Article Issue: July 2014

Evogene Ltd., a leading plant genomics company specializing in enhancing crop productivity for the food, feed and biofuel industries, and Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. (MBI) […]

Biobest has been nominated for the ‘Leeuw van de Export 2014’ award. With this annual award Flanders Investment & Trade rewards companies that do exceptionally […]

A national research center in Hiroshima Prefecture developed a flightless ladybug that looks promising for controlling pests that damage crops. Scientists at the Western Region […]

Earlier in June, your company obtained product registration, with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), to become the first-ever registered aquatic plant extract available in […]

Agrinos announced that its Board of Directors has appointed D. Ry Wagner as Chief Executive Officer. Effective July 1, 2014, Wagner will transition to CEO […]

Ted Melnik, Executive Vice President & COO, Valent BioSciences Corporation The grand opening of the Osage, Iowa manufacturing plant is a milestone event in VBC […]

Certis Europe is to further strengthen its Management Board with the appointment of Steve Kirby as Head of Strategic Marketing from 1 July 2014. This […]

Exosect has announced that it has received a US patent for its Entomag delivery platform bringing the total number of patents granted for this technology […]

Bayer CropScience said that effective August 1, Dr. Adrian Percy, currently Senior Vice President of Global Regulatory Affairs, will take over the position as Global […]

Gowan Company, LLC announced that its Captiva™, a natural repellent bioinsecticide, has received federal registration from the EPA. Captiva™ controls thrips and spider mites and […]

Karel Bolkmans has joined Belgian company Special Fruit in Hoogstraten as their New Business Development Director. Special Fruit specializes in berries and exotic fruits and […]

The European Commission has approved Bayer biofungicide Bacillus pumilus QST 2808. This approval will be effective on September 1st 2014. If necessary, EU member states […]

The Stockton Group, has signed an agreement with the Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd., the commercial arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science, for […]

Futureco Bioscience received approval of three products in Morocco from the Office National de Sécurité Sanitaire des Produits Alimentaires (ONSSA, National Health and Food Security […]

Verdesian Life Sciences announced that it has acquired Specialty Fertilizer Products (SFP). By joining forces with SFP, Verdesian will gain more than 270 patent properties […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI) announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved Zequanox for open water use to combat invasive zebra and […]

Spanish, Murcia-based Symborg and Israel-based Pelemix have signed a collaboration agreement, to develop and commercialize a novel system that incorporates a microbial compound into coir […]

Certis USA introduces Rendition®, a broad spectrum bactericide, fungicide and disinfectant, that contains a high concentration of PAA (peroxyacetic acid) with a proprietary surfactant for […]

EcoPesticides International, Inc. has signed a licensing agreement for a novel “green” microbial-based pesticide technology with STC.UNM, the University of New Mexico’s technology transfer and […]

The Stockton Group (STK) announces the expansion of its registration Timorex Gold in other crops in Colombia. Timorex Gold is a natural broad- spectrum fungicide, […]

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation announced that it has received a $1.5 million milestone payment from Monsanto following completion of specified program developments. The development milestone is […]

A patent awarded to EMBRAPA (The Brazilian Agriculture Research enterprise) will give soybean farmers in Brazil another tool to fight soybean bugs. The patent was […]

Copa-Cogeca and IBMA (International Biocontrol Manufacturers’ Association) have agreed upon three platforms of cooperation in order to work closer together in 2014 and 2015 with […]

Biolchim's product BLUPRINS® has been granted registration in Brazil, therefore providing an alternative to chemicals for Brazilian farmers. BLUPRINS®’ concentrated gel formulation ensures uniform and […]

Agrinos' Board of Directors, has announced balance sheet write-downs and a strategy update, in connection with the year-end close and release of the annual report. […]

Arysta LifeScience Japan launched its latest microbial insecticide, PIRATES® GR, for the control of thrips. The active ingredient in PIRATES GR, Metarhizium anisopliae, is a […]

Bayer CropScience and Bion Tech, Taiwan, Republic of China have settled a patent infringement case in Korea. Under the settlement, Bayer CropScience granted Bion Tech […]

Vegalab, the formulator and manufacturer of environmentally responsible agricultural products announced that their new natural product, Nematode Control, has proven results to combat nematode problems […]

Valent BioSciences Corporation (VBC) has officially announced the grand opening of its new dedicated biorational manufacturing facility located in Osage, Iowa. VBC has had a […]

A researcher at Georgia State University is studying a new, biological treatment for bacterial and fungal pathogens that are killing honeybees and bats in record […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI) celebrated the official opening of its Marrone Michigan Manufacturing (M3) facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony and plant tours. The […]

Most farmers fight a constant battle against damaging insects. Cornell researchers are working with a common potato pest to see if they can activate the […]

Copa-Cogeca and IBMA (International Biocontrol Manufacturers’ Association) have agreed upon three platforms of cooperation in order to work closer together in 2014 and 2015 with […]