During the first semester of the new Brazilian government, which took office this year, the Ministry of Agriculture approved the registration of 231 pesticides.   The pace of approvals during this period is comparable to the first year of former President Jair Bolsonaro's term.  ...

The Argentine bioinput market has increased by 15% to 17%, the Chamber of Agricultural and Fertilizer Health (Casafe) informed AgroPages exclusively.   According to the entity, this segment incorporated biological products such as biofertilizers, biostimulants, or biocontrollers ...

           

European Union governments failed on last Friday to give a decisive opinion on a proposal to extend by 10 years EU approval for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer AG's Roundup weedkiller.   A "qualified majority" of 15 countries representing at least 65% of the...

A complete ban on the use of glyphosate in agriculture in the short term will lead to farmers more frequently using other pesticides and also non-chemical alternatives that, on balance, are not necessarily better for humans, the environment, soil life and the climate. This is wha...

Brazilian labor prosecutors have requested a court order to ban the use of atrazine, which is present in 5% of pesticides sold in the country, the prosecutors said on last Thursday.   National health regulator Anvisa, which would be forced to cancel the registration of pesticides...

The Chilean Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) announced a ban on 14 groups of pesticides considered ″highly dangerous″ for people, animals and the environment. The resolution, signed by José Guajardo Reyes, national director of SAG, will affect up to 151 commercial pestici...

A new species of leafhopper that attacks corn was detected in two more Brazilian states in the southern region, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraná, which are two of the largest cereal producers in the country.   The African leafhopper (Leptodelphax maculigera) feeds on corn and wheat c...

WUR researchers Violette Geissen and Pieter de Wolf stress that the environmental risks of using chemical pesticides must be reduced as much as possible. However, whether the available alternatives are better for humans, the environment, soil life and the climate is highly uncert...

AgroChemEx will be held at Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on October 25-27, 2023 which is an annual agrochemical symposium and exhibition organized by the China Crop Protection Industry Association (CCPIA) since 2005. The event attracts over 700 exhibitors, ...