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  • 2022/23 soybean acreage in Brazil to increase 3%

  • Posted on 2022-07-08
  • A Reuters survey of eight analysts in Brazil estimated that the farmers in Brazil would increase their 2022/23 soybean acreage by 3%. Despite higher production costs compared to last year, the strong ...
  • U.S. EPA sets wildlife protections on 3 pesticides

  • Posted on 2022-07-08
  • The U.S. EPA has set new restrictions on the use of three commonly used pesticides, including the highly controversial chemical chlorpyrifos.In adopting new conservation measures to be required on lab...
  • China’s paraquat price rising

  • Posted on 2022-07-08
  • According to baiinfo, the price of Chinese paraquat mother concentrate at 220-kg 42% is quoted at RMB27,000 per ton, rising by RMB1,000 per ton and having reached RMB25,000 to RMB26,000 per ton. The t...
  • EU Commission proposes cutting pesticides by 50% by 2030

  • Posted on 2022-06-24
  • The European Commission wants to cut the use of chemical pesticides in half by 2030, as part of its latest plan on sustainability and biodiversity.The EU institution's announcement, a piece of its amb...
  • Corn leafhoppers becoming important corn pest in Brazil

  • Posted on 2022-06-24
  • Over the last few years, farmers in southern Brazil have been fighting a new insect pest that has impacted their corn production. The pest is corn leafhoppers (Dalbulus maidis) and it was first identi...
  • Brazilian Anvisa suspends carbendazim fungicide

  • Posted on 2022-06-24
  • The Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) suspended on Tuesday, June 21, the import, production, distribution, and commercialization of the fungicide carbendazim – one of the most use...
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