U.S. wheat may now be shipped to Kenya regardless of state of origin or port of export. This allows U.S. wheat from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington to be added to the list of states that can ship wheat to Kenya. “American farmers in the Pacific Northwest now have full access to the Kenyan wheat market,” […]
The ongoing lockdown of Hubei province, a key producer in China’s huge fertiliser industry, is spurring the biggest buyer of one of the crop-growing ingredients to look for other suppliers. India is the world’s biggest buyer of diammonium phosphate (DAP) — a type of soil nutrient that China sells vast quantities of — a big […]
The spread of coronavirus represents a problem for the exportation of commodities from Brazil, mainly in terms of products exported to China, which account for 32% of Brazil’s foreign sales in the agribusiness sector. However, concerns about the virus are not only limited to exports but also to imports. Brazil depends heavily on Chinese inputs, […]
A USDA advisory committee is recommending that “due to the overwhelming reports of dicamba volatilization,” registrations for dicamba herbicides such as Xtendimax and Engenia not be renewed for in-crop use in soybeans and cotton when they expire at the end of the year. The Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee calls on USDA to work […]
On the 15th of January 2020, the EU draft regulation implementing the list of co-formulants which may not be used in plant protection products or adjuvants (Annex III of Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009) was published. This draft will probably be published in June this year. According to the draft list, the following co-formulants are considered […]
The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MINAGRI) of Peru, through the National Agrarian Health Service (SENASA), recently banned the importation and registration of new pesticides for agricultural use that contain the active ingredient, Metamidophos. According to the evaluation carried out by SENASA, there are other pesticides available that pose a lower risk to health and […]
On Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took another important step carrying out Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s directive to reduce animal testing. The agency’s new science policy reduces testing on birds when the agency has enough other information to safely register outdoor pesticides. “This common-sense policy is a result of a collaborative effort with the […]
Pakistan declared a national emergency after the nation’s worst locust onslaught in two decades, which battered 40% of the crops in the country, which is already grappling with its highest inflation rate in 12 years. After considering importing insecticides from India, Pakistan may get neighbouring China’s help in fighting one of its worst locust outbreaks […]
According to the Notification of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare on the 31st January, 2020 in New Delhi: Whereas the Central Government, in pursuance of the orders of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its judgment in the case of Writ Petition No. 1094 of 1988 […]