Article Issue: January 2021

On Nov. 10, 2020, the French Ministry of Agriculture officially released its National Strategy for Deployment of Biocontrol, an important and assertive document fashioned in […]

Chr. Hansen is known globally for its fermentation expertise – whether it’s producing consumer products (such as probiotics) or raw materials for other industries (such […]

By Luke Hutson, NAI Editor-in-Chief and 2BM Editor Just because there’s a recession, don’t assume there’s a recession in news. Businesses still need to make […]

A&L Biological Inc., a subsidiary of A&L Canada Laboratories Inc., announced its first two products have moved into the registration phase of development for the […]

Certis USA has appointed Lee Schaber as key account manager for the company’s Garden 2 Greenhouse division. Schaber will support distribution with private label marketing […]

Lavie Bio Ltd., a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd., provided an update on advancements achieved in its pipeline in 2020, including phase advancement of biostimulant LAV211, […]

Rob Field has joined A&L Biological Inc. as business development manager and will provide leadership to the company in its transformation from a “boutique” research […]

AlgaEnergy N.A. Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Spain-based AlgaEnergy S.A., has signed global product distribution and product development agreements with Laboratoire M2 Inc., a Quebec-based […]

Botanical Solution Inc. (BSI) has secured $3.3 million in a seed round of funding and is planning another round of funding for Spring 2021. BSI’s […]

Dr. Colin Fleming has been appointed chief scientific officer with Maxstim. As a plant pathologist and a world renowned nematologist and with more than 150 […]

Golden Agri Inputs Limited (GAIL), a member of the FMN Group, has partnered with AgBiTech as its exclusive distributor for Fawligen in Nigeria. Fawligen belongs […]

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc. has completed the regulatory approval review process with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) on its proprietary Vectorite with […]

Pierre Morgon was appointed as non-voting director with the board of directors of Amoéba, with a view to proposing his candidacy as director at the […]

Versalis, a wholly owned subsidiary of Italian chemical company Eni, has entered into an agreement with AlphaBio Control to develop bio-based and biodegradable herbicides and […]

Advanced Biological Marketing (ABM) has launched a new seed treatment, AmpliMax, for the row crop industry.  The product is a biorational seed treatment based on […]

Andermatt Biocontrol Suisse AG and Ceradis Crop Protection B.V. announced they have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement to distribute Ceradis’ new, innovative bio-sulfur fungicide […]

The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) is developing an insecticide based on the essential oil of spiked pepper, Piper aduncum L., a plant abundant in […]

Pheronym has signed a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS). This CRADA supports […]

Amoéba has signed a Term Sheet with STÄHLER SUISSE SA, for the development and marketing of its biocontrol product against vine downy mildew in Switzerland. […]

The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) and the Biostimulant Coalition have reached a formal agreement to form a Biostimulant Council working together to advance policy and regulatory […]

Brazil-based Korin Agriculture and Environment is investing R$2 million (≈ USD$384,000) to expand its biological pesticide production capacity in Brazil. The company revealed it is […]

US biotechnology start-up Biome Makers has entered into a distribution partnership with Aurea Agrosciences in France to offer Biome Makers solutions (BeCrop and Gheom) to […]

NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc. completed the final close of its Series D financing as it broadens and accelerates product commercialization. SABIC Ventures US Holdings LLC, Koch […]

PGG Wrightson Seeds (PGGWS), New Zealand’s largest seed company, has signed an agreement to distribute Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.’s line of Pro Farm Technology products […]

Marrone Bio Innovations (MBI) received approval for Grandevo WDG bioinsecticide for use in New Zealand and Chile. Grandevo WDG and Grandevo CG have also been […]

Cotecna, a provider of testing, inspection and certification services, has acquired Fitosoil Laboratorios SL, a Spanish laboratory in the agriculture and food safety market. Fitosoil […]

Three years after a major image rebrand, Italpollina has changed its name to HELLO NATURE. This announcement comes as the company marks its 50th year […]

Heliae Agriculture announced a new strategic collaboration with Rizobacter, a subsidiary of Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. Through this collaboration, Heliae Agriculture will integrate Rizobacter’s biological […]

On Nov. 10, 2020, the French Ministry of Agriculture officially released its National Strategy for Deployment of Biocontrol, an important and assertive document fashioned in […]

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) has released a parasitic wasp to control Tuta absoluta, a tomato leafminer that was detected in […]

Chr. Hansen is known globally for its fermentation expertise – whether it’s producing consumer products (such as probiotics) or raw materials for other industries (such […]

The European Crop Protection Association is now operating as CropLife Europe, expanding its mandate to include digital and precision farming, plant biotech innovation, and biopesticides […]

Under its Action on Invasives (AoI) program, CABI in Pakistan organized two training sessions for rearing biocontrol agents to manage fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and […]

A BioBee Sde Eliyahu R&D team, headed by R&D entomologists Arnon Tabic and Tom Katz, has developed a breakthrough rearing technology for the predatory mite […]

An international team of scientists has uncovered how a biopesticide works against spider mites while sparing their natural predators. Suffoil, made from safflower and cottonseed […]

Pheronym has developed two biopesticides that use pheromones to control parasitic nematodes, improve soil health, and protect crops for better yield. The first product, NemaStim, […]

Indigo Agriculture has appointed Maria Belousova as chief digital officer and Elizabeth Graham as chief operating officer. Responsible for leading the software product management, engineering, […]

Three years after a major image rebrand, Italpollina, a world leader in producing organic fertilizers, natural biostimulants, and beneficial microbials for use in agriculture, announces […]

AlgaEnergy will become exclusive worldwide distributor of Laboratoire M2 biocontrol products and will collaborate with the Quebec company’s scientists on new disease-control products for agriculture […]