Article Issue: May 2018

Tradecorp has strengthened its biological portfolio through the purchase of IDAI NATURE, a leading Spanish company in the “Zero Residues” market. Tradecorp - Trade Corporation […]

Valagro announced the construction of a new plant located in the USA. The construction of the new production facility follows the opening of another strategic […]

Marrone Bio Innovations and Lidorr Chemicals signed an agreement for multiple products in Israel.  Under the agreement, Lidorr will develop and market three Marrone Bio […]

BioNovelus announced receipt of organic certification from Mayacert for CR-10, a biofungicide. Mayacert, the leading company in the certification of agricultural products, process, and systems, […]

Biobest announced the opening of a new €1.2 million  state-of-the-art production facility at Biobest Maroc. With the brand new 2000 m2 hyper modern vertical farming […]

Crop IQ Technology launched NEMA-DEAD, a novel bionematicide for use on six different species of plant parasitic nematodes. Crop IQ has been researching a blend […]

Inocucor announced the final close of its Series B funding round at US$15.9 million, bringing Series B total to US$54.4 million. Participants in the round […]

AF36 Prevail, an atoxigenic Aspergillus strain, has been approved for sale on California almonds to help reduce aflatoxin levels. Aflatoxin contamination, which is associated with […]

EBIC was well represented at the International Regulation & Standardization Forum on Biostimulants, hosted by the Stanley Agriculture Group Co. in Linyi, China and co-organized […]

Regalia CG biofungicide has been approved for use on Cannabis by Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Nevada for control of powdery mildew and other diseases. Field […]

Biobest announced the closing of a 10 Mio € capital increase, with an option for an additional 10 Mio € at a later point in […]

Mr. Jaco Marais, Chairperson, South African Biocontrol Organisation (SABO) SABO was established in 2013 by a coalition of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, […]

WeedOUT was awarded first prize at the fifth Agrivest conference in Tel Aviv held on May 8. Twelve start-up companies were shortlisted and WeedOUT was […]

AlgaEnergy is a company that may be new for many of our readers. Can you give us a short background on your company history and […]

Acadian Seaplants Ltd opened a processing facility in collaboration with local partner Standard Pesticides, in Vadodara, Gujarat in western India. The Acadian Seaplants Pvt. Ltd. […]

STK Bio-ag Technologies announced that its new biofungicide AVIV™, which has already been approved by 25 states in the US, has now been approved for […]

Bee Vectoring Technologies International announced the closing of a non-brokered private placement of 500,000 units of the Company at a price of $0.25 per unit […]

EMBRAPA announced the launch of Embrapa-Carbom Brasil technology, a new bionematicide with high efficacy against Meloidogyne incognita. The product is based upon a nematotoxic plant […]

Marrone Bio Innovations announced closing of a US$12 million offering of common stock. A total of 7,275,000 shares were sold in the offering at a […]

University of Guelph researcher Dr. Cynthia Scott-Dupree is testing sterile insect approach for control of pepper weevils in Canadian greenhouse production. Adult female pepper weevils […]

Koppert Biological Systems has increased the size of its Board in response to projected growth. The new composition allows for more focus on specific areas […]

Inocucor announced the appointment of Ron Restum as Vice President of Sales and Commercial Development. Restum has extensive sales and operations management experience, most recently, […]

Inocucor Corporation announced it has acquired ATP Nutrition, a producer of science-based plant nutrients based in Oak Bluff, Manitoba, Canada. Terms of the acquisition were […]

Novozymes reported a 5% decline of first quarter 2018 revenues for the Agriculture & Feed division in comparison to the same quarter in 2017. Sales […]

Biobest has appointed Simon Jones as UK General Manager to replace Phil Walker upon his retirement. Walker was a founding director of Biological Crop Protection […]

Monty’s Plant Food and OrganoCat have formed a Global Expansion Partnership Initiative designed to broaden the distribution of their agricultural resources to an international customer […]

Bee Vectoring Technologies announced receipt of two new patent application allowances. US Patent Application Ser. No. 15/092,968 received a Notice of Allowance and, upon issuance, […]

Marrone Bio Innovations announced  Kevin Hammill has joined as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Hammill brings over 25 years of leadership experience and broad commercial success […]

BASF and STK Bio-ag Techynologies signed a collaboration agreement to expand Timorex Gold distribution in Brazil. Under the three year contract starting in the 2018 […]

Grupo Agrotecnologia of Spain announced an international development project, ECOPEST, financed with funds assigned to the European Operational Program FEDER of Smart Growth 2014-2020 (POCInt) […]

Biobest announced Kristof Truyens had joined the senior management team as Chief Human Resources Officer. With a stream of new subsidiaries and the completion of […]

Evogene Ltd and Marrone Bio Innovations announced advancement of genes into Phase 1 of their insect control collaboration following positive results in model plants. Novel […]

IOBC-WPRS held the most recent meeting of the Working Group on “Biological and integrated control of plant pathogens” in Lleida (Spain) from 23rd till 26th […]

Genomea® is a joint venture created by Grabi Chemical SpA and Evergreen Bios srl. The mission is the development of the market and the production […]

Marrone Bio Innovations reported first quarter 2018 GAAP revenues of US$4.3 million compared to US$4.2 million in the prior year. Gross margins also increased to […]

Omnia Holdings Ltd announced it had completed the acquisition of Oro Agri SEZC Limited to expand its sales and marketing capabilities globally. Omnia's Agriculture division […]

Russell IPM received its second Queen’s Award for Innovation in 2018 for an IPM system designed against Western flower thrips in strawberry. The approach employed […]

Biobest announced the closing of a 10 Mio € capital increase, with an option for an additional 10 Mio € at a later point in […]