Article Issue: August 2019

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. announced today that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved Clonostachys rosea CR-7 (CR-7) for use as a fungicide on commercial crops.  […]

Andermatt Biocontrol announced acquisition of a 22 percent stake in Agricheck SRL (Argentina). Agricheck is a leading provider of biological solutions mainly in fruit production […]

On July 29, Eden Research announced that its commercial partner, Sumi Agro France, received a 120-day “emergency use” authorization for Eden’s fungicide, Mevalone, from the French […]

SePRO Corporation and Isagro S.p.A., announced an agreement under which SePRO will market the Isagro Trichoderma-based biofungicide Bio-Tam 2.0 to agricultural crop markets across the United […]

BioWorks has launched a new formulation of its RootShield PLUS+ biological fungicide. The company says the new formulation mixes more readily with little to no dust. The […]

Corteva, Inc. and Evogene Ltd. announced that Corteva will make an investment in Lavie Bio, Evogene’s agriculture biologicals subsidiary. The transaction includes the exchange of […]

Certis USA has released AgriPhage Citrus Canker to combat bacterial diseases and antibiotic resistance in citrus. Growers can apply AgriPhage Citrus Canker either as a […]

Phibro Animal Health Corporation has acquired the business and assets of Osprey Biotechnics, Inc., a privately held developer and marketer of microbial products. Acquiring the […]

Olmix-Micromix biostimulant products C-Weed 50 and C-Weed AAA have achieved certification from the Organic Farmers and Growers. Both products contain a concentrated extract of the […]

Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Pro Farm Technologies OY, for an agreed enterprise value […]

Provivi is unique in being the only biocontrol company that can claim a Nobel Prize winner as one of its founders. What is the story […]

MustGrow Biologics Corp. is working with Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) on a biopesticide R&D program conducting a series of efficacy assessments of MustGrow’s patented […]

Let’s begin with regulation before moving on to hear more about Valagro. As a former president of EBIC, you must have been pleased to see […]

FMC submitted two new biopesticide strains to the EPA for use as seed treatment, in-furrow and transplant application to target diseases such as sudden death […]

Researchers at Boyce Thompson Institute have found that compounds from microscopic soil roundworms could protect crops from pests and pathogens. As described in the May […]

NewLeaf Symbiotics announced the launch of a new corn product, Terrasym 408. The fourth product in NewLeaf’s Terrasym portfolio, Terrasym 408 improves early stage root development […]

A recent USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study, published in The Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, shows that beneficial nematodes (also called entomopathogenic nematodes) treated with […]

MustGrow Biologics Corp. intends to seek approvals for a potential bionematicide as an for use by tobacco growers. MustGrow and Virginia Tech’s Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research […]

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists are investigating naturally occurring bacteria for their potential use as biopesticides against the potato pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Researches undertook a […]

UAV-IQ is offering aerial biocontrol, a new integrated pest management (IPM) service that uses drones to release beneficial biological control agents bred by Koppert Biological […]

A team of scientists led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have discovered the specific gene that controls an important symbiotic […]

Univar Solutions’ NexusAg has entered into a sole distribution agreement with Novozymes in Canada. With the start of this agreement, NexusAg was renamed NexusBioAg. The […]

Grupo Agrotecnología has opened a new subsidiary in Colombia, part of its international expansion strategy, reinforcing and strengthening its presence in this Central and South […]

Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) caused by tomato yellow leaf curl virus-like viruses is among the most destructive disease of tomato. To combat this […]

Koppert Biological Systems has acquired the Argentine company Nitrasoil. In addition to the physical expansion within South America, the purchase takes the company into a […]

Joyn Bio has joined the International Phytobiomes Alliance as a sponsoring partner. The Phytobiomes Alliance, an international nonprofit consortium of academic institutions, private companies and […]

Adam Burnhams has joined AgBiome as Vice President of Market and Customer Strategy. In this role, Burnhams will be focused on AgBiome Innovations’ customer and […]

Certis Europe B.V. and the German company Progema GmbH have entered into an exclusive cooperation agreement for the development and distribution of Neudosan, covering the […]

Evogene Ltd. announced financial results for the first half 2019 with gross profit of approximately US$0.4 million in comparison to approximately US$0.2 million for the […]

NewLeaf Symbiotics and Joyn Bio entered into a long-term partnership valued at up to $75M to bring a new class of microbes they say will benefit crop […]

Marrone Bio announced 2Q2019 revenue of US$7.0 million, a 22% increase over the same period a year ago. Gross profit also increased by 40% as […]

AgBiome Innovations Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation announced a joint development, registration and commercialization agreement for AgBiome’s broad spectrum biofungicide Howler in the crop and non-crop […]

The EPA released its “Draft Guidance for Plant Regulators, Including Plant Biostimulants” as originally reported in the April issue of 2BMonthly. At the request of […]

Farmers Exchange Fertilizer, Inc., a retail agronomy company in Farmersville, Illinois (USA), was acquired by the BRANDT organization. The combined company has 26 retail locations […]

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) approved BASF’s Serifel biofungicide for the control of Botrytis cinerea in grapes and strawberries. Serifel is a preventative […]

Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Pro Farm Technologies OY, which will increase Marrone […]

Phibro Animal Health Corporation (“Phibro”) (NASDAQ:PAHC) announced it has acquired the business and assets of Osprey Biotechnics, Inc. (“Osprey”), a privately held developer and marketer […]

Corteva, Inc., a leading pure-play agriculture company, and Evogene Ltd., a leading biotechnology company developing novel products for life science markets, announced today that Corteva […]

The Swiss based company, Andermatt Biocontrol, took 22% shareholding stake in the Argentinian company Agricheck SRL. Agricheck is a leading provider of biological solutions mainly […]