Article Issue: February 2020

Seipasa and Suez, a French multinational with more than 160 years of experience in sustainable, efficient management of natural resources, have signed an alliance for […]

From the whole 2BMonthly team, congratulations on your new position as Chair of the BPIA Board of Directors, effective 1 January! You were one of […]

Idai Nature, the biocontrol business unit of ROVENSA, has acquired AgrichemBio. With over 40 years of history, AgrichemBio, headquartered in Madrid, Spain, was the first […]

Although our main interest is in biologicals, we know Bioiberica has other businesses too (such as pharmaceuticals) – are these businesses related through amino acids? […]

Valagro has entered a strategic partnership with Mirnagreen, a leader in the field of plant microRNAs based in Bolzano, Italy, to advance the development of […]

University of Michigan ecologists have showed that the invasive snail Bradybaena similaris, commonly known as the Asian tramp snail and normally a plant-eater, had shifted […]

STK bio-ag technologies and ADAMA announce an exclusive distribution agreement for TIMOREX GOLD botanical-based biopesticide and REGEV hybrid fungicide in Ecuador. Under this exclusive agreement, […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has provided a screenhouse and biopesticide production equipment to National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT). The move is part of […]

Valagro announced Yaxe, a joint venture with e-Novia, the Enterprises Factory based in Milan, Italy. The new venture is focused on digital solutions in agriculture […]

A consortium of Certis Europe BV, Rail Vision Ltd. and Rothamsted Research in the UK and Positive Agro, agricultural distributor in Ghana, has been awarded […]

The organic food and farming movement (IFOAM EU) and the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) have published a five-year roadmap for collaboration to promote the […]

Certis USA President and CEO, Jow-Lih Su, PhD will transition his duties this year after nearly 20 years building Certis USA into one of the […]

Under agreement with Agrauxine, Wilbur-Ellis is now distributing the biofungicide Romeo. Romeo enables plants to develop pathogen-fighting compounds to prevent development of those pathogens into […]

Terramera, a Vancouver (Canada)-based agtech company, is leading a project for the Canadian Digital Technology Supercluster. The Terramera-led Precision Agriculture to Improve Crop Health project […]

AgBiTech has launched a mobile laboratory in Brazil to support the management of caterpillars with baclulovirus-based insecticides. The mobile laboratory makes it possible to transfer […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has received applications to register pesticide products from FMC Corporation, including: fungicide Bacillus subtilis and fungicide Bacillus velezensis for seed treatment, in-furrow […]

On Jan. 23, about 50 people attended a workshop in Brussels hosted by Copa-Cogeca and IBMA, entitled “Biocontrol technologies in the current and future farmers’ […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to register a pesticide product containing Bacillus thuringiensis, subsp. aizawai strain ABTS 1857 (Bta ABTS 1857) to […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.’s patented Bacillus biofungicide, Stargus has been approved for use by growers in California on several crops, including grapes, leafy greens, brassicas, […]

Seipasa has obtained the phytosanitary registration of the biofungicide Fungisei in Mexico. The product, which is already sold in other international markets, has also recently been […]

The recently formed biological joint venture, Plant Response, is acquiring applied microbial science company Pathway BioLogic to expand its portfolio of biological products offered to […]

Romeo has become the first biofungicide registered in Spain, based on Cerevisane, a low-risk substance authorized in the European Union. Romeo is an inducer of […]

Biotalys NV is collaborating with Chrysal to protect flowers against fungal diseases using its new generation biofungicide. The study will be conducted at Chrysal in […]

Plant Health Care, a provider of patent-protected biological products, has been granted a U.S. patent on its PREtec peptide technology. Derived from natural proteins, PREtec peptides […]

Although our main interest is in biologicals, we know Bioiberica has other businesses too (such as pharmaceuticals) – are these businesses related through amino acids? […]

From the whole 2BMonthly team, congratulations on your new position as Chair of the BPIA Board of Directors, effective 1 January! You were one of […]

Valagro, a leader in the production and commercialization of biostimulants and advanced nutrient solutions for crops, announces a strategic partnership with Mirnagreen, a global leader in […]

Idai Nature, the biocontrol business unit of ROVENSA, an international group with innovative solutions for well balanced agriculture, announces today the acquisition of Agrichem Bio, S.A. […]