Article Issue: November 2021

Farm Machinery Corporation Limited (FMCL) and B&B Korea Corporation Limited will establish Bhutan’s first biofertilizer plant at Athang Gewog, Wangdue beginning next year. Daedoo Ko […]

A&L Biological Inc., a subsidiary of A&L Canada Laboratories Inc., has been granted registration from the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency (CFIA) for AL-Bio 7, […]

Tradecorp has launched Cash coat seed cereals for successful plant establishment. The patented microplastic-free seed enhancement formulation is based on biostimulants obtained from natural sources […]

The public/private partnership between Embrapa and Brazil-based Promip has resulted in the launch of a new virus-based bioinsecticide in Brazil showing high efficiency in the […]

Biotalys has been awarded a multi-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to discover novel antifungal biocontrols for deployment to smallholder farmers. The […]

Canada-based Lallemand, which develops, produces and markets yeast, bacteria and fungi, has acquired MET52 and related assets from Novozymes. MET52 is a bioinsecticide that utilizes […]

Koppert Biological Systems has signed an agreement with Agritek, its new distribution partner in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Agritek specializes in smart horticultural and […]

Suterra has entered into a new partnership agreement with Phytech. The agreement adds Suterra’s Puffer aerosol pheromone mating disruption products to Phytech’s digital farming platform […]

Indigo Agriculture has acquired Soil Metrics, a technology for soil carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment in agricultural soils. The companies have already been collaborating […]

The Chicago-based Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), the US giant in agricultural production and processing, is making a leading equity investment in Acies Bio, a […]

Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest management company, has begun scaling up production of its patented Nemastim pest biocontrol solution at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence […]

Joyn Bio announced the opening of a new greenhouse facility that will support the screening and discovery of engineered microbial strains for a broad set […]

Lavie Bio Ltd., a subsidiary of Evogene Ltd., announced the commercial launch of its first product, LAV.211, an inoculant for yield improvement, under the brand […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBI) submitted regulatory packages for MBI-306 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and for MBI-206 to all three Brazilian regulatory […]

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Ontario, Canada, has discovered a new general predator to help control pests associated with increased crop diversity in Canadian […]

Nematodes with a taste for "insect innards" may offer cranberry growers a natural alternative to fighting hungry crop pests with chemical insecticides. Scientists with the […]

Karel Bolckmans has taken up the new position of chief technology officer (CTO) with BioBest. He was previously chief operating officer with the company. As […]

UPL has named James "Jim" Petta as North America head of Natural Plant Protection (NPP), a global business unit featuring UPL's portfolio of natural and […]

Black Bird Biotech, Inc. appointed Rich Forbis as national sales general manager. Forbis has been charged with implementing and overseeing the company’s sales and marketing […]

After three years of planning, Rizobacter is ready to build its newest facility on 16-acre site in Londrina, Brazil. At the expected investment of R$40 […]

Pluton Biosciences appointed Steven Slater, PhD, as its new CEO. Slater has more than 30 years of experience in microbial genomics, biotechnology and business leadership, […]

Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest management company, has begun scaling up production of its patented Nemastim pest biocontrol solution at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence […]

5 Metis, a newly formed company headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, has raised $10 million from eight investors in an oversubscribed Series A […]

Atlántica Agrícola has made a raft of new registrations during 2021 in both LATAM and the US markets. The Spanish company has strengthened its position […]

Belgian biotech company Biotalys flexed its muscle earlier this year with a public listing raising €52.8 million. Focused on protein-based biocontrol utilizing nanobodies, the company […]

Intro: In February of this year, Bioline Agrosciences acquired the Kenyan Biocontrol company Dudutech, and continues to make its mark as an up-and-comer in the […]

Israel-based food-tech and agri-tech start-up up CarobWay, Ltd., together with the Jewish National Fund (JNF-KKL), have kicked off a nationwide research initiative for carob trees. […]

Agriculture Victoria (Australia) research scientists are investigating the use of biopesticides such as entomopathogenic or insect-killing fungi to reduce populations of Carpophilus beetles in almond […]

Mount Allison University (New Brunswick, Canada) and Soricimed Biopharma Inc. are collaborating to design a species-specific, microbial biopesticide for agriculture and aquaculture applications. The project […]

Brazilian scientists have discovered an unexpected benefit from using coffee pulp mulch to protect strawberries: the number of beneficial mites and fungus increased significantly in […]

Texas A&M AgriLife scientists are working to enhance corn’s resistance to insects such as fall armyworm by transplanting beneficial microbes found in corn’s resilient ancestor, […]

A recent study by scientists at Embrapa Environment identified Bacillus isolates with functional properties to promote growth of tomato plants under soil salt stress conditions. […]