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  Internationally recognized plant scientist named next President of the Danforth Plant Science Center

  Feb. 19, 2025

  Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

  # Appointment & Recruitment #
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  Syngenta to base third global crop innovation center in Shanghai

  Feb. 19, 2025

  Syngenta Group

  # Digital Agriculture ## China Special #
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  OutReach^® SC Nematicide now available from Valent U.S.A. for use in peanuts and cotton

  Feb. 19, 2025

  Valent U.S.A. LLC

  # Biopesticide & Biocontrol ## Newly Registered / Launched ## Underground Pests & Nematicides #
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  FMC achieves key milestone in the development of Dodhylex™ active herbicide

  Feb. 19, 2025

  FMC Corporation

• CoStar Group acquires Ag-Analytics, augmenting Land.com services and capabilities

  Feb. 19, 2025

  Ag-Analytics

  # Digital Agriculture ## Merger & Acquisition #

• National Cotton Council of America survey suggests U.S. producers to plant 9.6 million acres of cotton in 2025

  Feb. 19, 2025

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  Phthorimaea operculella granulovirus (PhopGV) approved as a low-risk active substance in the EU

  Feb. 19, 2025

  Andermatt Group AG

  # Biopesticide & Biocontrol #
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  How Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) is developing tailored crop varieties in Uganda

  Feb. 19, 2025

  CGIAR System Organization
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  Strategic spring fungicide planning: Breaking the cycle of resistance with Univoq

  Feb. 19, 2025

  Corteva Agriscience UK Limited

  # Fungicides & Bactericides #

• India - BPCL and NSI collaborate to develop sweet sorghum as a sustainable biofuel source

  Feb. 19, 2025

  # India Special #
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  SynTech Research Group appoints Mariano Battista as new Seeds and Traits Global Lead following integration of AgIdea

  Feb. 19, 2025

  SynTech Research Group

  # Appointment & Recruitment ## CROs & CRAOs #

• Topple weeds with a PRE-POST combo

  Feb. 19, 2025

  Weed Science Society of America (WSSA)

  # Science & Research #
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  New formulation plant expansion adds unique competitive advantage for Sipcam Agro USA

  Feb. 19, 2025

  Sipcam Agro USA, Inc.
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  Nufarm and KingAgroot partner on new herbicide

  Feb. 19, 2025

  Nufarm Australia Ltd

  # China Special ## Non-selective Herbicides #
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  2024 saw first-time registration of a number of major novel pesticide technical granted to Chinese companies

  Feb. 19, 2025

  # China Special #

• China's first biopesticide against rice golden apple snail granted registration

  Feb. 19, 2025

  # Biopesticide & Biocontrol ## China Special ## Newly Registered / Launched #
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  InnerPlant and Cooperative Producers, Inc. partner to bring CropVoice™ to Nebraska soybean growers

  Feb. 18, 2025

  InnerPlant, Inc.

  # Digital Agriculture #

• Hebei Chengxin’s annual 30,000-ton glycine project completed and accepted

  Feb. 18, 2025

  HEBEI CHENGXIN CO.,LTD.

  # China Special #

• Chlorantraniliprole registered in China first time for control of grassland locusts

  Feb. 18, 2025

  # China Special ## Newly Registered / Launched #
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  Taiyixin’s affiliated enterprises added with permit of production of seven pesticide technical varieties

  Feb. 18, 2025

  Ningxia Taiyicin Biotech Co., Ltd.

  # China Special #

• Skylark Drones launches India’s first software for spray management to power India's agricultural drone revolution

  Feb. 18, 2025

  # Digital Agriculture ## Drone/UAV Plant Protection Industry ## India Special #
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  The launch of Problad in Morocco: A game-changer for Botrytis control

  Feb. 18, 2025

  Certis Belchim

  # Biopesticide & Biocontrol ## Fungicides & Bactericides ## Newly Registered / Launched #
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  BioConsortia and H&T partner to reduce synthetic nitrogen use in New Zealand using microbial seed treatment

  Feb. 18, 2025

  BioConsortia, Inc

  # Seed Treatment #
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  GDM gaining traction in the South African market

  Feb. 18, 2025

  GDM Seeds

• A blueprint for making cereal crops more resistant to fungal disease

  Feb. 18, 2025

  # Science & Research #

• Governments of Canada and Manitoba support crop health projects through research and innovation

  Feb. 18, 2025

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  Next steps for managing glyphosate resistance in grass weeds

  Feb. 18, 2025

  Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)

  # Non-selective Herbicides ## Science & Research #

• Legal clarity needed on responsibility for MRL adherence in pesticides: CCFI

  Feb. 18, 2025

  # India Special #

• Chinese scientists identify strigolactone transporter critical for parasitic weed resistance and tomato yield

  Feb. 18, 2025

  # China Special ## Gene Editing ## Science & Research #
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  DigiFarmz proposes 6 recommendations for input resellers to face crisis

  Feb. 18, 2025

  DigiFarmz Smart Agriculture

  # Latin America Focus #