Article Issue: July 2023

With the intention of positioning itself in the Brazilian market as an innovation company in biosolutions, BRANDT Brasil announced it expects to invest more than […]

Micropep is developing natural crop protection solutions based on the potential of micropeptides, short natural protein molecules that target and regulate plant genes and proteins. […]

Silvia Massruhá, President, Embrapa In the year in which it completed half a century of activities, the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) is headed by […]

Corteva Agriscience’s Utrisha N, a microbe-based nitrogen fixation product, has been verified as a USDA Process Verified Program (PVP) by the United States Department of […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Spotted Lanternfly Strategic Planning Working Group released the Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) Five-Year Strategy […]

Researchers have concluded that root-knot nematode and root-rot fungi can be reduced by using fungal culture filtrates and could improve plant growth. As reported in […]

The Samurai wasp (Trissolcus mitsukurii) is being touted as a potential future biocontrol superhero against brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), an insect pest threatening Australia. […]

CABI has joined forces with FA Bio and Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) as part of a two-year feasibility study investigating the power of native […]

CABI scientists from its center in Switzerland are exploring the use of the parasitic fly Istocheta aldrichi as a classical biological control agent against the […]

A strain of roundworm discovered for the first time in Australian pine plantations during University of the Sunshine Coast-led research could become the timber industry’s […]

UPL has appointed David Elser as regional head for North America. Elser joins UPL with more than 25 years of agricultural experience gained from previous […]

Jim Zitelli has joined Bedoukian Research, Inc. (BRI) as chief financial officer leading the company’s global finance initiatives. Zitelli brings with him over 30 years […]

Azotic Technologies has announced new appointments to develop and support its strategy for the commercial roll-out of its products within the EMEA region. Stepping into […]

ADM appointed Dr. Nuria Miquel as senior vice president and chief science officer, effective August 1. Miquel started her career as a research scientist before […]

Brussels-based agri-biomolecule pioneer, Fyteko, has obtained its first biostimulant patent from the European Patent Office (EPO). The patent recognizes their hydroxycinnamic acid oligomers (HAO) as […]

NetZeroNitrogen (NZN), developers of an alternative source of nitrogen for crops and plants, closed a pre-seed funding round which was 75 percent over-subscribed. In May […]

Syngenta has announced the creation of Syngenta Biologicals. The new brand brings together Valagro, acquired by Syngenta in October 2020, and the company’s in-house biological […]

Aphea.Bio has secured € 70 million Series C Funding, led by Innovation Industries, joined by Korys Investments and supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, […]

Fertilizer company Swiss-based EuroChem Group AG will initiate a process to mothball its Lifosa operation in Lithuania due to the impact of sanctions which the […]

MustGrow Biologics Corp. said it has achieved a significant milestone with the successful initial commercial run-rate production of its mustard plant-based biocontrol liquid. The production […]

France-based family theme park Futuroscope, near Poitiers (Vienne) has teamed up with Gironde biotechnology company Toopi to collect park visitors’ urine, in order to transform […]

Acadian Plant Health has become a member of the Global Seaweed Coalition to facilitate the emergence of an international seaweed sector, with global safety standards, […]

Two of British Columbia’s leading regenerative agtech companies, Cascadia Seaweed and Refeed Canada, have partnered to launch Cascadia’s first agricultural product, a liquid plant food […]

The Biological Products Industry Alliance (BPIA) 2024 Annual Meeting will take place in Washington, DC, on March 25-27, 2024, at the new Westin Washington, DC […]

The Olmix R&D team has demonstrated the effect of combining different algae extracts with silica in monomeric form. The technology has been patented and named […]

Eden Research plc has applied for the authorization of Ecovelex in the EU, with application in the UK to follow, with Corteva Agriscience as its […]

Sustainable Agro Solutions (SAS) has acquired Biovert, which specializes in biostimulants, biocontrol and plant nutrition under its Manvert brand. In a statement on LinkedIn, SAS’s […]

Eden Research PLC has chosen Anasac Colombia as the exclusive distributor for its biopesticide, Mevalone, in the South American country. This selection comes ahead of […]

Biobest has announced the completion of the transaction to acquire BioWorks, Inc, following the letter of intent signed on May 4, 2023. The BioWorks acquisition […]

Grace Breeding Ltd. received product registration approval in Austria by the Austrian Federal Office for Food Safety (BAES) for its NFT biofertilizer, to be marketed […]

BASF and Vivagro, a French company focused on bio-based products, signed a distribution agreement for the product Essen’ciel for the Italian and Spanish markets. Essen’ciel […]

BioWorks has launched BotryStop WP in California and the product is now registered in all 50 US states. BotryStop WP is a newly formulated biological […]

Sumi Agro Europe, a marketing and development company belonging to Sumitomo Corporation, and Azotic Technologies, a provider of nitrogen-fixing biological technologies branded as Encera (Envita), […]

Lamberti and AgBiome announced an expansion of their ongoing collaboration. The companies will work together to develop new biological liquid formulations. Lamberti is a supplier […]

CBC Europe, a subsidiary of the Japanese CBC Co. Ltd, has acquired a stake in Ecospray Ltd, a UK-based biocontrol company focused on nematodes. Based […]

Boost Biomes Inc. and Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd. (known as Nichino) have entered into a joint development agreement to develop novel bioinsecticides. Nichino is a […]