Article Issue: December 2018

Biobest Group NV and Bugs for Bugs Pty Ltd announced the finalization of an equity transaction whereby Biobest Group NV acquires a stake in Bugs […]

The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the 2018 Farm Bill, was signed into law on December 20, 2018, and provides the first […]

Vestaron announced that its SPEAR® peptide has no cross resistance with Spinosad. While both products target the same receptor class, the binding site differs. “The […]

The 2nd Biocontrol LatAm conference, organized by 2BMonthly and New Ag International, took place 14-16 November in Medellin, Colombia. It welcomed more than 350 delegates […]

Bee Vectoring Technologies (BVT) has been named by the Swiss State of Fribourg as one of its Agri & Co Challenge winners, as well as […]

The Insect Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) has approved a novel “nerve and muscular” mode-of-action code for Vestaron's Spear bioinsecticide. According to Bob Kennedy, Ph.D., Vestaron’s […]

Sapec Agro has officially adopted the Ascenza brand name, reinforcing its market presence with a new positioning and image. The CEO of the company, Eric […]

Marrone Bio reported revenues for third quarter 2018 increased by 29 percent versus the prior year to US$5.4 million. Gross margins also increased to 48.3 […]

Pivot Bio and Monsanto Company, a member of the Bayer Group, announced a collaboration entered into earlier this year to develop Bradyrhizobium strains with enhanced nitrogen production […]

PlantResponse Biotech, an agricultural technology company focused on developing solutions for plant health, stress mitigation and nutrient management, announces the close on the first round […]

OAT Agrio Japan Ltd will acquire 100 percent of the shares of Chrysal from Nordian Capital Partners and management. OAT will help Chrysal to further […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted registration to Rango, a novel, broad-spectrum agricultural insect, fungal disease and mite control product from Terramera. Rango, containing […]

EuroChem Group AG and Belgium-based biotechnology company Aphea.Bio have signed a research and development agreement. The agreement will see the two companies collaborate on the […]

On Nov. 14, the Israeli committee for registration of biocontrol agents at the Plant Protection and Inspection Services, approved a two-year unlimited license for the […]

TechAccel LLC and AgroSpheres Inc. have entered a research collaboration to study the delivery of certain RNA materials as biopesticides using AgroSpheres’ proprietary bioparticle encapsulation […]

Futureco Bioscience has launched a new biostimulant, Cromaliv, formulated specifically for the coloring of fruit. Its mode of action activates the metabolic pathways involved in the […]

The Nigerian government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Biocrops Biotechnology Company Ltd. for the production of assorted high quality seeds and seedlings, […]

Kiwifruit growers now have access to biocontrol product AureoGold to help them combat the bacterial disease Pseudomonas syringae pv actinidiae (Psa). AureoGold, developed by Plant […]

Ecolibrium Biologicals has acquired the intellectual property and assets of Axis Associates Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Axis, which operates from modern laboratories at Richmond […]

On 12 November 2018, the European Biostimulants Industry Council (EBIC) elected you president for a two-year term. As CEO and owner of Italpollina, a founding […]

Plant Health Care, a provider of patent-protected biological products to global agriculture markets, provides its new technology update: Plant Health Care's novel PREtec(Plant Response Elicitor […]

Grupo Agrotecnología was created as the conjunction of a vegetal nutrition company (Iberfol S.L., 1997) and biological-focused company Tecnicas de Control Biológico (2000). Over the […]

Over the next four years, entomologists from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) will work on the development of biological pest control in greenhouse vegetables in […]

Luca Bonini was elected new EBIC president on Nov. 12. Bonini is CEO and owner of Italpollina, a founding member of EBIC. In 2014-15, Bonini […]

Following the trilogue meeting on the draft revision of the EU fertilizing products regulation on Nov. 20, adoption of the final text appears to be […]

Mathias Schulze joins Agrinos as the executive vice-president in charge of the Europe and Africa business unit, overseeing all aspects of Agrinos' commercial activities across the two continents, […]

Trace Genomics, a San Francisco Bay area startup developing AI-enabled diagnostic tools for farmers to increase yields and reduce costs, has closed a $13 million Series […]