Article Issue: March 2018

Acadian Plant Health announced an international business and marketing partnership with Van Iperen International with focus in Europe, Africa and the Gulf Region. Several years […]

Spanish company AlgaEnergy has released a new catalogue of its biostimulants based on microalgae. AlgaEnergy’s catalogue showcases AgriAlgae® Premium, an entire range of agricultural biostimulants. […]

NewLeaf Symbiotics announced the launch of its Terasym technology and the sale of its first two nutrient enhancing products based upon beneficial biologicals called M-trophs.  […]

BASF reported spending €507 million on research and development in 2017 including investments in innovation planned to expand the portfolio in and beyond crop protection, […]

Plants  and microbes engage in a diverse array of symbiotic relationships, but identifying the specific microbes or groups of microbes that contribute to plant health […]

Boost Biome announced raising a $2.05 million seed round to fund continuing development of its DNA sequencing based microorganism discover platform. Cofounder of Boost Biomes […]

Vestaron announced, with deep regret and great sadness, the death of John Sorenson, CEO. Under his dedicated leadership, as both a board member and CEO, […]

The International Alliance for Phytobiomes Research (Phytobiomes Alliance) announced that the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD-France) has joined the organization as a […]

Sapec Agro Business announced Jaime Gómez-Arnau was nominated the new Chairman of Sapec Agro Business Board of Directors effective 15 February 2018. The move reinforces […]

Knauf has introduced a humic acid colored perlite called Perligran® Organic. Despite perlite being a 100 % pure natural product, consumers tend to associate its […]

Stockton (STK) announced two new senior executive appointments. Ms. Nilly Maik has joined the company as Director of Marketing and Ms. Iris Mordechai has joined […]

Marrone Bio Innovations and Groundwork BioAg announced successful completion of the second year of seed treatment field trials with their all-biological seed treatment. The Biological […]

Inocucor has appointed Natalie Shuman as Director of Marketing. Ms. Shuman, a fresh produce marketing and communications professional, will be responsible for brand management, communications, […]

Orri Jaffa farming in Israel has achieved 100% biological control according to Israel’s Plant Production and Marketing Board (PPMB). The Mediterranean fruit fly is one […]

Pivot Bio has hired Ernie Sanders as Vice President of Product Development. In this role, Sanders will have responsibility to design, develop and launch new […]

Exosect announced breakthrough in baculovirus formulation and formally initiating licensing discussions. Common to all viruses, baculoviruses are highly sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Once applied […]

Staphyt Group regulatory division is opening a new office in Austria near Vienna. This expansion takes place following the acquisition of TB Agrartechnik. At the […]

Stockton, the Israel based bio-ag technology company,  has changed its name to STK. The new name reflects the company’s transition from its legacy business in […]

Futureco Bioscience and Sequentia Biotech have agreed to collaborate on Futuromics. The omic data refers, in molecular biology, to genes, proteins and other biomolecules that […]

Spanish Ministry of Agriculture issued exceptional authorization for Seipasa biopesticide Pirecris against Xylella fastidiosa vectors in almond and vineyard in the Belearic islands. The authorization […]

Agricen and Taranis, a precision agriculture company,  have received a grant from the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation to collaborate on a […]

Marrone Bio Innovations announced The Netherlands as the new Rapporteur Member State for Sakalia biofungicide. In response to recent guidance from the European Commission that […]

Omnia Holdings, South Africa, has entered into agreements to acquire 100% of Oro Agri Opportunities, a producer of agriculture biologicals, for $100m in a deal […]

Real IPM Kenya has been a pioneer in Africa with biocontrol solutions beginning in 2003. Can you give 2BMonthly readers some background on what led […]

Croda International, a specialty chemical maker  announced a US$14 million takeover of Plant Impact, maker of crop enhancement biostimulants. Plant Impact was forced to seek […]

Flamingo Horticulture Investments, of which Dudutech is a subsidiary, have recently made a further investment of USD 2.4 Million in Dudutech. What are the plans […]

Bionema UK has developed a new specialist biopesticide training course to help participants understand how to use these products. The new training courses will include […]

Bioibérica launched Enzyneer®, a new bioactive compound extraction technology, based on enzymatic hydrolysis. This natural solution allows the extraction of L-α-amino acids in L-form (biologically […]

Koppert Biological Systems Kenya has launched a new product, NoPath, for the management of fungal and bacterial diseases. NoPath is based on essential oils extracted […]

Ilsa has launched Splinter New, a specialty based on natural amino acids, which has a positive action on plant metabolism. It is a liquid product […]

South African chemicals group Omnia Holdings Limited has entered into agreements to acquire 100% of Oro Agri Opportunities, a producer of agriculture biologicals, for $100m […]