Article Issue: May 2013

The Makhteshim Agan Group (MAI) and ChileAgro Solutions (ChileAgro), a Chilean plant nutrition and abiotic stress relief solutions company, announced that MAI has entered into […]

An Experimental Use Permit application submitted by Mosquito Mate, Inc. was published in the May 1, 2013 Federal Register for the proposed release of 30,000 […]

Advanced Microbial Solutions, LLC (AMS), an agricultural technology company delivering applied, biochemical-based solutions for efficient and sustainable plant nutrition, has announced that the company has […]

Goemar has received approval for use of Vacciplant in France against apple scab. Vacciplant has been approved since 2008 for use in apples and pear […]

Almost a year after acquiring biological technology company AgraQuest, Bayer is progressing with its focus on non-traditional chemistry for lawn care operators. That’s according to […]

EPA has issued a new final rule revising the data requirements for antimicrobial pesticide products which will take effect on July 8, 2013. Antimicrobial pesticides […]

Koppert India has been granted authorization for five biological beneficial predators. The products concerned are Spical (Neoseiulus californicus), Spidex (Phytoseiulus persimilis), Swirski-Mite (Amblyseius swirskii), Aphipar […]

Recently, Valagro organized a meeting called “Wheat's solution", in Paris. The meeting was part of the European Crop Development Project to launch two innovative solutions, […]

WAITROSE is banning its suppliers from using systemic neonicotinoids on produce destined for the supermarket. Waitrose made this move in advance of the EU Commission […]

The French company Goemar is preparing three product launches for 2014 covering specialty nutrition, biostimulation and biocontrol on cereals and rapeseed. During May and June […]

One of the biggest concerns for any Ag operation is getting the most out of your inputs. During the recent tour of BASF‘s newly acquired […]

A new study greatly expands knowledge of the wasp genus Oxyscelio. A total of 90 species are recognized from the Indo-Malayan and Palearctic realms of […]

One of most active and relevant player in the market for humates in China, Tbio Crop Science, has just completed the construction of a new […]

Sipcam Iberia (Spain) has launched its first application for Smart phones for one of its flagship products Blackjak. Blackjak is a 100% organic liquid leonardite […]

For the 2013 budget year, the French Ministry of Agriculture has doubled its financial support to the Organic Farming Institute ITAB (Institut Technique pour l’agriculture […]

Keep it simple’ is a good rule of thumb when designing biocontrol programs to combat weeds and invasive plants, according to a meta- analysis of […]

Valent de Mexico, subsidiary of Valent Bioscience (USA), has added a plant nutrition product into their portfolio, CoRon, a slow release liquid fertilizer produced by […]

Root lesion nematodes (RLNs, Pratylenchus species) are a group of economically important migratory endoparasitic plant pathogens that attack host roots of major crops such as […]

Monsanto’s chief technology officer, Rob Fraley, hinted in a quarterly earnings call with financial analysts in January that the company might be onto something big. […]

Embrapa reports that Agrinos’ HYT products have increased forage production in greenhouse trials at significant levels. The trial results marks the first milestone achievement in […]

Jiangsu Dongbao Pesticide Chemical Ltd., a Chinese pesticide producer, entered into an agreement with Nanjing Agricultural University for an exclusive production rights of the University’s […]

Due to the excellent results achieved in the last five years and the ambitious business plan for the next three, Biolchim is now part of […]

The report “Global Biopesticides Market – Trends & Forecasts (2012 – 2017)” published by MarketsandMarkets, predicts the global market will grow to more than US$3.2 […]

The Peruvian company Corporación Drokasa has opened a subsidiary in Colombia with the original purpose of distributing Agroenzymas biostimulant portfolio. Drokasa Perú is one of […]

UK-based exporter of fruit and vegetable nutrition and plant health promoter products, Omex Agrifluids has won the much coveted Queens Award for International Trade 2013. […]

EBIC (European Biostimulants Industry Coalition) published its 2013 overview of the market (previously released in a 2B Monthly email alert on April 22). Information provided […]

Agricultural, horticultural and environmental technology company Mylnefield Research Services Ltd (MRS), specialist soil fertility and crop nutrition company PenDragon Proactive Nutrition and biological crop inputs […]

Tom Vilsack, US Agriculture Secretary, announced that the USDA’s Risk Management Agency’s (RMA) federal crop insurance program will increase coverage options for organic producers this […]

According to figures recently released by CTIFL and TerrEtude Consultants, the French market for macroorganisms (mainly Encarsia formosa and Macrolophus caliginosus) is 8-10 million Euros […]

Verdesian Life Sciences, LLC, a Paine & Partners, LLC company, announced that it has acquired all of the assets of Plant Syence Ltd and its […]

Becker Underwood, Inc. received an exemption from food tolerance requirement for methyl jasmonate from the EPA in or on all food commodities when applied pre-harvest […]

Arysta LifeScience North America announces the transfer of Craig Brekkas from its Canadian commercial team to the role of National Account Manager within the United […]

Plant Health Care and Arysta LifeScience Corporation announced that they have signed a Product Development and License Agreement for use of Plant Health Care’s proprietary […]

Group Farroupilha, an important player in seed and cotton production and coffee distribution in Brazil since 1976, decided to establish an independent biocontrol laboratory. Based […]

MGS Horticultural Inc. a full-service supplier of fertilizers, pest control products, seeds and substrates in North America, together with Haifa Chemicals, recently announced a plan […]

Bacillus mycoides Isolate J received a Time- Limited Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance. This regulation establishes a time-limited exemption from the requirement of […]

BIOPREPARÁTY, spol. s r.o. and De Sangosse recently signed a commercial agreement for exclusive development and distribution of Polyversum. The agreement names De Sangosse as […]