By Leonardo Gottems, Reporter for AgropagesMarcelo Bressan, Federal Agricultural Tax auditor of the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), stated that the use of 2,4-D (2,4-di...
Chinese agricultural scientists using gene-editing technology have created new soybean mutants, which could lead to soybean crops in much warmer climates including South China and countries near the E...
A view of Canadian canola field File photo: ICCanada-grown canola, which has been restricted in China's market due to quality problems, faces the risk of full suspension of shipments to China, as ther...
China has been expanding the amount of land used to grow soybeans and diversifying its source of imports to reduce reliance on imports from the US - its second-largest supplier - amid a yearlong trad...
Researchers from Saline-Alkali Tolerant Rice Research and Development Center apply fertilizer to rice seedlings in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, May 9, 2019. (Photo/Xinhua)China has planted...
China’s nation-wide work safety inspection is currently ongoing, and is being expanded to cover more regions. As a result, there is an increase in the number of factories in which production has been...
According to a speech from deputy general agriculturist, Zhang Wenjun, from China’s ICAMA (Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture) at the second Pesticide Formulation and ...
A healthy agricultural production system cannot exist without healthy soils. Aside from being the habitat of diverse organisms that contribute to carbon sequestration, the soil plays a vital role in f...
U. of I. crop sciences professor Patrick Tranel and his colleagues are working to understand the processes that lead to herbicide resistance in plants. - Photo by Fred ZwickyAfter exposing more than 7...
Brazilian farmers are getting ready to harvest what they hope will be a very good safrinha corn crop. The safrinha corn crop is the second crop of corn planted after the first crop of soybeans are har...
Soybean sales in Brazil had been slowing down in recent weeks due to weakening prices, but the trend reversed course over the past ten days. The combination of a weaker Brazilian currency, increased C...
Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency, the Anvisa, concluded the re-evaluation of 2,4-D and has decided to maintain the approval of the herbicide in the Brazilian market. The analysis of the sc...