Article Issue: December 2022

In our December 2021 Issue, we introduced a special end-of-the-year feature in which we reached out to executives across the biocontrol and biostimulant industries to […]

3Bar Biologics has been awarded a two-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant worth $650,000. The focus of the grant is to advance commercialization efforts to […]

Bee Vectoring Technologies International Inc.’s (BVT) proprietary Clonostachys rosea CR-7 (CR-7) biological fungicide has been submitted for regulatory review and approval in Canada. The submitted […]

France-based BCF Life Sciences, a company specializing in the extraction of free amino acids, has obtained a marketing authorization from ANSES for Leafamine, a soluble […]

Corteva has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Houston-based Stoller, one of the largest independent biologicals companies in the industry. With operations and sales in […]

Eden Research PLC has received certification for use of its Mevalone and Cedrox products in organic farming production in Greece. The certification follows the authorization […]

Novozymes and Chr. Hansen have entered into an agreement to create a leading global biosolutions partner through a statutory merger of the two companies. The […]

A new information portal called Cocopest has been launched to help in the fight against pests and diseases of coconut – a crop that in […]

FMC Corporation and Micropep Technologies are collaborating to develop biological solutions to control herbicide-resistant weeds. The collaboration will accelerate the ongoing development of natural weed […]

CABI’s Dr. Richard Shaw, senior regional director, Europe and the Americas, is among a group of international scientists who have published research in the Journal of […]

ADAMA Ltd. has acquired AgriNova New Zealand, Ltd., known as Grochem New Zealand, a company that develops, manufactures and sells crop protection products, plant growth […]

A study published in the Dec. 6 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may have new biocontrol implications regarding the use of mycovirus (fungal […]

Biome Makers and Regen Ag Lab have entered into a strategic partnership that will expand biological soil health analyses in North America. The agreement brings […]

A naturally occurring virus co-discovered by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists may offer a way to undermine Fusarium graminearum, the chief […]

SynTech Research Group and VITO Remote Sensing have entered into a strategic partnership. Syntech is a leading service provider in agriculture offering a full range […]

Australia’s University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) has been trialing a raft of strategies to turn nutrient-rich animal waste into a bio-solution. UniSQ Centre of Agricultural […]

Indigo Agriculture announced the commercial launch of the industry’s first biological fungicide based on the microbe Kosakonia cowanii. Initially registered and announced by the company […]

Hortyfruta, an organization that represents the production and marketing of greenhouse-grown fruits and vegetables in Spain, recently released results of a grower survey that indicated […]

Sound Agriculture announced a $75 million Series D equity investment, led by new investors BMO Impact Investment Fund and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, along with FootPrint […]

US-based ProGro BIO Inc. has named Jimmy Joyner president of commercial strategy. He will lead the company's efforts to commercialize ProGro's microbial soil inoculant Rhizol. […]

BioConsortia Inc. announced its 2022 field trial results for the company’s nematicide seed treatment products, advancing two new nematicides leads into the development pipeline, bringing […]

Vancouver, Canada-based Renaissance BioScience Corp. has retained the services of S. Brad Griffith to assist Renaissance in commercializing its RNA production and oral delivery platform technology […]

Biotalys has established a Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) that will support the company’s continued growth, accelerate product pipeline efforts and deepen scientific partnership initiatives. Timed […]

Tim Riley has been named Certis Biologicals’ national sales director for US Ag Business. Riley joined Certis Biologicals in 2020 as key account manager, supporting […]

Grupo Agrotecnología, a Spanish biotechnology company based in Orihuela and part of the Rovensa Group (via being acquired by Idai Nature, also a Rovensa company, […]

Biome Makers has appointed John Appel as head of commercial North America. He will lead business development efforts and accelerate Biome Makers' business growth strategy. […]

AMVAC has added BioWake dual-use biological seed lubricant to its GreenSolutions biological product portfolio. BioWake, a dry application seed lubricant made from soybeans, is approved […]

AgBiome has hired David Gilliam, southeast channel sales manager, to cover its Florida markets. Gilliam will be responsible for creating, building, and strengthening the company’s […]

Peptyde Bio Inc. closed an oversubscribed $1.2M pre-seed funding round. Peptyde Bio is the first company spun out of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center […]

Today, Novozymes and Chr. Hansen have entered into an agreement to create a leading global biosolutions partner through a statutory merger of the two companies. […]