The prices of the two mainstream herbicides, acetochlor and butachlor, rose significantly in the past year, and will remain high this year because of the lack of supply. According to the herbicide tec...
The central government of India may soon finalise a production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for agrochemicals. Specific products that will enjoy the benefits under the scheme have been identified, an...
In recent years, with the increased control of new entry level pesticide projects in China’s eastern coastal provinces, especially in light of the strict regulation of chemical parks in the major chem...
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently issued the “Resolution on GM Biosafety Evaluation Management Measure” (Draft for Comment), which will make amendments to some of provisio...
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, last Wednesday (February 9), approved the PL 6299/02 bill that modernizes and optimizes the rules for registering agrochemicals in the country. Improving timelineAmo...
Nitrogen fertilizers are a key component in the production of field crops. Fertilizer constitutes an average of 36 percent of a farmer's operating costs for corn, 35 percent for wheat, and 30 percent ...
With strong inflation in input prices, the purchasing power of Argentine soy producers against glyphosate ended the year 2021 falling by 137%.Despite a slight improvement in December, the ratio of agr...
During that time, the price of cyhalofop-butyl was only Yuan130,000 to 140,000 per ton, but this suddenly rose to Yuan250,000 to 260,000 per ton in 2021. The current price fell to Yuan200,000 to 220,...
If it is possible to learn from the mistakes of others, a moment has come for our parliamentary committees and the Ministry of Agriculture to take a good look at Sri Lanka. For, what better way to imp...
In the broad global market of cereals, soybean, rape and other crops, Prothioconazole plays a vital role because of its multiple outstanding advantages.It has been used in more than 60 countries and i...
As China moves to expand production of genetically modified crops, it’s taking steps to counter pockets of GMO opposition that have stymied adoption of the technology.Though China was the first countr...
China's soybean imports from the United States in 2021 rose from the previous year as it stepped up agricultural purchases under a trade deal agreed with Washington, while annual Brazilian shipments f...