Europe
• Clariant and Eastman announce agrochemical collaboration
• Trinexapac-ethyl and carfentrazone-ethyl projects of Jiangsu Flag Chemical pass environmental acceptance
• Canada approved Corteva’s Elevore herbicide for fleabane control
• BASF to launch two afidopyropen products in China
• Cargill opens lab in Great Falls to begin omega-3 research and development
• Zero Gravity Solutions announces the Introduction of BAM-FX to the rapidly growing legal hemp and cannabis market segments
• The Government of Canada invests in innovation to support oilseed development in Eastern Canada
• Producer of sticky traps BKS A.S. becomes part of Biobest Group
• ADAMA to become New Name of Listed Company, Achieving Final Combination Milestone
• Technological traps to control fruit flies in Chile
• Hailir’s tolfenpyrad technical 98% granted registration; may become an important substitute for methidathion
• Yinnong Technology launches glyphosate+saflufenacil mixture in China
• PlantResponse™ Biotech announces $6.9 million Series B First-Round funding close and new North American commercial headquarters
• Nucelis partners with Darwin to build business in China
• Latvian Startup AirBoard Launches Agriculture Drone for Vineyards
• Bunge announces leadership transition
• India:Trade expects new agri policy to give impetus to sector
• Brazil partners with Canada and US in agrochemical use on minor crops
• Brazil helps Argentina control European grapevine moth with aerial applications of insecticide
• UPL Ltd. Announces Leadership Team as Arysta LifeScience Acquistion Nears Completion
• Bayer’s CEO comments on company’s 30% stock price drop
• India: Bitter neem is sweet pill for pesticide, pharma firms
• BASF and VanderSat collaborate to provide farmers with high-precision, field-specific crop optimization
• China’s Jiangsu Province to close 3 chemical parks in Guanhe river outlet area if environmental compliance not reached by 2020
• Jiangshan Agrochemical cooperating with Zhongtian Technology in recycling resources
• Paraguay renews pesticide residue control system for banana crops
• Marrone Bio Innovations launches TerraConnect new biological seed and soil platform
• Azotic’s natural nitrogen fixing technology is now commercially available in the USA
• Zambia government launches the SADC seed certification and harmonized seed regulation system
• World premiere: KWS acquires exclusive license for long-lasting encapsulation of biologicals
• senseFly widens commercial strategy and announces new leadership structure to build on eBee X’s success
• Since Chinese tariffs, US soybean sales to EU have doubled, 70% market share
• Australian cotton and rice plating area forecast to decline sharply in 2018–19
• Sym-Agro’s Biofungicide AVIV Gains Approval in California
• BASF starts production of its fungicide innovation Revysol®
• Kynetec Wins MRS Award for MyKynetec Online Content Delivery Platform
• BASF launches first solution to unite biological inoculant and chemical for sugarcane in Brazil
• Agri-tech company AgriGrub gets grant for new biopesticide
• Texas A&M AgriLife receives sponsored support for agrigenomics lab from PerkinElmer
• After investing $ 40 million, Sakata Seed Corporation opened its office in Argentina
• Syngenta boosts agtech market in Brazil
• DJI to further invest in farm drones, train operators in 2019
• Xinnong goes public today in Shenzhen Stock Exchange
• Mitsui Chemicals Agro and JA cooperate to develop new herbicide CYRA® for paddy
• Syngenta partners with Ram Trucks to help farmers maximize ROI potential through NK
• Nunhems offers with F1 Coliseum the first frog skin melon with resistance to the New Delhi virus
• New KWS varieties deliver high yield and excellent disease resistance
• BASF launches Vault® IP Plus seed treatment and Obvius® Plus fungicide seed treatment in the U.S.A
• BASF launches fungicide Tutor for control of citrus disease
• Corteva Agriscience adds easy-to-handle above ground nitrogen stabilizer to the nitrogen maximizer portfolio
• NRGene announces expanded licensing agreement with Bayer for the GenoMAGIC platform
• Scientists develop new ‘climate proof’ crops with help of nuclear technology
• Poland poised to postpone GE feed ban for more two years
• CNH industrial launches new precision farming aftermarket brand AGXTEND™
• Bayer to launch oilseed rape seed dressing for 2020
• Brazil ANVISA proposed to approve insecticide sulfoxaflor
• DSV expands wheat, oilseed rape and maize ranges
• Vilmorin & Cie/Grupo Limagrain acquires Sursem and Geneze
• Agtech startup Imago AI is using computer vision to boost crop yields
• Brazilian digital ag company Solinftec announces plans to establish operations in Indiana

