Article Issue: September 2020

Eden Research PLC has received authorization for the sale of its biofungicide Novellus in Australia, for use on wine and table grapes. Novellus is used […]

Corteva Agriscience will launch a new organic insecticide – Entrust Organic – to the Australian market this October. Entrust Organic is a naturally derived product […]

Nutrien, the world's largest provider of crop inputs and services, plays a critical role in helping growers increase food production in a sustainable manner. The […]

Indigo Ag’s board of directors has selected Ron Hovsepian as its next chief executive officer, effective immediately. Hovsepian succeeds David Perry, who stepped down from […]

The Andersons Inc. has launched Bio Reverse, a microbial package designed to reduce residue stubble prior to the next cropping season. Bio Reverse is a […]

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S released its 2025 strategy with the ambition to create a differentiated bioscience company with focus on its microbial and fermentation technology […]

A fungal tenant of sorts that lives inside wheat plants could get its chance to "pay it forward" in the fight against fusarium head blight […]

Maren Homnes Oddane has joined Biobest as production manager in Norway. With a master’s degree in plant science from the Norwegian university of life sciences, […]

Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the three-month period and fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. Financial results are expressed […]

Andermatt Biocontrol has established a new subsidiary in Bucharest, Romania, called Andermatt Romania SRL. With this new subsidiary, Andermatt Biocontrol is aiming to deliver its […]

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is interested in producing sorghum more efficiently to reduce the need for irrigation and fertilizer, and recently awarded Regents' […]

Felix Dubach will be heading Andermatt Romania as CEO, following the company’s establishment of the new subsidiary in Bucharest, Romania, called Andermatt Romania SRL. With […]

Eden Research PLC: announced that the patent behind its Sustaine encapsulation technology has been granted in Australia; the first patent specifically covering the use of […]

Ceradis B.V and ADAMA Ltd. have signed an agreement to bring a next generation crop protection product to market. This new product will leverage Ceradis’ […]

Scientists at the James Hutton Institute (JHI), together with researchers at the universities of Dundee, Durham, Glasgow, Newcastle, Strathclyde and others, are working to understand […]

Botanical Solution Inc. has appointed Marcus Meadows-Smith to its board of directors. Meadows-Smith will advise and support the management team’s current efforts to bring novel […]

Trapview, a pest insect monitoring and forecasting platform first developed by Slovenian company Efos, has just raised €3.7 million (US$4.38 million) in Series A2 funding. […]

Brazil’s Department of Plant Health and Agricultural Inputs of the Department of Agricultural Defense published in the Federal Official Gazette in August a record of […]

The Hawaiian tiger cowrie is a voracious predator of alien sponges such as the orange keyhole sponge, which can overgrow native corals and has become […]

Futureco Bioscience has gained patents EP 3209132 B1 "Bacteria with nematicide activity and ability to promote plant growth" and EP 3258785 B1 "Ensifer adhaerens with […]

STK Bio-Ag Technologies has conducted research that shows the natural product Timorex Gold, which is in wide use in banana against black Sigatoka, can also […]

The Napa County (Calif., US) Agricultural Commissioner’s Office continues its strategic release of parasitic Anagyrus wasps as part of a comprehensive effort to diminish Napa […]

CommoditAg, an online retailer of farm products, has added Vestaron to its supplier network. The partnership allows CommoditAg to offer growers bioinsecticides for fruits, vegetables […]

A US company based in Davis, California, Pheronym has been granted a patent for its breakthrough in creating a way to increase the effectiveness of […]

For several years, researchers have sought to find a biocontrol for Japanese knotweeds (Reynoutria japonica, Reynoutria sachalinensis, and their hybrid Reynoutria X bohemica). These invasive […]

Canadian biotech company BioTEPP Inc. has received registration from the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) for its Virosoft CP4, a biopesticide used in the fight […]

Brazilian company Biotrop launched bionematicide Furatrop in the Brazilian market. Furatrop combines Japanese Hayai technology and a strain of Bacillus subtilis (CNPSo 2657) to deliver […]

Biocontrol specialists from the Colorado Department of Agriculture (US) are developing a stem gall wasp nursery site in Navajo State Park in southwest Colorado to […]

STK bio-ag technologies and ASCENZA announced an exclusive agreement for the distribution of the ‘hybrid’ fungicide REGEV throughout Mexico. Under this exclusive agreement, ASCENZA will […]

Biobest’s BLUESTIM has been approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to use in Canada. BLUESTIM contains a concentration of natural derived glycine betaine which […]

A new active ingredient in grapefruit, discovered and developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has been registered by the Environmental Protection […]

Tecnova Technological Center, based in Spain, is working on the development of a new biostimulant for organic farming based on microalgae biomass. Microalgae biomass contains […]

The Andersons, Inc. launched new biological product Bio Reverse, which reverses nutrient tie-up in crop residue by enhancing residue breakdown. Bio Reverse is a specially […]

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is getting a $600,000 grant from the USDA. The grant will help expand and strengthen food science research when […]

FMC Corporation and Zymergen, a science and material innovation company, announced a new collaboration focused on creating crop protection solutions. FMC and Zymergen will target […]

Oro Agri Europe announced that OROMATE K26 biostimulant is now authorized for organic farming in France. OROMATE K26 is a concentrated source of humic acids […]

UK-based Agrovista has launched five new products to its Innovation Range, which is a series of targeted bioscience products. Seed treatment Voltek is a metabolite […]

Michael Birger has been appointed as president and chief executive officer for Midwestern BioAg (MBA). Previously, Birger worked as vice president of strategy and corporate […]

PharmAust subsidiary Epichem has entered into a 50:50 joint venture agreement with Western Australia-based private company Obsidian Minerals to develop a waste-to-fuels technology using an […]

US-based GROPRO, Corp. has released Wrath, a soft body bioinsecticide effective against worms, thrips, aphids, scale, whiteflies, etc. The product can be used on open […]

AgBiTech has launched the biological insecticide Lepigen in Brazil for the control of Spodoptera spp. in “Bt” or Intacta soy. Field trials showed that when […]

Jon Collison has joined Heliae Agriculture as a regional sales manager for California and Arizona. Collison has over 20 years of experience in agronomy, crop […]

Biobest has teamed up with horticultural distributor Vekstmiljø AS to acquire the Norwegian bumblebee producer Pollinering AS. Based in Jæren, on the south-west coast of […]

Eden Research PLC announced that its commercial collaborator, Eastman Chemical Company, has received authorization for the sale of Cedroz in Spain. The approval in Spain […]

Lallemand Plant Care Canada introduced LALFIX PROYIELD LIQUID SOYBEAN to the Canadian soybean market. The inoculant utilizes two unique strains of Bradyrhizobium elkanii along with […]

Mike Kupper joins XiteBio’s business and sales team as business and product manager, based out of Regina, Sask. (Canada). Most recently Kupper was business manager […]

Rizobacter, a subsidiary of Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp., and Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., have signed an exclusive agreement to distribute a foliar fertilizer and plant […]

Evogene Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement with ARK Investment Management, LLC and Alpha Capital Anstalt in connection with a registered direct offering of […]