Latest news

• New technology approved to strengthen corn in Argentina

  Dec. 6, 2016

  # Latin America Focus #

• Brazil, UK develop wheat resistant to Fusarium Head Blight through partnership

  Dec. 6, 2016

  # Science & Research ## Latin America Focus #

• APVMA made advances in improving application assessment times

  Dec. 6, 2016

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  Syngenta launches application to monitor coffee plagues in Brazil

  Dec. 6, 2016

  Syngenta Brazil

  # Digital Agriculture ## Latin America Focus #

• GMO contributes $127 billion to Argentinean economy in 2 decades

  Dec. 6, 2016

  # Latin America Focus #
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  Proxy advisory firms recommend shareholders vote for Monsanto-Bayer merger

  Dec. 6, 2016

  Monsanto Company

  # Merger & Acquisition #
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  Bayer launches Luxxur, the first wheat herbicide solution for Canadian farmers to tackle wild oats and perennials

  Dec. 6, 2016

  Bayer CropScience Canada
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  Bayer and FaunaPhotonics form research collaboration to develop sensor technology for improved monitoring of insect pests

  Dec. 6, 2016

  Bayer CropScience AG

  # Digital Agriculture ## Drone/UAV Plant Protection Industry #
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  Kumiai Chemical to merge with Ihara Chemical

  Dec. 6, 2016

  Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

  # Merger & Acquisition #
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  Court sides with growers on seeds treated with pesticides

  Dec. 6, 2016

  # Seed Treatment #
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  New Key Acount Manager for Incotec North America

  Dec. 6, 2016

  Incotec

  # Appointment & Recruitment #
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  Calyxt Appoints Seed & Trait Veteran Bryan Corkal to New Chief Financial Officer Role

  Dec. 6, 2016

  Calyxt

  # Appointment & Recruitment #

• US EPA granted data waivers for acute dermal toxicity studies for formulated pesticide products

  Dec. 6, 2016

• LGC and Desktop Genetics receive SynbiCITE funding to develop novel methods for CRISPR genome editing analysis

  Dec. 6, 2016

• ESA advice for safe use of treated seed

  Dec. 6, 2016

  # Seed Treatment #
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  The BioAg Alliance launches new yield-boosting microbial seed coating

  Dec. 6, 2016

  The BioAg Alliance
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  Marrone Bio Innovations’ Regalia® Maxx biofungicide approved in Chile

  Dec. 6, 2016

  Pro-Farm Group - Formerly Marrone Bio Innovations

  # Newly Registered / Launched ## Biopesticide & Biocontrol #
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  Charting the Thailand Rice Market

  Dec. 6, 2016

  Monthira Pibanthan
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  Repar Corporation developed unique biochemical substance Maintain® CF 125 for Pineapple

  Dec. 6, 2016

  Repar corporation
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  China: Impacts of great environmental pressure and tight raw material supply on glyphosate

  Dec. 6, 2016

  # China Special #
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  Eastern India’s seed industry needs to be more aware of climate-smart rice varieties

  Dec. 5, 2016

  IRRI (International Rice Research Institute)

  # India Special #

• ADM sells stake in Australia’s GrainCorp

  Dec. 5, 2016

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  IRRI joins leading biotech centers to promote universal biotechnology stewardship

  Dec. 5, 2016

  IRRI (International Rice Research Institute)

• Canada updates its pesticide re-evaluation process

  Dec. 5, 2016

• Viet Nam: Nearly half imported pesticides came from China

  Dec. 5, 2016

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  Biobest NV set to acquire Real IPM Kenya Ltd.

  Dec. 5, 2016

  BioFirst Group (formerly Biobest Group)
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  Simbiose launches NemaControl against nematodes in soybeans

  Dec. 5, 2016

  Simbiose Agrotecnologia Biológica

  # Latin America Focus ## Underground Pests & Nematicides #

• Is Cyproconazole about to enter the Chinese market?

  Dec. 5, 2016

  # China Special #

• Noposion: net profit largely down by 208.4% YoY to lose USD31.5 million in Q1-Q3 2016

  Dec. 5, 2016

  # China Special #

• Brazil’s Anvisa: 99% of food analyzed by the agency is free of agchem residue

  Dec. 5, 2016

  Anvisa

  # Latin America Focus #