News Headlines – April, 2018

• The Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending PLC (NIRSAL), a subsidiary of Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Syngenta
• STK Bio-ag technologies announced new biofungicide AVIV, which has already been approved by 25 states in the US, has now been approved for use by California for a wide range of fruits and vegetables and TNV crops, including  grapes, strawberries and leafy vegetables
• Aqua-Yield introduces liquid fertilizer NanoRise
• Sakata inaugurated new seed research, development and production centre in Almeria
• ICRISAT and Corteva Agriscience signed an agreement for a multiyear partnership to strengthen food security by improving crops through sharing of high-tech and modern breeding technologies
• Seed Co, Zimbabwe’s biggest supplier of a variety of certified crop seeds, has introduced a new climate smart variety of maize seed known as SC 649
• Cannabinoid Research Leader ebbu announce partnership with Hardy Boy Farms to continue their efforts to revolutionize hemp cannabinoid production
• Bayer to localize over 60% of crop protection production in Russia
• Syngenta Canada receives registration for Revus fungicide as a potato seed treatment to help manage pink rot
• EU to vote on neonicotinoids ban on April 27
• Syngenta Fusilade® DX, cleared for tank mix on Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans
• Temasek Holdings buys 3.6% stake in Bayer for €3bn
• Inocucor acquires ATP Nutrition
• Arcadia Biosciences expands GoodWheat portfolio with reduced gluten wheat
• Monsanto will invest 10 million dollars to expand its corn seed plant in Rojas (Argentina)
• AGCO established Retail Finance Partnership to support Zambian farmers
• Corteva’s OpenSky herbicide receives US registration
• Marrone Bio Innovations’ biofungicide Regalia CG cleared for use on cannabis
• Wilbur-Ellis launched new deposition and drift reduction product DILIGENCE-EA
• Syngenta Flowers acquires Verwer Dahlia BV’s Dahlia Assortment
• Bayer launched new fungicide Cripton Xpro (bixafen + prothioconazole + trifloxystrobin) for peanuts in Argentina
• Bayer to sell digital farming business to BASF
• BRA Agroquímica registered bioinsecticide ARCAR in Brazil
• Yara International ASA and BASF opened a new world-scale ammonia plant in Freeport, Texas (US)
• Syngenta announced the acquisition of Abbott & Cobb (a U.S.-owned independent breeder, producer and marketer of vegetable seeds)
• Arysta LifeScience signed a definitive agreement to acquire Etec Crop Solutions in New Zealand
• Agrobest Grup to build agrochemical factory in Kazakhstan (USD 30 Million investment)
• New crop input online retailer AgVend receives additional investment
• Valagro to launch the innovative line of water-soluble foliar fertilizers (Opifol)
• Syngenta India sold part of seed business to Crystal Crop Protection
• SGS acquired Oleotest NV (Belgium)
• Isagro USA Received Approval for Taegro 2 biofungicide in California
• Nutrien Ltd. announced the launch newly branded retail business, Nutrien Ag Solutions
• Monsanto, RNAgri announced research partnership
• Andermatt’s Madex Top (baculovirus product) approved in Portugal
• Bioceres partners with Iden Biotechnology to develop alfalfa quality enhancement technology

News Headlines – March, 2018

• Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd. (Japan) and Arysta LifeScience Corporation signed a licensing agreement for a new insecticide, “flupyrimin” for use in rice protection in India.
• Acadian Plant Health and Van Iperen International sign a Business and Marketing Partnership Agreement
• Croda International Plc, announced the completion of its purchase of Plant Impact Plc, an innovative crop enhancement business.
• DJI Technology launched new Zenmuse XT2 thermal imaging camera
• BASF launched Bomvoro inoculant for soybean seed treatment in Brazil
• Certis Europe BV and Spiess-Urania Chemicals GmbH, two European crop protection subsidiaries of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., have announced their intention to merge into one company
• Timac Agro launched Nemastop to tackle nematodes in Brazil
• Syngenta has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Strider, a Brazilian agtech company focused on operational management solutions for farms.
• Syngenta launched AgriClime platform to forecast climate variations in Brazil
• Canada approves the continued registration of fludioxonil fungicide
• Nichino America introduces new fungicide for powdery mildew control in grapes
• Spanish drone company Hemav Technology ranks first in precision agriculture
• Anterra Capital (a specialist venture firm that backs the entrepreneurs who are transforming the global food system) announced a $75 million extension to its fund
• Pairwise Plants (gene-editing company) has raised a $25 million Series A round co-led by Monsanto Growth Ventures and healthcare investment firm Deerfield Management
• Syngenta acquired remote sensing start-up FarmShots in February, in the first publicized acquisition of an agtech start-up in 2018 for a major strategic player in agriculture
• Skycision (a remote sensing) start-up raised $1.1 million seed from Rural America Ag Innovation Fund
• Monsanto and AgriMetis enter global licensing agreement to drive novel insect control solutions
• Indigo Ag. Inc. received first organic certification for microbial seed treatment
• Bayer and Ginkgo Bioworks unveil joint venture, Joyn Bio, establish operations in Boston and West Sacramento
• DowDuPont’s Granular signs agreement with Planet Labs Inc. to deliver satellite imagery to farms globally
• EU proposes not to renew approval of Pymetrozine ai
• Nufarm revenues increased by 7.4% in H1 FY2018
• Monsanto and AgriMetis entered global licensing agreement to drive novel insect control solutions
• Arcadia Biosciences Inc. sales up by 25% in financial year 2017
• Pivot Bio announces pre-commercial launch of nitrogen-producing microbes
• Bayer wins EU approval for $62.5 billion Monsanto buy
• BASF’s Integral Pro approved by France, the first biocontrol seed treatment for rapeseed
• SBM Life Science opens R&D Center in Illinois (U.S.)