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  Four new CIMMYT maize hybrids available from LATAM Breeding Program

  Dec. 23, 2024

  CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)

  # Latin America Focus #
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  Potato Seed Solution is now EUROPLANT America

  Dec. 23, 2024

  EUROPLANT Pflanzenzucht GmbH
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  UF/IFAS, Florida strawberry industry, and Ohalo join forces to combat devastating fungal disease

  Dec. 23, 2024

  Ohalo Genetics, Inc

• United States prevails in United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute on biotech corn

  Dec. 23, 2024

  # GM Crops #
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  Protealis, Ghent University and ILVO will develop molecular tools to accelerate the breeding of virus-resistant pea varieties in Flanders

  Dec. 23, 2024

  Protealis
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  Insecticides (India) Limited and General Aeronautics join hands to empower farmers with drone spray technology

  Dec. 23, 2024

  Insecticides (India) Limited

  # India Special ## Drone/UAV Plant Protection Industry #

• Matix Fertilisers to invest Rs 7,500 crore to double urea production capacity

  Dec. 23, 2024

  Matix Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd

  # India Special #
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  APVMA - Review timeframes for paraquat and diquat extended

  Dec. 23, 2024

  APVMA

  # Non-selective Herbicides #
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  Brazil - Rivulis and Gota Azul support coffee growers in Southern Minas Gerais amid severe droughts

  Dec. 23, 2024

  Rivulis

  # Latin America Focus #
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  BASF India shares surge as Board approves Agricultural Solutions business demerger

  Dec. 23, 2024

  BASF India Limited

  # India Special #
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  Andermatt acquires beneficial insect business, Entocare C.V.

  Dec. 23, 2024

  Andermatt Group AG

  # Merger & Acquisition ## Biopesticide & Biocontrol #
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  Online Now! China AgChem Digital Map - Chinese Companies with Patented Products

  Dec. 20, 2024

  Mickey Shan

  # China Special #
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  Covestro shareholders accept ADNOC's XRG $15 bln takeover offer

  Dec. 20, 2024

  Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

  # Merger & Acquisition #
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  Yonon plans launch of an annual 1,200-ton indoxacarb plant and 38,000-ton L- Glufosinate extension project

  Dec. 20, 2024

  YongNong BioSciences CO.,LTD.

  # China Special #
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  Hailir: Prothioconazole capacity to reach 15,000 tons, with forthcoming market launch of innovative compounds

  Dec. 20, 2024

  Hailir Pesticides and Chemicals Group Co., Ltd.

  # Fungicides & Bactericides ## China Special #

• Brazilian university researchers develop AI to combat Asian soybean rust

  Dec. 20, 2024

  # Latin America Focus ## Digital Agriculture #
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  Best Agrolife Ltd. secures international patent for its synergistic insecticidal formulation

  Dec. 20, 2024

  Best Agrolife Limited

  # India Special #

• Brazil Mapa registers products to aid in integrated management of pests in citrus, fruit, corn, and coffee crops

  Dec. 20, 2024

  # Newly Registered / Launched ## Latin America Focus #
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  Experts draft stewardship guidelines on HT rice for a resilient rice cultivation in India

  Dec. 20, 2024

  IRRI (International Rice Research Institute)

  # India Special #
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  Heliospectra launches new dynamic multi-channel LED solution for precision crop growth and efficacy

  Dec. 20, 2024

  Heliospectra
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  Lumo and AvidWater announce strategic partnership to bring precision irrigation smart valves to the central coast

  Dec. 20, 2024

  Lumo Inc.

  # Digital Agriculture #
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  Neogen^® launches Petrifilm^® Bacillus cereus Count Plate to enhance food safety testing efficiency

  Dec. 20, 2024

  Neogen Corporation

• Desert Control's soil and water conservation technology selected for the United Nations World Food Programme's Innovation Accelerator to enhance food security

  Dec. 20, 2024

  # Soil Health #
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  Pivot Bio launches new retail distribution partnerships

  Dec. 20, 2024

  Pivot Bio
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  AgriThority^® announces new StatWerx™ data analytics service

  Dec. 20, 2024

  AgriThority
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  Shane Brockhoff named Meristem’s Vice President of Sales for Western U.S.

  Dec. 20, 2024

  Meristem Crop Performance Group, LLC

  # Appointment & Recruitment #
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  UPL Corp launches Nimaxxa bionematicide seed treatment to protect soybeans from nematodes in three ways

  Dec. 20, 2024

  UPL NA Inc.

  # Biopesticide & Biocontrol ## Newly Registered / Launched ## Seed Treatment ## Underground Pests & Nematicides #
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  Changqing Hubei launches 5,000-ton acetochlor and metolachlor intermediates capacity extension

  Dec. 19, 2024

  Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical Co., Ltd.

  # China Special #

• China’s total grain output in 2024 crossed 706.5 million tons, a 1.6% rise over last year

  Dec. 19, 2024

  # China Special #
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  Expiry of sodium silver thiosulphate in Great Britain

  Dec. 19, 2024

  Health and Safety Executive (HSE)