High demand and many supply interruptions have pushed fertiliser prices to record levels and the disruption will persist.Russia and Belarus supply more than 20% of the world’s fertilisers, in a market...
The next crop to be planted in Brazil is the winter wheat crop which is planted primarily in southern Brazil. The war between Russia and Ukraine has had a significant impact on world wheat supplies re...
Recently, Nanjing Essence and Nanjing Agricultural University jointly established the Seed Health Technology Research Institute, which made full use of the advantages of Nanjing Agricultural Universit...
In the 2021 season, the sales value of agricultural pesticides used on wheat crops was US$268 million, an increase of 19% compared to the previous cycle, when products worth US$224 million were sold.T...
The ISO Technical Committee on Common Names for Pesticides has provisionally approved 3 new active ingredient common names: spirobudifen, tiorantraniliprole and trifluenfuronate, according to the Comp...
The military conflict between Russia and Ukraine began just over a month ago, but its effects are already being felt around the world. In Brazil, a major consequence is the fertilizer crisis, since Ru...
The market for seed biotechnology for controlling caterpillars in soybeans has been consolidated and is expanding in Brazil, while the use of specific insecticides for caterpillars has dropped in valu...
Rice is one of the most important staple foods globally, providing one fifth of the calories consumed by humans. However, the major areas where rice are grown are blighted by pathogens—organisms that ...
The war in Ukraine is expected to expand wheat production in Argentina and Brazil, the primary wheat-producing nations in South America. Both nations will likely already increase wheat planting this s...
We've all heard that "the cure for high prices is high prices." The basic idea is that high prices and strong profitability will encourage producers to increase output. For crop production, there are ...
Countries in the northern hemisphere are entering the spring season, but a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine has not been reached. The war has brought great trauma to the people and economy o...
Promoting early season plant cover, primarily through the use of cover crops, can be more effective at reducing pest density and crop damage than insecticide applications, according to a Penn State-le...
