Extreme weather threatening Brazilian crops and last year's slump in agricultural chemicals sales are pressing concerns for the country's pesticides industry in the new year, a local lobby told Reuters.   Though companies are still finalizing estimates for agro-chemical sales in ...

HSE has conducted a review of the approval of the active substances mancozeb, famoxadone and indoxacarb and proposes to withdraw their approval.   Mancozeb   HSE reviewed the approval of mancozeb in light of new scientific information which indicated that the active substance may...

- In 2023, the combined S-metolachlor production capacity of Syngenta in Europe, China and India will surpass 100,000 tons per year; - As a key market for S-metolachlor, the US imported around 148,424 tons of S-metolachlor technical from 2021 to 2023, with a steady growth in expo...

The latest 55 registrations of formulated products in Brazil were officially confirmed on Friday, December 29, by the Department of Plant Health and Agricultural Inputs of the Secretariat of Agricultural Defense. Among the pesticides that were effectively approved for use by Braz...

Weak demand and ample supply will continue to constrain global chemical producers’ volumes and margins in 2024, Fitch Ratings says. Overall market conditions have reached the bottom of the cycle in 2023 but we expect little to no recovery in 2024.   Regions with higher costs, suc...

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) launched an emergency glyphosate regulation, which will be published today in the Federal Law Gazette and will come into force on December 31, 2023. The emergency regulation applies for six months.   Cem Özdemir, Federal M...

The Plant Growth Regulators Market, as per the SNS Insider report, reached a valuation of USD 3.1 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 5.57 billion by 2030, experiencing a CAGR of 7.6% during the forecast period from 2023 to 2030.   Market Overview   Plant growth regulat...

The latest report presented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock stated that in 2022, 641 pesticides were registered in Brazil.   So far in 2023, 249 have been registered, which "does not represent the total number of products used in the field," according to CropLife Bra...

Food and nutrition security is one of the foremost challenges of the 21st century. The world’s population is slated to touch 9.1 billion by 2050, leading to the increasing demand for food production, more so in developing economies where small holder farmers are predominantly pre...

The pesticide chlorothalonil is officially banned in Costa Rica after President Rodrigo Chaves signed an official decree prohibiting its use.   This decree highlights that Chlorothalonil is a non-systemic fungicide used on a wide range of crops, including vegetables and fruits. H...