Article Issue: October 2018

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. and Biobest Group NV today announced a global technology sharing agreement (the “Agreement”) which provides reciprocal access to certain patents […]

ABIM 2018 has come to a close this afternoon, with the announcement of its most successful event to date. A total of 1159 delegates representing […]

Sylvia Plak, currently Registration and Regulatory Affairs Director for Sumitomo Agro Europe, was elected president of IBMA beginning in 2019, succeeding Willem Ravensberg in this […]

IBMA White Paper - A New EU Regulatory Framework for Bioprotection Agents: IBMA Vision on How to Improve Regulation in the European Union David Cary, […]

As announced in our Breaking News Alert of Thursday 11th October, three products were finalists for the Bernard Blum award for Novel Biocontrol Solutions: COS-OGA, […]

Effective November 1, Mike Allan, Certis USA Vice President, North America, will assume the responsibilities for Certis USA’s North American business as Tim Damico, Certis […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Hop Tri Investment Corporation for three MBI products in Vietnam and […]

Certis Europe B.V. has signed a collaboration agreement with the Tecnova Experimental Centre to establish the new Certis Research Excellence Centre (CREC) for the development […]

Last year marked a milestone with attendance at ABIM exceeding 1,000 delegates for the first time. As you continue to grow, do you anticipate reaching […]

Agrinos collaborated with the University of California, Berkeley in support of the Smart Village Project in India. Through the partnership, Agrinos’ portfolio of biostimulants was made available […]

Koppert and CABI will collaborate on making more biological controls available, following the success of earlier collaboration in Kenya in March of this year in […]

As many as twenty-one species of parasitoid wasps are described as new to science, following the first ever revision of their genus since its establishment […]

Morocco’s Phosphate group, OCP, and Chinese Hubei Forbon have signed a partnership agreement under which they will jointly develop a new generation of eco-friendly fertilizers. […]

Certis USA has completed construction and start-up of a new azadirachtin formulation and packaging facility located in its factory in Wasco, California. The state-of-the-art system […]

Scientists are investigating whether a clay-based ‘vaccine’ for plants could safeguard the nation’s $5.5 billion-combined cotton and vegetable industries against pest infestation and crippling crop […]

Van Iperen has acquired the fertilizer and chemical crop protection activities from Horticoop BV. Horticoop BV is a cooperative and one of the biggest horticultural suppliers […]

BioBee introduced 'BioArtFeed', a novel insect feed based on decapsulated cysts of the brine shrimp Artemia, which supports the establishment of generalist predators, prior to […]

Futureco Bioscience has discovered nematicidal activity in industrial byproducts of plant origin, as confirmed by the results of the trials of the Enzytech project, collected […]

Koppert Biological Systems has acquired the biological crop protection activities of Horticoop B.V. The takeover includes Horticoop’s customer base, its patents, brands and supplies. Following […]

AlgaEnergy has launched the concept of Integral Biostimulation, a novel concept focused on the basic pillars on which its value proposition is based, such as […]

A Rutgers-led team has discovered how plants harness microbes in soil to get nutrients, a process that could be exploited to boost crop growth, fight weeds and […]

Innovak Global and Seipasa have signed a strategic alliance with the objective of promoting and commercializing new solutions for crop protection in the Mexican market. […]

Ilsa confirms its good financial health, with an EBITDA that increased by 20% in the most recent financial statements. This has facilitated new productive investments […]

Vestaron appointed Ben Cicora as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. With more than fifteen years of commercial experience across large and small agricultural […]

Groupe ÉLÉPHANT VERT takes majority stake in the BIO3G Group. The ÉLÉPHANT VERT Group acquires 51% of BIO3G Group's capital. The parties have also defined […]

IBMA announced receipt of 15 highly qualified candidate nominations for the Bernard Blum Award in 2018: Agrauxine for the product NEXY, a microbial for control […]

The Biobest Group has appointed Erik Vanderhaegen Chief Financial Officer (CFO), following the earlier appointment of Kristof Truyens to head up their HR team. Erik was […]

Biostimulants.online, a  multilingual database of experimental data on plant biostimulants (https://biostimulants.online) with half a million data points, is the largest collection of experimental results from […]

IBMA announced on October 11 that three shortlisted products for the Bernard Blum Award are those from Fyto Fend, Marrone Bio Innovations, and Plant Health […]

Agrinos announced Jim Thompson has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Thompson will lead all finance and accounting activities for Agrinos’ global commercial […]

Indigo Ag, Inc. announced the launch of Indigo Marketplace™, along with the close of a $250M Series E funding round. Indigo Marketplace maximizes the value […]

BPIA (Biological Products Industry Alliance) held another successful meeting in Rochester, New York on 8-10 October 2018. Total membership in BPIA continues to grow, setting a new record of […]

Andermatt Biocontrol has appointed Russell Blair as CEO for its subsidiary Andermatt USA. As the senior U.S. manager, Blair will be responsible for strategic marketing […]

Yara International joined EBIC. This brings the EBIC members count to 57. Yara, founded in 1905 to solve emerging famine in Europe, has a worldwide […]

Serenade®, a Bayer biological for controlling fungal and bacterial foliar and soil diseases, can enable sustainable potato production* by supplementing conventional crop protection products. Despite […]

Seipasa has renewed the brand image of all its ranges and product lines. The aim of this process is to evolve towards a differentiating, unique […]

Canadian PMRA published proposed registration decision for Bacillus subtilis strain BU1814. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), is proposing registration for the sale and […]

Valagro announced that Sri Biotech Laboratories India Limited, the Group's subsidiary in India, will change its name to Valagro BioSciences Ltd. The choice of the new […]

Andermatt’s subsidiary, Sylvar Technologies Inc. obtained approval by Canadian authorities for Helicovex, a baculovirus product produced by Andermatt Biocontrol to control corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) and other Helicoverpa […]

BioPhero closed a $2.9 million seed round with Syngenta Ventures, Novo Seeds, the early-stage investment arm of life sciences investor Novo Holdings, and Danish public innovation […]

Vestaron has announced EPA approval of the second product in the Spear® family – Spear-Lep for control of lepidopteran pests for fruits, vegetables and other […]

Plant Health Care® announced the launch of a Harpin αβ product for seed treatment applications to field corn. Harpin αβ has been launched as a seed treatment product for field […]

Cybelion®, the biostimulant of PlantResponse™, has received organic certification. Cybelion® is an extract made from mycelial cellular membranes that stimulates plant growth, strengthens the crop, […]

Filaction and Natural Products Canada (NPC) have announced an investment in BioTEPP Inc. The groups said the deal reflects the growing demand for innovation and […]

Biobest’s North America team attended Cultivate. Cultivate provides opportunities for the Biobest team to network. This year, Biobest’s product ASPERELLO™ T34 Biocontrol was selected and […]

A Mexican company dedicated to the creation of biotechnological products, developed an organic fungicide with extract from the chaparral plant (Larrea tridentata), as an alternative […]

WinField United Canada announced a direct purchasing agreement with XiteBio® Technologies Inc. XiteBio will work directly with WinField United and its owners on forecasting, planning, […]

Pivot Bio announced $70 million in a Series B funding round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and includes Singapore-headquartered investment company, Temasek. This funding further […]