By Think Real - On 5 July, 2017, the National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Center (NATESC) of China updated information that the volume of left first-generation cotton bollworms in most regions of North China, West China and Huanghuai Region is high in 2017; in consideration o...

The 2016 China Crop Protection Contribution Award & Promotion Award was unveiled recently. Some 104 products have won awards, including 50 fungicides, 18 insecticides, 19 herbicides, 7 plant regulators, 1 pesticide-fertilizer combined product and 9 farm machines. The evaluation c...

Chinese Ministry of Agriculture will soon promulgate the industry standard for agricultural microbial concentrate. In the meantime, proceeding of research and product registration of soil remediation microbial agent is in full progress. The agricultural microbial concentrate stan...

At present, China’s chemical production capacity is in general running not high while stocks are at low side, the relatively short supply may further boost up market price. Phosphorite and electric power-associated business enterprises will appear to benefit from the rising price...

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture passed a resolution at its sixth executive meeting on June 23 regarding the implementation of five pesticide regulations, which will come into effect from August 1 this year.The new regulations are: Pesticide Registration Regulation under ref M...

With environmental rules becoming increasingly stringent in 2017, pesticide production has become expensive, resulting in lower rate of production within the pesticide enterprises. The inventory level of pesticide enterprises has thus reduced, which is attributable to the high co...

Global leaders already agree that to address food insecurity, we must align agricultural methods and use technology to transform farming into an innovative, forward-looking sector.Author: Adrian Percy, head of Research & Development at Bayer Crop Science.It’s no secret – farming ...

BRICS Ministers of Agriculture pose for photo at the 7th Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Agriculture and Agrarian Development in Nanjing, China on 16 June 2017. BRICS Ministers of Agriculture and Heads of Delegations of international organizations pose for photo at the 7th Meeting ...

According to China Pesticide Registration Watch, 199 products were granted registration from Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) in May, 2017. These registration includes 81 herbicide , 48 fungicides, 48 insecticides, 11 plant growth regula...

The Chinese pesticide industry has, in general, appeared to pick up since 2016. However, agrochemical enterprises still face many challenges with policy, environmental and market issues. This paper addresses the general development of Chinese agriculture as well as future trends ...