Article Issue: April 2021

Belgium-based Biobest Group NV has acquired a 51 percent stake in Manchil Altmann Pty. Ltd., the company trading as Biological Services, a biological pest control […]

The US-based Biological Products Industry Alliance (BPIA) has joined the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA). FACA operates on three guiding principles: Agricultural and forestry […]

CABI joined a team of international scientists who sought to assess the distribution of natural enemies to control the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) […]

Consolidation activity has been stronger than ever in the bio sector for more than five years. Over the last eight years, 2BMonthly has reported on […]

Pivot Bio completed a major expansion of its Berkeley, CA lab and offices to support its growth plans, advance the company’s science, and deliver its […]

Ivan Wollenmann has joined Certis USA at regional manager to advance biologicals in the Midwest region. Wollenmann will be responsible for sales and marketing of […]

Verdesian Life Sciences has acquired Cytozyme Laboratories, Inc. According to Rick Riegner, EVP of strategy and business development with Verdesian, the acquisition is part of […]

Australian crop protection company Nufarm is bringing together its range of biological products under the NuBio umbrella brand. NuBio will allow farmers to identify biological […]

Botanical Solution Inc., the producer of Botristop, a biofungicide derived from plant extract, is set to continue its partnership with Syngenta and commercialize the product […]

Corteva Agriscience and Symborg announced a multi-year agreement around a microbe-based nitrogen fixation product in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Argentina. Through the agreement, […]

Koppert Biological Systems has launched Chrysopa-E for biological pest control of aphids and other pest insects. Chrysopa-E makes more efficient use of the egg stage […]

Amoéba has submitted an application for approval of the biocidal active substance, the living amoeba Willaertia magna C2c Maky, and the biocidal products containing it, […]

Certis Europe branch in Spain has reached a distribution agreement with the French multinational Agrauxine for the commercialization of its biostimulants in Spain. Agrauxine is […]

Vestaron has submitted the product BASIN to the US Environmental Protection Agency. Like its first introduction SPEAR, BASIN is active on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor […]

Eden Research plc announced that Sipcam Iberia, Eden's commercial partner in Spain and Portugal, has received authorization for the sale of Eden's biofungicide in Spain […]

BASF and AgBiome have signed an agreement to bring a new biological fungicide to the market in Europe and key countries in the Middle East […]

Asfertglobal, a Portuguese company that manufactures biofertilizers and biostimulants based on the use of microorganisms and new organic molecules from natural sources, has opened its […]

Ceradis Crop Protection B.V. has obtained registration in Turkey for its biosulfur fungicide CeraSulfur application in grape and tomato. The distribution will be performed by […]

AgBiome Innovations International AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of AgBiome, has signed a commercial supply agreement with FarmHannong Co., a South Korean agrochemical company and […]

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. (BVT) has been granted a US patent for the latest version of its honeybee hive dispenser system. The new system […]

Biotalys has submitted the registration dossier for the active substance of its first protein-based biocontrol product, Evoca, for EU approval. Evoca is Biotalys’ first biofungicide […]

US-based Plant Response, Inc. has acquired WISErg, a Seattle-area startup that has pioneered upcycling nutrients from recovered food for use in fertilizer and nutrient efficiency […]

Symborg has launched a new biostimulant, Balius, which provides crops with an energy boost with immediate absorption and long-acting effect thanks to a balance of […]

Digital Development Partners, Inc. announces that the state of Nevada has approved sales of MiteXstream, the company's EPA-certified biopesticide targeted initially at cannabis grows experiencing […]

Corteva Agriscience LLC and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. have entered into a multi-year agreement to accelerate the discovery and optimization of complex natural products through synthetic […]

Corteva, Inc. is implementing the new global brand names of Qalcova active for spinosad and Jemvelva active for spinetoram. Together, these two naturally derived active […]

After a dozen years of research and testing, the biological herbicide Kichawi Kill was approved for commercial use against Striga (witchweed) by the Kenya Pest […]

Ceradis Crop Protection B.V. has formed a distribution partnership with WinField United for its CeraMax biofungicide seed treatment. CeraMax is a new biological for the […]

Verdesian Life Sciences has released Lyra, a 3-in-1 nutrient management and biostimulant solution for specialty crops. Lyra offers a combination of Verdesian’s co-polymer technology for […]

Founded in 1991, DCLRS is a bipartisan lobbying and government relations firm representing the US-based biologicals trade association BPIA as well as the Biostimulant Coalition […]

The Mosaic Company and AgBiome are collaborating to develop and launch biological approaches to enhancing soil fertility. The collaboration will leverage AgBiome’s proprietary GENESIS platform, […]

Plant Health Care has raised $10 million for regulatory approval for products in Europe. The raise will be used to help accelerate the development and […]

Toronto (Canada)-based hemp company Canbud Distribution Corporation has entered into a research partnership with Brock University (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) for the potential application of […]

Vestaron is partnering with Bee Friendly Farming (BFF) to promote and protect honeybees and their role as agricultural pollinators. The BFF program enables farmers to […]

UPL UK has launched two new biofungicide options – IODUS and THIOPRON. IODUS is registered for the control of septoria in winter wheat. Its active […]

Henry Manufacturing Limited (HML), a New Zealand company specializing in fungicidal and bactericidal soaps and adjuvants for wine grapes, has been notified by the International […]

Global Garden has teamed with Grower's Ally to distribute their organic line of pest and disease control products. Grower's Ally manufactures FIFRA 25(b) Exempt, OMRI […]

Futureco Bioscience has launched Genomaat, a service that empowers growers through soil microbiome data and personalized analysis, and offers tailor-made microbial solutions based on the […]

Patricia Bernal, a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Department of Microbiology of the University of Seville's Faculty of Biology, is working with the bacterium […]

Nutrien Ag Solutions is partnering with Elemental Enzymes for a peptide-based biopesticide to combat fungal and bacterial diseases including Huanglongbing (citrus greening). The biochemical peptide-based […]

ADAMA announced recently that US EPA has approved changes to the label of Mastercop Fungicide/Bactericide. Individual state approvals are still pending. The OMRI listed Mastercop […]

Researchers at the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS) of Japan think phytol may be promising for eco-friendly agrochemicals to control root-knot nematodes. Root-knot nematodes […]

Meristem Crop Performance Group, LLC and Planet Earth Agronomy, LLC, announced a new strategic product development alliance designed to bring innovative biological products to American […]

AgBiTech’s Fawlingen, a naturally occurring caterpillar virus that targets fall armyworm (FAW), has been granted an emergency use permit (EUP) by the Australian Pesticides and […]

Qatar University (QU) researchers, in collaboration with WHO Collaborating Center at the University of Montpellier, France, have developed a wide range of biopesticides, produced naturally […]

Koch Agronomic Services, LLC reached agreement with Compass Minerals to purchase Compass Minerals’ North American micronutrient assets, the global intellectual property rights, with trademarks and […]

American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) and its subsidiary AMVAC are bringing their OHP Inc. subsidiary into the AMVAC Environmental Products (AEP) family to create a unified […]

Working together as part of the R4P (Research and Reflection Ring on Pesticide Resistance) network, scientists from INRAE and ANSES in France conducted a broad […]