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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
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  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

  Desert Control AS

  # 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 ## Underground Pests & Nematicides ## Seed Treatment #
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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)
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  Vitagro will invest another $2M in the coming years to produce agricultural products

  Dec. 19, 2024

  Group of Companies Vitagro

• FFC and FFBL merge to become Pakistan’s largest fertilizer producer

  Dec. 19, 2024

  Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)

  # Merger & Acquisition #

• Brazil - Paraná government extends phytosanitary emergency to combat greening once again

  Dec. 19, 2024

  # Latin America Focus #

• Soybean production in Brazil grows, but Asian rust puts harvest at risk

  Dec. 19, 2024

  # Latin America Focus #
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  Phytech secures strategic partnerships with Rivulis and Netafim to drive global digital farming transformation

  Dec. 19, 2024

  Phytech Ltd

  # Digital Agriculture #
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  Breeder’s perspective: Growers need tomatoes with ToBRFV resistance

  Dec. 19, 2024

  Syngenta Vegetable Seeds
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  Combatting desert locusts in India: FAO strengthens monitoring and forecasting capacities

  Dec. 19, 2024

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

  # India Special #
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  Gro Alliance opens Vegetable Seed Improvement Center in Davis, California

  Dec. 19, 2024

  Gro Alliance LLC
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  Determine the Height of Your Palms

  Dec. 19, 2024

  Gadot Agro Ltd.
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  Feralla^®, a new active ingredient for mollusc control by ADAMA, nears EU approval

  Dec. 19, 2024

  ADAMA Ltd.
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  Partnering with multinationals: Unique biologicals R&D engines at innovative companies

  Dec. 18, 2024

  Joyce Wang

  # Biopesticide & Biocontrol ## Biostimulant ## Insiders #
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  Best Agrolife Ltd. secures synergistic patent for a novel formulation to combat mites and whiteflies in cotton, chilli and tea crops

  Dec. 18, 2024

  Best Agrolife Limited

  # India Special #
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  Helicoverpa and Spodoptera outbreaks over biotech crops among most severe in years

  Dec. 18, 2024

  Desafios Agro

  # Latin America Focus #
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  Ubyagro partners with Uniube for bioinput research

  Dec. 18, 2024

  UBYFOL

  # Latin America Focus #
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  Promip expands baculovirus-treated area, targets 10 million hectares by 2026

  Dec. 18, 2024

  PROMIP - Integrated Pest Management

  # Biopesticide & Biocontrol ## Latin America Focus #
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  Corteva announces arrival of new Broadway^® Ultra herbicide for spring 2025 in the UK and Ireland

  Dec. 18, 2024

  Corteva Agriscience UK Limited

  # Newly Registered / Launched #

• Across southeastern US, weedy rice steals herbicide resistance from crop rice

  Dec. 18, 2024

  # Science & Research #
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  United Kingdom - Potato crops powered by Vixeran nutrition

  Dec. 18, 2024

  Syngenta UK Limited

  # Biostimulant #