Article Issue: March 2020

The international private equity entities KKR, PAI Partners and The Carlyle Group have expressed interest in the acquisition of Rovensa (formerly Sapec Agro), owned by […]

Vellsam Bioactive Matters has developed a biofertilizer based on a strain belonging to the PGPR group (rhizobacteria that promote plant growth). The company is currently […]

Researchers have discovered that the use of a plant-based biostimulant improves plant performances and fruit quality in tomato plants grown at elevated temperatures. The study, […]

A new generation of biostimulants based on plant metabolites is being developed through a collaboration led by Van Iperen Group and Landlab. Adding to seaweeds, […]

Verano365, a startup horticultural technology company, announced its first product called Thrivedo during the Biocontrols USA Conference held in Portland, Oregon earlier this month. Thrivedo […]

Field trials on wheat by Kansas State University using MPXA – a humic and fulvic acid based chelating agent – resulted in an average 29 […]

Idai Nature has acquired Even Agro, a specialty fertilizer company founded in 1999 and based in Albacete (Spain) that offers products suitable for organic farming […]

Biotalys NV announced the second closing of its Series C financing round with €10 million, bringing the total amount of capital raised through its Series […]

Dr. Jose Antonio del Campo has joined AlgaEnergy as Director of R&D&I. Del Campo has a degree in biology from the University of Malaga, having […]

Kemin Crop Technologies has entered a partnership agreement with Laboratoire M2 to distribute Thymox Control, a thyme-oil-based biopesticide, in the U.S. Thymox Control controls fungal […]

Israel-based biological crop protection technology startup WeedOUT announced the first close of a Series A round led by Syngenta Ventures to tackle weeds that are […]

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